Introduction to SELAMAT &

Global trends in food safety

Hans Marvin (RIKILT) and Teresa Crespo (iBET)

Son studying in China

Founders: Dr. H.J.P. Marvin (RIKILT); Overall coordinator Prof Dr. Y. Peng (IPP-CAAS) Prof Dr. J. Gilbert (CSL) Prof. Dr. M. Carrondo (iBET) Period: Aug 2004-July 2008 Budget: 597,000 € EU contribution

SELAMAT started as an EU project in 2004

The overall aim: To create a permanent network for international cooperation

on food safety issues between Europe and ASEM. This network aimed at: Promoting European and Asian collaboration on food safety

issues

Contributing to opening up the European Research Area

Mobilising the European and Asian Research Communities to support Community and Asian foreign and development policies

Developing of a common research agenda and initiate joint initiatives

SELAMAT objectives

Set up the network

Organise one workshop per year

Organise one course on food safety per year

Set up a web based transfer point for food safety standards/ regulation

Develop a common research agenda

Initiate joint research

SELAMAT activities

SELAMAT organised annually 1 -2

workshops on food safety and organised training courses

SELAMAT developed a highly visible Food Safety Legislation Portal

Pesticides

Contaminants

Veterinary Drugs

Food Additives

SELAMAT: Highlights

EU-ASEM Food Safety Platform with the following characteristics: Direct access to top experts on many expertise fields in EU and

Asia

Influence in research agenda setting

Easy access to outcomes of EU framework programs and ASEM counterpart

Means to extend existing network

Discuss “sensitive information” informally

SELAMAT: Food Safety sustainable network

SELAMAT became sustainable in 2008

SELAMAT keeps running the Food Safety Legislation Portal

SELAMAT initiated 2 new international projects on Food Safety

SELAMAT: Food Safety sustainable network

The format developed within SELAMAT for workshops and training courses has been highly successful

High exposure has been achieved

SELAMAT has become a sustainable network

SELAMAT products are highly appreciated

SELAMAT network grows into global dimensions

Conclusions

Current Partners of SELAMAT

RIKILT, Wageningen UR, Netherlands

iBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

IPP, National Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Beijing, China

UPM, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

SJTU, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

ABI, Agro- Biotechnology Institute Malaysia, Malaysia

INBI, The A.N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Russia

SAAS, Shanghai Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agrochemical Residue Analysis Laboratory, China

Current Partners of SELAMAT

ASTT, Institute for Agri-food Standards and Testing Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

RDA, Rural Development Administration, Rep. of Korea

PPRI, Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural ciences (GDAAS), China

LANAGRO, Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, National Laboratory Agricultural de Minas Gerais, Brazil

UOM, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

FDA, Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana

FUNAAB, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria

DUT, Durban University of Technology, South-Africa

Emerging food safety risks: a global

assessment

Collation of expert opinion of global

stakeholders regarding emerging

risks was performed in project GO-

GLOBAL

www.goglobalnetwork.eu

Emerging food risks

• Accidently

• Naturally

• Fraud or acts of malevolance

Methodology used: Delphi technique

A procedure to:

“obtain the most reliable consensus of opinion of a group of experts … by a series of intensive questionnaires interspersed with controlled opinion feedback”

Some characteristics of Delphi method: • Internet based with several rounds

• Number of rounds may vary

• Anonymous

• Shows issues of consensus

Dalkey & Helmer, 1963, p458

Wentholt, M.T.A., Fischer, A.R.H., Rowe, G., Marvin, H.J.P., & Frewer,

L.J. (2010). Food Control, 21; 1731-1738.

Overview of the GO-GLOBAL Delphi study

Round 1 49 participants Identification of relevant issues

and methods.

Round 2 272 participants (60 countries,

all continents)

Seek for consensus and

disagreement within the

identified issues and methods.

Round 3 98 participants (39 countries, all

continents)

Overview of results, conclusions

and, recommendations.

Report

Qualitative (English only)

Quantitative (Spanish, Portuguese,

French and English)

Results of the GO-GLOBAL Delphi (round 1)

First round Delphi

49 returned questionnaires with usable data

● Global response

● Language: English

Emerging risk definition needed

Issues of importance for global society

● Climate change

● Increased disease prevalence

● Development of technology

● War and terrorism

● Economic depression

Results of the GO-GLOBAL Delphi (round 1)

First round Delphi

49 returned questionnaires with usable data

● Global response

● Language: English

Emerging risk definition needed

Issues of importance for global society

● Climate change

● Increased disease prevalence

● Development of technology

● War and terrorism

● Economic depression

What are the most important emerging food risks in your country?

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Conclusions from the Colla4Safety global

Delphi survey on food safety (2014-2015)

Demographic change, economic driving forces, resource shortages and environmental driving forces were identified as the primary drivers of both existing and emerging food safety risks

Individual drivers do not increase or decrease specific food safety risks. Rather each driver has impacts on multiple risks

From: Kendall et al. 2015

Geographical differences in the impacts of specific drivers on food safety risks were recognised. The drivers of food safety were assessed to have the greatest impacts in Africa compared to other continents

A systems approach to identifying, managing and mitigating food safety risks may represent a more useful policy tool

Conclusions from the Colla4Safety global

Delphi survey on food safety (2014-2015)

From: Kendall et al. 2015

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