2001 CSL/JIFSAN Joint Symposium -
Rapid Diagnostic Methods in Food Safety
Held: Inn and Conference Center, University
of Maryland University College
The Central Science Laboratory (CSL), York, UK, and the Joint
Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN),
University of Maryland, USA have launched an annual series
of symposia on various themes relating to food safety and
applied nutrition. The purpose for this second symposium,
Current Issues in Food Biotechnology, was to enable those
involved in different aspects of the application of the methods
of modern biotechnology to the production and processing of
foods to meet and discuss current issues in this important
area.
Presentations, abstracts, and biographies are linked from
the presenters name below.
Participants List
Welcome:
David Lineback (JIFSAN)
Michael
Roberts (CSL)
Plenary address:
Stanley Abramson (Arent
Fox) - "Starlink" - A Case Study
Session II: International Perspectives
Tony
Hardy (UK/EC; CSL, MAFF) - UK/EC Perspective on Food Biotechnology
Susan
Harlander (US; Biorational Consultants) - A U.S. Food
Industry Perspective on Biotechnology
Zhangliang
Chen (China) - Transgenic Food: Need and Safety
John
Wafula (Kenya) - Agro-Ecological Zones of Kenya
Session III: Safety Considerations
Steve
Taylor (FARRP, University of Nebraska) - Assessment of
Allergenicity of Foods Produced Through Agricultural
Biotechnology.
John Heritage (University of Leeds) - Gene transfer from
transgenic plants
James
Astwood (Monsanto) - Current Studies on Safety
Carol
Tucker Foreman (Consumers Federation of America) - Building
Public Trust in Biotechnology
Session IV: Detection and analysis
Guy
van den Eede (EC, JRC) - Validation of GMO detection methods
and their use in foodstuffs in support to the EU regulatory
framework
Sarah
Oehlschlager (CSL, MAFF) - CSL AOAC ring trial and FAPAS
proficiency testing
Steve
Tanner (GIPS, USDA) - GIPSA Role in the Standardization
of Testing for Genetically Modified Grain
Ann
Bridges (Medallion Labs, US) - Options to Manage AgBiotech
in Food Processing and Marketing
Session V: Future Prospects
Phil
Mullineaux (John Innes Centre, UK) - Opening Pandora's
Box? Application of Advanced Transformation and Profiling
Technologies to Risk Assessment Of GM Crops In Europe
Gijs Kleter (RIKILT, Netherlands) - New Developments in
Plant Biotechnology and Food Safety Research
Michael Jacobson (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
- Mapping the Future of GMOs
Kyd Brenner, DTB Associates LLP - Industry View
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