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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Fifth Workshop on Food Allergen Methodologies

Draft Program

Sunday, May 11

7:00 PM Opening Reception

Monday, May 12

Welcome
7:30 - 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 AM Welcome
Samuel Godefroy, Health Canada, Canada
Steve Taylor, FARRP, USA
8:45 - 9:00 AM Official Opening of the Workshop
Canadian Official (TBA)
Session #1: The Clinical Perspective - What Should the Target Level Be?
9:00 - 9:30 AM Experiences with DBPCFC - the Range of Individual Responses
Martine Morisset, Henri Poincare University Hospital of Nancy, France
9:30 - 10:00 AM Approaches to the Establishment of Threshold Levels
Steve Gendel, U.S. FDA, USA
10:00 - 10:30 AM Can We Establish a Threshold Dose of Peanuts Based Upon Existing Information?
Steve Taylor, FARRP
10:30 - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 AM An Industry Perspective on Threshold Doses
Rene Crevel, Unilever, U.K.
11:30 AM - Noon Panel Discussion
(morning speakers)
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
Session #2: The Regulatory Environment
1:00 - 1:30 PM An International Perspective on Food Allergen Regulation
Bert Popping, Eurofins, U.K.
1:30 - 2:00 PM An Update on Food Allergen Regulation in Canada
Samuel Godefroy, Health Canada
2:00 - 2:30 PM An Update on Food Allergen Regulations in Australia
Hikmat Hayder, FSANZ, Australia (Invited)
2:30 - 3:00 PM Refreshment Break
3:00 - 3:30 PM Which Foods Should Be on Those Lists? An ILSI-Europe Approach
Martinus Lovik, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norway
3:30 - 4:15 PM Discussion
(Afternoon Speakers)
4:30 - 6:30 PM Allergen Kit Demonstration & Reception

Tuesday, May 13

Session #3: Harmonization of Methods
7:30 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 AM The Benefits of and Needs for Harmonization
Samuel Godefroy, Health Canada
8:45 - 9:15 AM MONIQA and Its Efforts for Harmonization of Allergen Methods
Roland Poms, ICC, Austria
9:15 - 9:45 AM The AOAC Task Force Efforts
Michael Abbott, Health Canada, Canada
9:45 - 10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45 AM CEN Efforts
Bert Popping, Eurofins, U.K.
10:45 - 11:15 AM JRC Approaches to Support Harmonization Efforts
Franz Ulberth, JRC, Belgium
11:15 AM - Noon Discussion
(Morning Speakers)
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
Session #4: New Analytical Developments
1:00 - 1:20 PM Kit Company #1 - r-Biopharm, Inc.
1:20 - 1:40 PM Kit Company #2 - ELISA Systems, Pty. Ltd.
1:40 - 2:00 PM Kit Company #3 - Neogen Corporation
2:00 - 2:20 PM Kit Company #4 - Morinaga Institute of Biological Science, Inc.
2:20 - 2:40 PM Kit Company #5 - ELISA Technologies, Inc.
2:40 - 3:00 PM Kit Company #6 -
3:00 - 3:30 PM Refreshment Break
3:30 - 5:15 PM Poster Session for Academic/Govt Posters
6:00 PM Evening Reception & Dinner (Extra Fee)

Wednesday, May 14

Session #5: Uses of Allergen Analytical Testing
7:30 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 AM Canada Government Presentation
(TBD)
9:00 - 9:30 AM (TBA)
9:30 - 10:00 AM Case Studies from Kellogg
Mark Domanico, Kellogg Co., USA
10:00 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break
Session #6: Analytical Impacts of Regulation
10:30 - 11:00 AM Tree Nuts - What Are They?
Jupiter Yeung, Grocery Manufacturers Association, USA
11:00 - 11:30 AM Tocopherol and EFSA
Thomas Holzhauser, PEI, Germany
11:30 AM - Noon Glucose Syrups/Maltodextrin and EFSA
Marcel Feys, AAC, Belgium
NoonClosing Remarks and Adjournment