As part of the scientific programme of the impending Irish Presidency, a major international food conference is being organised for the 17 and 18 June in Dublin, Ireland.
Entitled 'Thinking beyond tomorrow - a safe and nutritious food chain for the consumer', the conference will address issues such as new technologies and 'restoring public confidence in the quality and safety of food'.
From Brussels EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection David Byrne, and DG research director general Achilleas Mitsos will be at the event, that aims to attract a full range of food industry stakeholders including scientists, policy makers, industrialists and consumer group representatives.
Speakers include Dr. B van Ommen from TNO Nutrition and Food Research who will look at 'Foods for your health -the nutrigenomics approach', Dr. D. MacHugh, Department of Animal Science and Production at University College Dublin, Ireland will look at the genomic approaches to animal breeding.
Dr. J. Hugenholtz from NIZO Food Research in The Netherlands will talk about 'Cell factories - metabolic engineering for wholesome foods' and Geoffrey Podger, the Executive director at the European Food Safety Authority will discuss 'Consumer perception of an integrated food safety policy-harmonising risk reduction measures?'