3rd International Workshop on Harmonisation of GMO Detection and Analysis for Central and South America
Organised by European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) in collaboration with Directorate General for Health and Consumers (DG SANTE) under the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’ Programme
Cartagena (Colombia)
3 - 4 July 2012
AGENDA AND LINK TO PRESENTATIONS
Day I : 3 July 2012
Chair: Maddalena Querci
Time | Title |
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9:00 | Participants registration |
10:00 | Welcome address
Maddalena Querci, EC JRC |
10:15 | The European Union Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed – update on activities in fulfillment of EU legislation Marco Mazzara, EC JRC |
11:00 | 2011-2012 progress in networking in GMO analysis and the GGNF Maddalena Querci, EC JRC |
11:30 | Coffee break |
12:00 | Update on international collaboration in Latin America Andrés Felipe Vela, INVIMA, Colombia Natalhie Campos Reales Pineda, CIBIOGEM, Mexico |
12:30 | The Importance of Collaborative Studies for the establishment of a National Network of Laboratories for Detection and Analysis of GMO in Mexico Natalhie Campos Reales Pineda, CIBIOGEM, Mexico |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:30 | Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis
All participants |
16:00 | Coffee break |
16:30 | Tour de Table on salient developments with respect to GMO analysis
All participants |
17:00 | End of the 1st day |
20:30 | Gala dinner offered by the workshop organisers |
Day II : 4 July 2012
Chair: Maddalena Querci
Time | Title |
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9:00 | New approaches in GMO detection from the ENGL: the matrix approach, the Chinese rice case as examples
Lutz Grohmann, BVL Germany |
9:45 | Detection of GMO traces in honey: update on activities and detection strategies Hermann Broll, BfR Germany |
10:30 | Coffee break |
11:00 | Application of the Low Level Presence Regulation (Reg. 619/2011) Marco Mazzara, EC JRC |
11:30 | Practical means for detecting genetically modified animals
Martin Lema, Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, Argentina |
12:15 | An alternative approach on Measurement Uncertainty estimation for quantitative GMO analyses Nilson César Castanheira Guimarães, LANAGRO/MG, Brazil |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:30 | Update on ISO activities Hermann Broll, BfR Germany |
15:00 | Round table discussion on
All participants |
15:45 | Coffee break |
16:15 | Round table discussion continuation All participants |
16:45 | Conclusions of the Workshop Chair |
17:00 | End of the Workshop |