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Hybrid Threats to Food safety 05/12/2025
Societal changes: what are the challenges for food safety? 05/06/2024
Preventive veterinary medicine in a changing world: utopia or reality?
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Food safety and security of plant products 02/12/2022
Fraud in the food chain and consequences for food safety 25/02/2022
Joint meeting of the Scientific Committee, the Advisory Committee and the FASFC 02/12/2021
Animals without disease: the future of the animal production chain? 01/12/2020
Webinar: Recent scientific opinions in the spotlights 03/12/2019
Changing consumption patterns: What about food safety? 04/12/2018
Big data in the food chain: the un(der)explored goldmine? 24/11/2017
Chemical risks in the food chain: challenges for the risk assessor and the risk manager 25/11/2016
Sécurité alimentaire au sein d'une chaîne alimentaire durable 11/03/2016
Trend watching and food safety control 28/11/2014
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

Societal changes: what are the challenges for food safety?

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Last update on 05.06.2026

Symposium of the Scientific Committee established at the Belgian Food Safety Agency
- Friday 5 December 2025 -

	Societal changes: what are the challenges for food safety?

	Objective The main objective of this workshop is to identify the key drivers of change related to sustainability in the food chain and impacting food safety. The conclusions of the workshop serve as a basis for the opinion in the SciCom 2024/06 dossier “Food safety and sustainability”. The workshop brings together the Scientific and Advisory Committees, members of the FASFC, and selected external experts.

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