The ILSI Europe International Symposia on Food Packaging are held every four years and are internationally recognised as a scientific forum to discuss the science that ensures the safety and quality of food packaging. The symposium aimed at reviewing and debating the recent advances in science and at supporting the demonstration of safety and quality of food packaging. It also provided a platform to disseminate results of on-going research and to discuss their implications for the future.
Opening speech
Michael Vit, Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (CZ)
RISK ASSESSMENT - EXPOSURE AND TOXICOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Risk Assessment of food contact materials: past experience and future challenges
Susan Barlow, Consultant (UK)
Toxicological challenges of assessing new and more complex migration products from novel food packaging materials
Ian Munro, Can Tox (CN)
Development of a new tool for modelling potential risks from food contact materials
Paul S. Price, The Dow Chemical Company (US)
The FACET project
Peter Oldring, Valspar Corporation (UK)
SUSTAINABILITY AND NOVEL PACKAGING
Packaging and environmental sustainability and bioplastics
Lars Lundquist, Nestlé (CH)
Biodegradable and bioactive packages on a starch basis
Miroslav Marek, Institute of Chemical Technology (CZ)
Nanocomposites for packaging applications
Emmanuel Giannelis, Cornell University (US)
Nanomaterials in contact with food - consumer exposure through interaction and interfaces
Rainer Brandsch, MDCtech (DE)
ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES
Use of biotests in the analysis of migrants from coatings and plastic laminates
Thomas Simat, Technical University of Dresden (DE)
Developments of decision tools to assess the migration from plastic materials in contact with food
Guillaume Gillet, INPL-ENSAIA (FR)
Rapid identification of additives in food contact materials using DART-MS
Luke Ackerman, Food and Drug Administration (US)
Analytical approaches to identify potential migrants in polymeric can coatings
Emma Bradley, DEFRA (UK)
Screening of potential migrants from adhesives used in food contact materials
Cristina Nerin, University of Zaragoza (ES)
EMERGING ISSUES AND THEIR IMPACT ON RISK ASSESSMENT
Novel food packaging technologies and emerging safety issues
Nathalie Gontard, University of Montpellier (FR)
Analytical platform for characterisation of inorganic nanoparticles: combination of field flow fractionation, light scattering detection and inorganic mass spectrometry
Bjorn Schmidt, Technical University of Denmark (DK)
Migration from food packaging inks - issues and some solutions
Andy Boon, Sun Chemical (UK)
MIGRESIVES - Research programme on migration from adhesives in food packaging materials in support of European ligislation and standardisation
Angela Störmer, Fraunhofer Institute (DE)
PACKAGING QUALITY ASSURANCE
Food industry challenges for the management of packaging safety and compliance
Stéphane Papilloud, Nestlé (CH)
The sensory assessment of plastics at the plastic manufacturer
Liliane Strubbe, Dow Europe (NL)
MioS - Migration of substances database
Gabriele Steiner, Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart (DE)
Printing inks: from inks to food
Thomas Gude, Swiss Quality Testing Services (CH)
Conclusions of the symposium
Laurence Castle, DEFRA (UK)
Travel grants for researchers from CEE, SEE and Baltic countries*
ILSI Europe has the pleasure to announce that 12 travel grants have been offered for researchers from CEE, SEE and Baltic countries to attend the symposium. The registration fee will be waived and travel and accommodation costs will be reimbursed up to the amount of 650 EUR upon submission of a travel expense claim.
The grants have been offered to the following scientists:
Ayşe Handan BAYSAL, Izmir Institute of Technology (Turkey)
Agnieszka BORUSIEWICZ, Cracow University of Economics (Poland)
Milena DJURIŠIĆ, Centre for Ecotoxicological Researches (Montenegro)
Viviana GOLJA, Institute of Public Health (Slovenia)
Jasna GVOZDENOVIĆ, University of Novi Sad (Serbia)
Özlem KIZILIRMAK ESMER, Ege University (Turkey)
Damir KLEPAC, University of Rijeka (Croatia)
Mia KUREK, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
Vera LAZIĆ, University of Novi Sad (Serbia)
Öznur ÖZDEN, Istanbul University (Turkey)
Mira TURTOI, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (Romania)
Andreja ZORIČ, Institute of Public Health (Slovenia)
* Applicants needed to be resident of one of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
The proceedings from this symposium will be published in Food Additives and Contaminants.
For more information: info@ilsieurope.be.