Highlights

Food allergy – clinical background and food allergen risk assessment

• Clinical aspects of food allergy
• Available threshold data, including iFAAM
• From clinical thresholds to risk based action levels
• Prioritisation of allergenic foods with respect to public health relevance
• Application of threshold data: Learnings from VITAL

Analytical approaches

• Evaluation of ELISA testkits and LFD rapid tests (antibody based methods)
• PCR
• Mass spectrometry
• Towards reference materials (RM) for food allergens
• Verifying Vital reference doses: Suitability of analytical methods

Food allergen risk management

• Cleaning as an effective allergen cross-contamination control
• Risk analysis of food allergen incidents – view from UK
• Update on minimising precautionary allergen labelling

Food allergen risk communication

• Risk communication and management of food allergens – the perspective of a governmental agency
• Is allergen risk communication working now for consumers? 

Who do you meet?

Groups that should take part:

Managing directors, boards of directors, members of supervisory boards, managers and employees in the fields of:

• Quality control
• Analysis
• Research and development
• Legal and regulatory affairs
• Diagnosis and therapy

Sectors that should take part:

• Food industry, manufacturers of food products, novel foods, food ingredients
• Food retailing
• Catering industries
• Regulatory authority, food inspection offices
• Contract laboratories
• Research institutes
• NGOs and public interest groups
• Medical institutes