EBQC 2024 – 2nd EUROPEAN BEVERAGES QUALITY CONFERENCE

 

EBQC will take place on March 19th from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. during AnugaFoodTec event in connection with IFU-Workshop in Cologne exhibition centre. I am pleased to be invited as speaker at the 2nd EBQC on the following topic:

 

Communication with authorities - How to get the message across and prevent a global crisis?

 

The Registration and the detailed programme of the event are available on the EBQC event page.

 

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CCNE IN MUNICH

The annual meeting of the Crisis Communications Network Europe (CCNE) communication experts will take place on 10 November 2023 in Munich. I am pleased to be invited as a speaker at the annual meeting on the following topic:

Food Crisis & Risk Assessment – How to get the message across?

 

JUICE SUMMIT 2023 IN ANTWERP

I am delighted to be a speaker at the Juice Summit 2023 in Antwerp. At the Juice Summit's 10-year anniversary, I will present the following topic:

Contaminants - New developments on EU level

Registration and the detailed programme of the event are available on the Juice Summit event page.

 

MOSH/MOAH in food

SCoPAFF Statement on MOAH: Interpretation and actions to be taken
EFSA statement on MOSH/MOAH in food - key facts

The Standing Committee (SCoPAFF) of the EU Commission (Section: Novel Food and Toxicological Safety) published a Joint statement of the Member States regarding the presence of Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons (MOAH) in food in April 2022. This should ensure a uniform enforcement approach for the EU. After various queries from associations in particular, a supplementary clarification of the statement was made in the minutes of the SCoPAFF meeting in October 2022.

At the end of July 2020, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) received a mandate from the European Commission to update the Scientific Opinion on Mineral Oil Hydrocarbons in Food. The public consultation on this EFSA opinion has been running since 15 March 2023.

Due to the constant topicality of the subject, you should not miss this free seminar!

Registration form: Weblink - Event-Flyer -> The event is fully booked!

 

Lecture on ethylene oxide at the Inter-Ice Web Seminar

 

On 10 October 2022, Dr Uta Verbeek was invited as an expert on the topic of ethylene oxide at the Inter Ice Web Seminar of the ZDS College. In the lecture "Ethylene-oxide/2-chloroethanol in Food - update", the seminar participants were informed about causes, risk assessment, regulatory issues and approaches to solutions of ethylene oxide/2-chloroethanol in food. The current developments were explained and discussed.

In the course of the ethylene oxide issue, which has been ongoing since autumn 2020, frozen food was particularly affected in the form of ice cream, which contained contaminated stabilisers, e.g. locust bean gum.

Further contents and speakers of the Inter Ice web seminar can be found in the event flyer..

Lecture on ethylene oxide at CHOCO TEC 2022

 

Within the framework of CHOCO TEC 2022, Dr. Uta Verbeek and Prof. Alfred Meyer have been invited as experts on the topic of ethylene oxide. In the lecture "ETO/2-Chlorethanol - Update", the seminar participants will learn about causes, risk assessment, regulatory issues and approaches to solutions of ethylene oxide/2-chloroethanol in food. Current developments will be explained and discussed.

CHOCO TEC is one of the most successful congresses and most important meeting points for the chocolate industry. As a highlight at the end of the ZDS congress year, you will get a great overview of current trends, internationally growing markets, novel functional raw materials, innovative technologies, quality assurance aspects, sustainability and much more at CHOCO TEC from December, 13th to December, 15th, 2022.

For more information on the content and speakers at CHOCO TEC 2022, please refer to the host’s website.

 

Talk on ethylene oxide at the dti-Quality Forum

 

On 23 November 2021, Prof. Alfred Hagen Meyer and Dr. Uta Verbeek were invited as experts on the topic of ethylene oxide at the Quality Forum of the German Frozen Food Institute (dti).In the lecture "Ethylene oxide in food - recalls in the EU", the dti members were presented with causes, risk assessment, regulatory and solution approaches. Furthermore, the current situation and developments were discussed.

In the course of the ethylene oxide issue, which has been ongoing since autumn 2020, frozen food was particularly affected in the form of ice cream, which contained contaminated stabilisers, e.g. locust bean gum.

You can find further information and guests of the dti- Quality Forum in the event flyer.