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Programme
| Wednesday November 14, 2007 | |
| 08:00 | Registration for NovelQ Workshop |
| 09:00 | NovelQ Workshop (Optional session – limited places are available – to book complete the relevant section on the Registration Form) |
| 09:00 | Welcome and introduction Huug de Vries, Chair, NovelQ |
| 09:15 | Business cases about existing novel processing methods:
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| 10:15 | General overview of future opportunities for pulsed electric field processing Dietrich Knorr, TU Berlin, Germany |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | General overview of future opportunities for high pressure processing Marc Hendrickx, KU Leuven, Belgium |
| 12:15 | Plenary discussion on future opportunities and practical information concerning application and implementation of novel processing methods in industrial settings |
| 12:50 | Closing words and Agenda for the Future |
| FOOD – NEW OPTIONS FOR THE INDUSTRY | |
| 12.00 | Conference Registration |
| 14:00 | Conference Opening Matilda Freund and Knuth Lorenzen (EHEDG) Brian McKenna and Peter Raspor (EFFoST) |
| 14:15 | Opening Keynote Dr Jaime de Jesus Lopes Silva, Portuguese Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries |
| 14:30 | Prevention of biofilms Gun Wirtanen, VTT, Finland |
| 14:50 | Adhesion – the enemy of cleaning Jürgen Hofmann, TU Munich, Germany |
| 15:10 | Modelling to predict fouling and the need of cleaning Peter Fryer, University of Birmingham, UK |
| 15:30 | Prevention of corrosion Benedikt Henkel, Henkel Electropolishing, Germany |
| 15:50 | Novel cleaning options Thomas Haan, Ecolab, Germany |
| 16:10 | Coffee break and Poster Session 1 |
| 17:10 | New tools for ensuring safety of food contact plastics Maria Eugenia Zacarias, Logoplaste, Portugal |
| 17:30 | Importance of velocity in CIP Bo B.B. Jensen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark |
| 17:50 | Changeover – case study Chris Smit, Stork Food and Dairy Systems, The Netherlands |
| 18:10 | Improving efficiency Joe Stout, Kraft Foods, USA |
| 18:30 | Nanotechnology – food and cleaning applications Vladimir Popov, Anatoly Zherdev and Boris Dzantier, Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia |
| 19:00 | Meet your future staff (Organised in cooperation with FISEC) |
| 19:00 | Welcome Reception and Poster Session 1 |
| Thursday November 15, 2007 | |
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 | Food processing and hygiene in the 7th Framework Programme
of the EU Jürgen Lucas, DG Research, Directorate E: Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food |
| 08:50 | Tailor-made waters for the food industry Jean-Pierre Bas, Spa Monopole, Belgium |
| 09:10 | New processing technologies for safety in fruits and vegetables Cristina Silva, Elsa Gonçalves and Margarida Vieira, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal |
| 09:30 | Hygienic equipment design for washing and handling
fresh produce Vlasta Pilizota, Croatian Academy of Sciences, Croatia and Wouter de Heij, Top, The Netherlands |
| 09:50 | Assessing the quality of fresh fruit produce Manuel Coimbra, University of Aveiro, Portugal |
| 10:10 | Clean equipment before mild processing – a microbial perspective Anthony P.M. Hasting, Hasting Consultancy, UK |
| 10:30 | Verification and certification of equipment – EHEDG certification procedure and types Thierry Bénézech, INRA, France |
| 10:50 | Coffee break and Poster Session 1 |
| 11:20 | Antimicrobial surfaces – are they a good thing? Živile Lukšiene, Institute of Material Science and Applied Research, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 11:40 | Cross-contamination in RTE foods – characterisation and control John Holah and Deb Smith, CCFRA, UK |
| 12:00 | Allergens – processing and hygiene René Crevel, Unilever, UK |
| 12:20 | Sensors, in-line and on-line to monitor process parameters Saverio Mannino, University of Milan, Italy |
| 12:40 | Lunch and Student Poster Presentations |
| 14:30 | Process validation and rapid tools for process optimisation Erik Hoornstra, TnO Quality of Life, The Netherlands |
| 14:50 | Preservation with natural extracts Mona Popa, USAMV, Romania |
| 15:10 | Seafood preservation – the total circle Zdzislaw E. Sikorski, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland and Zbigniew Karnicki*, Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, Poland |
| 15:30 | Coffee break and Poster Session 2 |
| 16:30 | Regulatory requirements for novel food processing Diána Bánáti, KÉKI, Hungary |
| 16:50 | Encapsulated cell systems in fermentation processes Viktor Nedovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia |
| 17:10 | Determination of food quality Werner Pfannhauser, Technical University of Graz, Austria |
| 17:30 | Quality assessment and control using the dielectric properties of food systems Pedro Fito, Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain |
| 17:50 | Electronic nose as a quality control tool Naresh Magan, Cranfield University, UK |
| 18:10 | Poster Session 2 |
| 20:00 | Conference Dinner and Winners of Student Awards |
| Friday November 16, 2007 | |
| 08:30 | Texturising food Erich Windhab, ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 08:50 | The relations structure-properties in foods Peter J. Lillford, University of York, UK |
| 09:10 | Innovative extraction processes Zeljko Knez, University of Maribor, Slovenia |
| 09:30 | Improvement of the yield of extractions by application of electric field pulses Dietrich Knorr, TU Berlin, Germany |
| 09:50 | Drying and meat products quality Fidel Toldrá, IATA-CSIC, Spain |
| 10:10 | Waste reduction Keith Waldron, IFR, UK |
| 10:30 | Coffee break and Poster Session 2 |
| 11:10 | Occupational safety aspects of novel food technologies Gernot Zweytick, Boku, Austria |
| 11:30 | Realistic comparison of novel and traditional processing technologies Hans Hoogland, Unilever, The Netherlands or Kostadin Fikiin, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgária |
| 11:50 | Education in food engineering, science and technology Gerhard Schleining, Boku, Austria |
| 12:10 | ETP Food for Life: Implementation update Beate Kettlitz, CIAA, Belgium |
| 12:30 | Close of the conference |
| PARALLEL SESSION | |
| EHEDG SHORT COURSE Organised by the Subgroup Training & Education of EHEDG |
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| 08:30 | Introduction to EHEDG: The organisation, background legislation and regulations, overview of testing and certification |
| 09:00 | Principles of hygienic design: Manufacturer’s point of view (Guideline no. 8) |
| 09:30 | Materials of construction: The basics for food machinery (Guideline no. 32) |
| 10:00 | Mixproof valves: A hygienic solution (Guideline no. 14) |
| 10:30 | Refreshment Break and Poster Session 2 |
| 11:30 | Case studies focus on welding |
| 12:00 | Hygienic welding: The essential requirements of EHEDG (Guideline no. 35) and hands-on demo |
| 12:30 | Summary and Discussion |
| 12:30 | END OF EFFOST / EHEDG CONFERENCE |
| 14:00 | OPTIONAL GHI WORKSHOP (Optional Session – limited places are available – to book complete the relevant section on the Registration Form) |
| 14:00 | State of affairs: participating organisations, individual membership, experts, future actions Huub Lelieveld, GHI Co-chair |
| 14:10 | News: Global harmonisation of toxicity tests Firouz Darroudi, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| 14:30 | Processing issues Shirley Jankowski, Consultant, USA |
| 14:40 | Microbiological issues Ralf Hartemink, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| 14:50 | Toxicological issues Jan Kwakman, SIPA, Belgium |
| 15:00 | Three working groups to discuss the development of draft consensus statements on the three topics presented |
| 15:40 | Plenary discussion, initiation of Scientific Committees and other follow up actions |
| 16:00 | End of GHI Workshop |
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