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MoniQA at the 6th Food Science International Symposium

MoniQA was introduced and represented at this 3 day symposium by Karl Beler from BOKU (University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna, Austria). The symposium was organized by "The International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC)", the "Beijing Food and Research Institute (BFRI)" and the "Food Science Editorial Department (FSED)" and took place in Beijing, China from August 5-7, 2010.

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6th Workshop on Food Allergen Methodologies

MoniQA and the Bureau of Chemical Safety in Health Canada’s Food Directorate and the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program (FARRP) sponsored the the Sixth Workshop on Food Allergen Methodologies which took place in Toronto, Canada on May 9-12, 2010.

As a follow-up to the 2008 workshop  the Sixth Workshop on Food Allergen Methodologies increased consultation, information exchange, and harmonization in the area of food allergens and analytical methods for food allergens.

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MoniQA workshop on regulatory aspects of nanotechnology-enabled food products - steps towards harmonization of regulatory approaches

In view of the numerous challenges involved in assessing risk of nanotechnology-enabled food products a much-needed workshop of stakeholders (industry, consumer forums, academia, research community, regulators) was held at Fera, York, UK. The workshop took place on the 27th and 28th May 2010, and it was co-funded by MoniQA network of excellence (www.moniqa.eu) and Fera (www.fera.defra.co.uk).

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MoniQA presented at the “Food for the 21st century” Conference

Dr. Roland E. Poms, Coordinator of the MoniQA Network of Excellence and ICC Secretary General, presented MoniQA results at the Conference Food for the 21st Century: The Impact of EU Research Upon European Food and Safety (Brussels, July 8, 2010).  

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MoniQA at ESOF2010 – with a passion for food science

What is in our food and how does it affect our health and life? Is what we are eating safe? Is it of good quality? That was the theme for the seminar MoniQA arranged together with eight other EU projects in CommNet during EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Turin in July.

 Professor Adriana Maggi from the University of Milan spoke about European baby food, which is in general of a very high quality but questions remains concerning soy-based baby food: what will happen in long term when feeding babies with high oestrogen food?

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MoniQA FST on „Reference materials and method validation in food safety assurance”

The MoniQA FST on "Reference materials and method validation in food safety assurance" took place in Vienna from March15-19, 2010 at the BOKU (University of Life Sciences and Natural Resources). The event brought together 32 participants from five countries.

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MoniQA Communication Training 2010

The MoniQA communication training, which was held in conjunction with the “MoniQA FST on Reference materials and method validation in food safety assurance” at the BOKU in Vienna, Austria (Marchj 15-16, 2010) brought together 23 young scientists from Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Indonesia, Spain and Vietnam. The training enables the participants to improve their presentation skills and increase their understanding of the relationship between science and the media.

 

 

MoniQA presented in Taiwan

The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Association for Food Science and Technology (November 27, 2009) was combined with an international symposium on the Safety Assessment of Food Products and Processing and brought together 652 stakeholders from across the region. High level speakers included James S. B. Wu (President of Taiwan Association for Food Science and Technology), Yu-Tsai Huang (Deputy Minister, Council of Agriculture) and John Taylor (President, ICC and University of Pretoria, South Africa).  

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MoniQA at the European Food Science Day

The European Food Science Day was held in Brussels on November 18, 2009 and brought together over 100 participants from a variety of stakeholders. Its aim was to widely disseminate the results of EU funded projects in the field of food and nutrition science. Speakers included high level representatives from the Commission and the European Parliament as well as from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries (CIAA) and the European Consumers’ Organisation.

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MoniQA at Sci Com 2009

Daniel Spichtinger from the MoniQA Partner RTD Services (www.rtd-services.com) presented the MoniQA project and its communication strategy at the Sci Com 2009, an international conference on Science Communication, held in Vienna (November 16-17, 2009). Sci Com brings together all actors in science communication in order to enable an inter- and transdisciplinary exchange of views and experience. This year special attention was paid to communicating science to children and teenagers.

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