Pre conference workshop

Introduction

Food safety is an important component which ensure the safety of food produce from production to consumption for consumers. In collaboration with the ISAH 2024 will be jointly conducted together with the International Livestock Research Institute(ILRI), Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP), and Freie Universitaet Berlin (FUB) organize the pre conference workshop, aims to strengthen capacity of relevant food safety authorities and researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in food safety research and management. A two-day training will comprise different sections on food safety situation in LMICs, introduce risk analyses framework (risk assessment, risk communication and management) in food safety, and practice food safety risk assessments of selected food commodities and hazards from traditional (informal) value chains. After the workshop, the participants shall be able to (i) describe and explain the differences between hazards and risks, and (ii) understand and apply risk analyses framework and risk assessment in their works.

Objectives

1. Increase knowledge on the basics of hazards, risk assessment, management, and communication,

2. Practice qualitative/semi-quantitative risk assessments of prioritised hazards in selected food,

3. Enable participants to become more familiar with different frameworks for risk assessment and to build national networks for implementation.

Organisers

The workshop will be organized by Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Freie Universitaet Berlin (FUB).

Venue: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Registration Fee: 50 USD