CIBER Events

Food Import Safety

Systems, Infrastructure, and Governance

Overview

This conference will address food import safety from a variety of perspectives including systems analysis, infrastructure resilience, governance and policy analysis. Two morning plenary talks will set the stage by covering the origins of adulteration and contamination in rapidly developing economies, and by examining import violations found at both port and land-borders. An industry panel will address several aspects of supplier management and self governance, including supplier agreements. Another panel will discuss cost-effective sampling schemes, testing and detection technology advancements, and testing limitations. European speakers will discuss approaches from the European Food Safety Authority and European Commission used to regulate safety in imported foods, including the rapid alert system. A second day panel will be chaired by a well-known industry spokesman for food safety, who will be speaking to the way forward. This will include discussions of global approaches to food protection, as well as different forms of governance, including third-party oversight.

For additional information, including an agenda and speaker list, click here.

Date(s)

5/26/2009- 5/27/2009

Location

Tong Auditorium
Engineering Centers Building
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cost

The conference is free-of-charge but space is limited.

Registration

To register: Send an e-mail with the following information to chpra@engr.wisc.edu: name, title, affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail

Conference hotel

Best Western Inn Towner
2424 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
Phone 608-233-8778
Fax 608-233-1325
Reservations 800-258-8321
E-mail: info@inntowner.com
Web site: www.inntowner.com

Rooms reserved until May 8, group code FOODSFTY