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The ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee (IFBiC) hosts, sponsors, and co-organizes a variety of scientific events. These include independent symposia; workshops; hands-on scientific training; and sessions held as part of the program of larger scientific and professional meetings.

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Sampling and detection methods workshop,
Asunción, Paraguay, 2010

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ILSI IFBiC and HESI Biotechnology Update 2011

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 5/16/2011 - 5/16/2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has invited the ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee and the HESI Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee to present a workshop for members of the CFIA Animal Feed Division, Health Canada, the Plant Biosafety Office and the Plant and Biotechnology Risk Assessment Unit.

ILSI Biotechnology Workshop 2011

Paris, France 5/11/2011 - 5/11/2011

The OECD has invited the ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee and the HESI Protein Allergenicity Technical Committee to present a workshop for members of the OECD Working Group on Regulatory Harmonization in Biotechnology and the Task Force on the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds at their facility in Paris.

ILSI IFBiC at the Society of Toxicology’s 50th Annual Meeting

Washington, DC 3/6/2011 - 3/10/2011

Two IFBiC Task Forces were represented at the 2011 meeting of the Society of Toxicology: Bruce Hammond presented on the work Task Force 10 has been doing on protein safety assessment, and Jay Petrick exhibited a poster on the work of TF8.

IFBiC Scientific Session at the 2011 ILSI Annual Meeting

Lake Buena Vista, FL 1/25/2011 - 1/25/2011

"Waiter, there’s a gene in my soup!" Finding biotechnology and eating it anyway. A scientific session on food and feed derived from biotechnology.

Science and Regulatory Perspectives on Stacked Events in Genetically-Modified Crops

Bangkok, Thailand and Jakarta, Indonesia 9/20/2010 - 9/23/2010

IFBiC and ILSI Southeast Asia Region organized a workshop to improve the understanding of gene-stacking in crops derived from biotechnology.

International Course on Sampling and Detection Methods Applied to Transgenic Crops

Asuncion, Paraguay 8/2/2010 - 8/4/2010

A training course on detection methods; part of IFBiC's core capacity building activities.

Workshop on Sampling and Detection Methods for Products of Modern Agricultural Biotechnology

Beijing, China 10/22/2009 - 10/23/2009

An IFBiC and ILSI Focal Point in China collaboration on a hands-on training on the latest sampling and detection methods.

Workshop on Sampling and Detection Methods for Products of Modern Agricultural Biotechnology

Shanghai, China 10/19/2009 - 10/20/2009

An IFBiC and ILSI Focal Point in China collaboration on a hands-on training on the latest sampling and detection methods.

Roundatble Panel on Food Safety of Products Derived from Biotechnology at ANBIO VI Brazilian Biosafety Congress

Rio de Janeiro 9/22/2009 - 9/25/2009

An IFBiC panel discussion on the safety of food and crops derived from biotechnology.

Workshop on Sampling and Analytical Detection Methods for Products of Agricultural Biotechnology in NAFTA Countries

Baltimore, MD 10/11/2007 - 10/12/2007

An IFBiC workshop to foster harmonization of sampling and detection methods.