Risk Science

Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium: Ensuring Adequacy and Safety of Foods and Nutrients

Opening Session

• Welcome Address – Dr. B. K. Nandi

• Functional Foods, Immunity & Gut-Brain Axis – Dr. B. Sesikeran

Scientific Symposium 1: Nutrient Risk Assessment

• Methodology for Nutrient Risk Assessment – Dr. V. Sudershan Rao

• Application of Nutrient Risk Assessment in India – Dr. K. Bhaskarachary

Scientific Symposium 2: Resilient Food Security System

• Integrated Food Chain Surveillance – Dr. Vasanthi Siruguri

• Reducing Post-Harvest Losses – Dr. R. K. Vishwakarma

Expert Consultation on Nutrient Risk Assessment for Determination of Safe Upper Levels for Nutrients (December 4, 2015)

• Agenda

• Nutrition Status & Disease Burden in India – Dr. B. Sesikeran

• Food Fortification: Benefits & Challenges – Dr. Madhavan Nair

• Micronutrient Management & Food-Based Approaches – Dr. V. Prakash

• Nutrient Risk Assessment – USA Perspective (Dr. Allison Yates)

• Nutrient Risk Assessment – ASEAN Perspective (Dr. Oran Kwon)

• Nutrient Risk Assessment – European Perspective (Mr. Basil Mathioudakis)

Expert Consultation on Regulatory Science for Risk Assessment in Agricultural Biotechnology (July 23, 2014)

• Welcome Address – Mr. D. H. Pai Panandiker

• Regulatory Science in Agricultural Biotechnology – Dr. S. R. Rao

• Data Requirements for Safety Assessment of GE Plants in India – Dr. B. Sesikeran

• Advances in Data Requirements – Global Perspective (Dr. Alan McHughen)

• Challenges in Data Generation – Dr. Deepak Pental

• Risk Assessment of GM Crops – Dr. B. Gajendra Babu

• Data Quality in Safety Assessment of GE Crops – Dr. Vibha Ahuja

• Regulation of Stacked Trait Products – Dr. Simon Barber

• Safety Regulations for Stacks & New Technologies – Dr. Alan McHughen

• Strategy for Risk Assessment of Stacked GM Events – Dr. K. V. Prabhu

Scientific Workshop on Biotech Safety Assessment

• Plant Breeding, Engineering, and Compositional Analysis – Prof. Wayne Parrott

• Substantial Equivalence – Dr. B. Sesikeran

• Regulatory Framework for Food and Feed Safety – Dr. S. R. Rao

• Protein Safety: Toxicological Testing – Prof. Joseph Jez

• Protein Safety: Allergenicity – Prof. Ronald van Ree

• Whole Food Testing – Prof. Wayne Parrott

• Bt Brinjal: Development and Assessment

• Bt Cotton Case Study – Mr. Ritesh Mishra

• Trait Stacking – Prof. Wayne Parrott

Workshop on Risk-Based Approaches for Food Safety Management (September 26–27, 2012)

Plenary Session (Sept 26)

• Food Allergens: Concepts, Controls and Management

• Food Safety Awareness

• International Perspectives in Food Safety Management

• National Perspectives in Food Safety Management

• Sources of Information and Available Tools

Food Toxicology (Sept 27)

• Chemicals in Food

• Hazard Identification

• Risk Assessment Approaches for Food Safety

• Risk Assessment Case Study: Acrylamide

• Risk Assessment of Naturals – Case Study

• Risk Assessment of Packaging (Food Contact)

Microbiological Risk Assessment (MRA)

• Listeria Monocytogenes Risk Assessment – Case Study

• Introduction to Microbiological Hazards and Controls

• MRA Principles and Concepts

• MRA Tools and Information Sources

Additional Resource

• Data Requirements and Sources