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Priority Setting of
Foodborne and Zoonotic Pathogens
An
International Conference
jointly organized by
MED-VET-NET and the FSRC
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR)
(Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)
Berlin, Germany
July 19-21, 2006
http://www.medvetnet.org/priority/
The Food Safety Research Consortium (FSRC),
a multi-disciplinary collaboration among seven US universities and research
institutions, announces an international conference organized jointly with
MED-VET-NET, the EU Network of
Excellence for zoonoses and foodborne disease research. The conference,
titled "Priority Setting of Foodborne and Zoonotic Pathogens," is aimed at
promoting progress in food safety priority setting by identifying key
scientific issues and opportunities and by fostering international
scientific collaboration.
The conference will address:
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the need for and approaches to food safety priority setting
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incidence and outcomes of gastro-enteritis and other non-enteric foodborne disease
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attribution of foodborne illness to sources of exposure
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methods to integrate data on incidence of morbidity and mortality, including economic approaches and HRQL (Health Related Quality of Life) approaches
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data availability for incidence estimates, attribution, and integrated health measures
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differences in estimates, methods, and data sources across countries
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data integration issues
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emerging infections
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future research and data needs
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possibilities for international collaboration
The conference is intended to address broad issues relevant across all infectious foodborne agents in all foods, thus including exposure to bacteria and bacterial toxins, viruses, parasites, and prions through the consumption of meat, eggs, dairy, seafood, and produce. The conference will address the scientific and technical issues with risk-based prioritization, and will thus focus on methods and data. The conference is also intended to raise awareness of the process of risk-based priority setting for food safety, with the explicit aim to explore the international differences in approaches and identify possible opportunities for future collaboration.
The three day conference will include 10 sessions with presenters, panelists, and attendees from the US and Europe, as well as representatives from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, the WHO, and elsewhere. Though attendence is expected to be limited to around 100 people due to the technical nature of discussions, the conference is open to anyone actively involved with food safety research or policy, including those in academia, government, and public interest organizations.
The planning committe for the conference includes: Arie Havelaar, Jeanet Kemmeren, and Marie-Josee Mangen from the Netherlands' National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM); Tine Hald from the Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research (DFVF); Elke Stellbrink and Annemarie Käsbohrer from Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR); Mike Taylor and Glenn Morris from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Michael Batz from Resources for the Future (RFF). The advisory committee includes Diane Newell, Bernd Appel, Marta Hugas, and Andrea Ammon from the EU and Bob Buchanan, Mary Torrence, Fred Angulo, David Lineback, and Gary Weaver from the US. Support for the conference is being provided by MED-VET-NET, the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA CFSAN), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA CSREES).
The conference will be held July 19-21, 2006, at the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR), Diedersdorfer Weg 1, 12277 Berlin, Germany. Registration is 450EUR and covers participation, a compendium of abstracts, coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, one evening event, bus transfers from the hotel to the venue, and a summary report. The deadline for submission of poster abstracts is April 30, 2006.
For more information about the conference, including a draft agenda, registration materials, and information for poster abstract submissions, please see the official conference website.
If you have any questions, please contact Mike Taylor at mtaylor@epi.umaryland.edu or (410) 706-3972.
