SAFE Announcements and Events:
- Circularity and Resource Efficiency of Food Systems: 22 May 2019
SAFE member National R&D Institute for Food Bioresources, IBA in Romania is organising this conference which will take place under the Romanian presidency of the European Union.
The intention is to create a supportive environment for establishing new collaborations in the field of agri-food research that share the same ideas as the Food 2030 initiative.
The main aim of the event is to raise awareness about sustainable production and consumption, to minimize food waste and to transform agrofood by products and residues into new raw materials for different purposes with an environmentally friendly approach.
More information and link to register is here.
Hope to see you there!
- Global Food Safety Summit. 2-3 Sept 2019
Managing a safe and secure global food supply chain from farm to fork!As in previous years, this event will bring together key stakeholders from all along several food chains including manufacturers, suppliers, regulators and the experts that support them. Highlights of the event will include case study experiences. Networking opportunities will be plentiful as representatives from major food and beverage producers, suppliers and retailers participate.
Read about the Global Food Safety Summits of previous years, including a link to the SAFE consortium presentation given in 2017 by SAFE Executive Board member Oddur Gunnarsson from Matis Ltd., Iceland here.
SAFE members enjoye a special reduced registration.
See the event programme here (coming soon)
Read more about the event here.
- INCREaSE 2019: 9-11 Oct 2019
SAFE consortium will participate in the International Congress on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXIst Century to be held at the University of Algarve in Faro PT from 8-11 October 2019.
The SAFE Secretary General, Katherine M Flynn, is a member of the Scientific Committee.
Read about SAFE participation in INCREaSE 2017 here.
Abstract submission is now open!
Hope to see you at INCREaSE 2019!
- SAFE Executive Board and Member Meetings 2019
The upcoming 2018 meetings of the SAFE consortium Executive Board will be by teleconference in
TUESDAY 19 June at 15H CET
Log in as a SAFE member to download the Agenda and the Minutes of all SAFE EB meetings. Also available are the Agenda and the Minutes of all SAFE Member Meetings, including the Annual General Meetings. Once logged in, these documents become visible as a separate article in Past Events.
If your institution is a SAFE member but you don't have a User Name and Password - send an email to Katherine Flynn with your 3 food safety interests and you will be registered.
If your institution is not a SAFE member - you will find information here on how to apply.
Memberships
Become a member
Membership in the European Association for Food Safety, SAFE consortium is open to any organisation that
1. provides research, development & innovation or other technology-related services related to food safety.
2. is managerially independent.
3. is of high scientific excellence.
4. wants to participate in the SAFE mission of Keeping Food Safety on the Agenda
The Benefits of a SAFE consortium Membership:DiSBA (Italy)
The Department of Bio-Agrifood Sciences (DiSBA) is one of the 7 Departments of the scientific network of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The activities managed by the Department are performed in 9 Institutes, spread over the whole national territory and involving over 700 personnel.
DiSBA has been a member of the SAFE consortium since 2002.
AZTI-Tecnalia (Spain)
AZTI-Tecnalia is a non-profit private foundation committed to the social and economical development of the marine environment and food sector and is part of Tecnalia Corporation (www.tecnalia.es). The Food Research Division at AZTI is aimed at improving the quality, productivity and innovation of food products and processes. It offers applied R&D on (i) Food Safety and Biodetection (ii) New Food Products (iii) Novel Technologies (iv) Sustainability of the Food Chain.
AZTI-Tecnalia has been a member of the SAFE consoritum since 2007.
College of Biotechnology-UCP (Portugal)
ESB-UCP is the College of Biotechnology of the Catholic University of Portugal. It is the country's leading supplier of research and education in Food Science and Technology, with more than 25 scientists on its staff and a 20 year track record in research and teaching. ESB is lcoated in Porto and is one of the major institutions in Portugal in food safety.
ESB has been a member of the SAFE consortium since 2007.
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences of SUA Nitra (Slovak Republic)
The Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences (FBFS-SUA) is one of the 6 faculties of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra in Slovak Republic.
The Faculty was established in 2002 and launched its activities on January 1 2003. This young but progressive Faculty is dedicated to educate qualified experts specialized to understand and manage biological, chemical, technological and economic sciences focused on modern processes of food production, evaluation and processing as well as specific biotechnological products. The main goal is to achieve the biological and technological integrity of the „agricultural product - food system.“
Research tasks at the FBFS-SUA are performed in 3 fields:
- Food Sciences
- Agrobiotechnology
- Applied Biology
The Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences (FBFS) of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra has been a member of SAFE consortium since January 2018.
Memberships
Interesting Notes
Do you work for a SAFE consortium member institute?
Register as an Individual Member of the SAFE consortium and access Member's Only pages including downloads of documents and presentations, plus receive SAFE announcements directly by email !
Registration is simple. Send an email to the SAFE Scientific Secretary, Katherine Flynn, from your institution email address and include your three Food Safety interests.
