Workshop
Vienna
The aim of the lecture/workshop on Reference materials and method validation in food safety assurance is to describe the problems and challenges involved in the international comparability and validity of analytical results in the assurance of food safety and quality. On the basis of practical examples the focus will be on current hot topics, such as mycotoxins, food allergens, pathogenic micro-organisms, GMOs, etc., the analytical possibilities (including rapid methods), and the corresponding regulations. Additionally, an overview of international standardization bodies and examples of international validation studies will be given.
URL: www.moniqa.org/events/workshop_rm_food_safety_boku_march_2014
Workshop
Budapest
Following on from the successful series of Workshops held immediately prior to the recent Sessions of CCMAS the IAM/MoniQA Workshop organisers were asked by delegates to further develop a number of issues of concern. In particular they were asked to consider whether it would be appropriate to develop a Workshop to discuss Sampling issues in the light of new approaches and exisitng Codex Standards. This has become particularly important given the increasing awareness of sampling uncertainty and at the same time confusion about its assessment and procedures to take appropriate and representative samples in diffferent commercial and regulatory environments. Starting as an exlusive offer for delegates of Codex Alimentarius these workshops have also become part of Continuous Professional Development for policy makers and decision makers in food businesses.
URL: http://www.moniqa.org/news/workshop_budapest_march_2014
Workshop
Budapest
Codex Alimentarius (CCMAS) "Sampling Uncertainty".
URL: https://www.moniqa.org/events/workshop_budapest_march_2014
Meeting
Vienna
The iFAAM Project - The world's biggest ever study of allergies – kicked off in March 2013. The MoniQA Assocation supports the project as project partner. Up to 20 million European citizens suffer from food allergy. However management of both food allergy, by patients and health practitioners, and allergens, by industry, is thwarted by lack of evidence to either prevent food allergy developing or protect adequately those who are already allergic.
Conference
Braunschweig
Contemporary research on the brain is constantly providing new insights and details regarding the neurobiology of learning. One factor that accentuates the advantages of eLearning is the opportunity it affords for the individualized acquisition of knowledge. Responding as well as possible to the development of the individual learner promotes the learning process. Prof. Martin Korte, brain researcher and learning expert at the University of Braunschweig, elucidates the details.
