Conference Programme

Tuesday 20 February 2007

08:00 – 09:00 Registration (Abu Dhabi Room B)
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome address
09:05 – 09:15 Opening Speech
His Excellency Eng. Hussein Bin Lootah, Acting Director General of Dubai Municipality.
09:15 – 09:35 Keynote Address: Food Safety Strategy in Dubai.
Mr. Khalid Mohamed Sharif, Assistant Director of Public Health Department & Head of Food Control Section
09:35 – 10:15 Food Safety Risk Analysis - Codex perspectives
Dr. Ezzeddine Boutrif Chief, Food Quality and Standards Service, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, FAO, Rome
10:15 – 10:55 Risk Assessment and Food Laws – GCC perspective
Dr. Rashid Bin Fahad, GCC Standards & Metrology Directorate
10:55 – 11:25 Coffee break
11:25 – 12:15 Risk Assessment and Food Laws - EU perspective
Dr. David Jukes, Food Law Professor, University of Reading, UK.
12:15 – 13:00 Legal Implications of Risk Assessment
Mr. Mark Mansour, Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DC
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Wednesday 21 February 2007

09:00 – 09:40 Managing the Hazards in a Food Operation to Control the Risks in retail operations
Dr. Peter Snyder Jr., Ph.D, Hospitality Institute of Technology and Management, Minnesota, USA
09:40 – 10:20 HACCP for retailers (UK perspective)
Dr. Eunice Taylor, Professor of Food Safety, University of Salford, UK
10:20 – 11:00 HACCP implementation in UAE (Benefits & Challenges).
Dr. Mariam Shenasi, Professor of Food Safety, University of Sharjah, UAE.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:10 Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Foods – the FSANZ Approach
Dr. Ken Buckle, Visiting Professor, Food Science and Technology Group, University of New South Wales, Australia.
12:10 – 12:50 Risk Assessment of Pesticides Residues.
Jean-François Goumy, Unit of veterinary medicinal product and animal foodstuff Unit head Ministry of Agriculture – General division for food, Paris
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Thursday 22 February 2007

09:00 – 09:30 Risk Assessment of Food Packaging in Dubai.
Ms. Amina Ahmed Mohamed, Head of Food & Environment Laboratory, Dubai Municipality.
09:30 – 10:00 Food Safety Control - Risk Management System, Aqaba Special Economic Zone- Jordan.
Ms. Rima Zumot, Director; Health Control, Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
10:00 – 10:30 Vendor Quality Assurance
Dr. Andy Bennett, Global Quality Director, Master Foods
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Assessment of Artificial Food Colour Intake Levels by 4- to 14- Year-Old Children in Kuwait
Mr. Adnan Husain, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and Nutrition and Food Administration, Kuwait
11:30 – 12:00 Food Item Registration: the first step in Risk Assessment in Dubai.
Iman Ali Bastaki, Head of Food Trade Unit, Food Control Section, Dubai Municipality.
12:00 – 12:30 Closing remarks
Dr. Vincent Hegarty, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority.
12:30-13:00 Closing Ceremony
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