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Improving the safety of the food chain through risk prevention in plant and animal production 29/11/2013
Risk ranking in the food chain 09/11/2012
Food safety of the short supply chain 25/11/2011
Applications of microbiological risk assessment in the food chain 24/11/2010
Nanotechnology in the Food Chain 27/11/2009
Indicators for the elaboration of a food safety barometer 17/10/2008
Emerging Animal Diseases: From Science to Policy 23/11/2007
Scientific exploitation of databases within the framework of food safety risk assessment 20/10/2006
Application of risk assessment in the food chain 21/10/2005
Application of the precautionary principle in the food chain

FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY OF PLANT PRODUCTS

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Last update on 15.12.2023

Symposium of the Scientific Committee established at the Belgian Food Safety Agency
- Friday 8nd December 2023 -

	Objective The main goal of this symposium is to address the big challenges impacting plants and plant products such as climate change, new political initiatives (Green Deal), globalisation, and the price of the plant products we consume. The symposium will also focus on possible adaptations to these challenges such as alternatives to pesticides, and urban and precision farming; and potential emerging risks such as plant toxins and loss of biodiversity. To conclude, a roundtable discussion will allow stakeholders to identify the points of interest for the authorities, academia, industry and consumers.

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	Presentations Welcome and introduction Lieve HERMAN (ILVO, Chairwoman SciCom) Pieter SPANOGHE (UGent, SciCom) Session 1. Challenges of the plant food chain Presentation 1 Green Deal: the basics for a paradigm shift in plant production (EN) Claire BURY (EU Commission, DG SANTE) C. Bury will present without a PowerPoint. Presentation 2 How climate change influences the face of plant health (NL) Barbara DE CONINCK (KU Leuven) Presentation 3 Outsourcing vs Autonomy ? A Walloon perspective on food autonomy (FR) Philippe BURNY (Walloon Agricultural Research Center - CRA-W) Presentation 4 Imagining plant based futures for Flanders (NL) Erik MATHIJS (KU Leuven) Presentation 5 Food price volatility: causes and consequences (NL) Xavier GELLYNCK (UGent) Session 2. Plant food chain adaptation: which solutions to new constraints? Presentation 1 Alternatives to reduce pesticides: the case of neonicotinoids (FR) François VERHEGGEN (ULiege) Presentation 2 Precision agriculture (NL) Wouter MAES (UGent) Presentation 3 Urban farming (NL) Charlotte PROVÉ (UGent) Session 3. Impact & Assessment of related emerging risks Presentation 1 Risk benefit of the protein transition (NL) Liesbeth JACXSENS & Sofie SCHRYVERS (UGent) Presentation 2 Biodiversity loss… A driver for loss of both quality and quantity in plant products? (FR) Arnaud MONTY (ULiege)

	Recordings Intro: https://vimeo.com/893280795/6aa358d0bb?share=copy Session 1: https://vimeo.com/893281919/0a9b97cb92?share=copy Session 2: https://vimeo.com/893290335/ca3f602469?share=copy Session 3: https://vimeo.com/893294876/4527703ce8?share=copy Debate and closing: https://vimeo.com/893299009/f4ba18a777?share=copy

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