The Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) is welcoming abstract submissions for the 1st GHI World Congress on Food Safety and Security which is taking place on 24-28 March 2019 in Leiden, The Netherlands.
The aim of the Congress is to bring together leading scientists, researchers and research scholars from academia and industry, decision makers from international organisations, and the public from across the globe to advance the conversation about the vital role of modern science in food legislation and regulation.
One of the major problems in food safety and security regulation is that many existing laws, rules and guidelines are originated from decades-old data and methods, several of which are not even relevant to human exposure. The rationale for organising the 1st GHI World Congress is to generate a platform to present and implement the most suitable assays for food safety and security assessment within all relevant fields – from chemistry and microbiology, to genetic toxicology and genomics – throughout entire process, from farm to fork.
Abstract topics include:
- Food microbiology
- Genomics and genetics
- Food chemistry
- Food safety assessment
- Food science, education and communication
- Global food safety incidences
- Food safety versus nutrition security
- Factory design and food safety (jointly with EHEDG)
- New technologies for food safety and security
- Food wastes, recycling wastes for generating a clean environment
- Food packaging safety developments, standardization and regulation
- Ethics in the food chain (jointly with ISEKI)
- Food laws and regulation
- Consumers
The closing date submissions is 15 January 2019.