First Joint MoniQA/BIOTEC/NSTDA/TU Workshop "Effective Food Allergen Management"

Draft Program
First Joint MoniQA/BIOTEC/NSTDA/TU Workshop

 “Effective Food Allergen Management”

Audience: Laboratories, Industry, Food Manufacturers, Authorities, and Policy Makers

 2-4 April 2012
Bangkok, Thailand

Day 1: 2 April 2012

13:00-13:30                Registration
13:30-13:45                Opening ceremony by BIOTEC and TU
13:45-14:15                Introduction to MoniQA and its activities for improved food allergen management
14:15-14:45                Food allergy in a global context, clinical significance and prevalence in Europe and Asia

14:45-15:15                Coffee break and networking

15:15-15:45                Legislation, analysis and official control - significance for international trade
15:45-16:15                Types, Structure and Properties of Food Allergens
16:15-16:45                Food Allergens: From risk analysis to risk management

16:45-17:15                Questions and answers

Day 2: 3 April 2012

09:00-09:30                Food allergen management: The role of HACCP and GMP
09:30-10:00                Allergen management ‐ Allergen control plan (for food processors)
10:00-10:30                Allergen cleaning program & its validation
10:30-10:45                Questions and answers

10:45-11:15                Coffee break and networking

11:15-11:45                Methods for allergen analysis
11:45-12:15                Food industry experience (Food allergen control plan)
12:15-12:30                Questions and answers

12:30-13:30                Lunch

13:30-14:00                Gluten free legislation
14:00-14:30                Case studies & Processing/formulation of gluten free products

14:30-15:00                Coffee break and networking

15:00-15:30                Considerations for effective food allergen legislation for Thailand and export countries
15:30‐16:00                Allergen-free labeling and pre-cautionary labeling, a European and US experience
16:00-16:30                Questions and answers

Day 3: 4 April 2012

09:00-09:30               Introduction of R-Biopharm allergen test kits
09:30-09:45               Introduction of gliadin test using the R5 antibody for gluten-free analysis
09:45-10:15               Introduction of Romer Labs allergen test kits
10:15-10:30               Introduction of gliadin test using the G12 antibody for gluten-free analysis

10:30-10:45               Coffee break and networking

10:45-11:00               Organising the laboratory work and splitting into groups
11:00-13:00               Practical part 1: Hands-on lab experience (Allergen test kits in two parallel groups)
                                    Group A works with R-Biopharm’s test systems
                                    Group B with Romer Labs’ test systems

13:00-14:00               Lunch

14:00-16:00               Practical part 2: Hands-on lab experience (Allergen test kits in two parallel groups)
                                    Group A works with R-Biopharm’s test systems
                                    Group B with Romer Labs’ test systems

                                 Coffee break will be available during the session

16:00-16:30               Discussion of results
16:30-17:00               Farewell and certificates for participants

Contact:

MoniQA Association, c/o ICC Headquarters
Marxergasse 2
1030 Vienna
Austria

Tel: +43 1 70772020; Fax: +43 70772040; email: roland [dot] poms [at] icc [dot] or [dot] at

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