SPEAKERS

Raúl Peralta Girón

 
Director Food Safety Director
Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA)
  Dietary exposure assessment for chemicals in food
 
 
 

Anna Elenna Kolbaum

 
Researcher
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Total diet studies (TDS) as a tool for risk assessment (BfR)
 
 
 
 
 

Gustavo Sotomayor Demuth

Food Risk Assessment Unit
Chilean Agency for Food Safety and Quality (ACHIPIA)
ACHIPIAs experience in risk assessment of inorganic arsenic and cadmiun across various food matrices
 

Georgina Gómez Salas

Teaching and research staff
Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Costa RIca (UCR)
Latin American nutrition and health study, Costa Rica experience
 

Victoria Brusa

Teaching and research staff
IGEVET – Veterinary Genetics Institute “Ing. Fernando N. Dulout”
(UNLP-CONICET LA PLATA), Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, UNLP 
 
Quantitative risk assessment of haemolytic uremic syndrome associated with beef consumption in Argentina

Marta Mesías García

Senior Scientist
Institute of Food Science and Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN)
 
Dietary Exposure Risk Assessment of Acrylamide

Frederic Müller

Risk Communication Department 
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Strategies for risk and crisis communication  messages and audiences
 
 
 
 

María Ángeles Carlos Chillerón

 
Risk Assessment Unit

Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN)
The Scientific Assessment in Defining Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Dietary Recommendations
 

Pedro Rocha Salavarrieta

 
Biotechnology and Biosafety Coordinator
Institute Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Environmental risk assessment of organisms generated using genetic modification techniques
 

George Kass

 
Leading expert in toxicology
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Risk assessment of food and feed: what to do with TTC and NAMs?
CLAUDIO CANALES

Claudio Canales

 
Risk Communication Department
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Innovative and creative approaches to risk communication
Portugal

Rita Carvalheiro

 
Inspector
Operations Planning Division (ASAE)
 
Olive oil: Risk assessment and associated fraudulent practices

Gustavo Alberto Polenta

 
Researcher at the Protein Laboratory, Institute of Food Technology (Castelar)
  National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA)
Food allergen labelling

Angélica Godínez Oviedo

 
Food Safety Specialist 
Faculty of Chemistry,  Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ)
 Quantitative risk assessment of contracting salmonellosis in Mexico from chicken consumption: Integration of genotypic and phenotypic fingerprinting

Carsten Fauhl-Hassek

 
Researcher
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Analytical strategies for food and feed authentication

María Rosa Repetti

 
Professor 
Faculty of Chemical Engineering, National University of Litoral (FIQ-UNL)
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

Christian Sieke

 
Researcher
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

Eloisa Dutra Caldas

 
Teaching and research staff
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia (UnB)
 
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

Veronica Picado

 
Technical Operations Director
Minor Use Foundation
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

 Ivania Morera Rodriguez

 
 Agrochemical Residues Control Unit
State Phytosanitary Service
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, C.R
Cumulative risk assessment
with pesticides in the framework of MRL setting

 

André Luis de Sousa dos Santos

 
Advisor, Food Safety and Surveillance
Pan American Center for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Veterinary Public Health (PANAFTOSA/VPH-PAHO/WHO)
PAHO's Technical Cooperation - Strengthening Food Safety Systems

Marcela Cáceres Wenzel

 
Postdoctoral researcher
 Brazilian National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), LNNano, Nanotoxicology and Biosafety Laboratory
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption 
Ponente CR

José Roberto Vega Baudrit


 Director
 National Center for High Technology (CeNAT-CONARE)
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption 

María Gabriela Rodríguez Fonseca

 
Head of Research and Development (R&D)
Quantum Nanomedical Solutions Costa Rica
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption 

Ligia Lindner Schreiner

 
Food Efficacy and Risk Assessment Manager
ANVISA-Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption 

Yolanda Irasema Chirino López

 
Teaching and research staff
Faculty of Higher Education Iztacala, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Safety of
nanomaterials in Food for Human Consumption 
Miguel Andrés de Pablo Goya

Miguel Andrés de Pablo Goya

 

Food Safety and Risk Analysis Coordinator
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Improving food safety risk analysis capacity in Latin America through a South-South cooperation approach to facilitate regional trade

Mirian Bueno Almendarez

 

Food Safety Technical Director
National Service of Agrifood Health and Safety (SENASA) of Honduras
 The inspection, surveillance, and communication based on risk, as tools for prioritization and modernization of the official food safety management system in SENASA Honduras

Pedro Nabais

Head of Food Risks Unit 
Operations Planning Division (ASAE)
Olive oil: Risk assessment and associated fraudulent practices
 
 
SILVANA

Silvana De Souza

Teaching and research staff
Biological Testing Laboratory (LEBi), School of Chemistry, University of Costa Rica (UCR)
PFAS studies using artificial intelligence

 

 

Fernando Sampedro Parra

Coordinador de Proyecto – Especialista en Inocuidad de los Alimentos
Risk-based inspection and surveillance models: Implementation in Latin American countries
 
 
 
 
 
 

Britt Maestroni

Technical Officer
 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
 Data Sharing and Joint Efforts of the Latin American and Caribbean Analytical Network to Ensure the
seguridad de los productos agrícolas y ganaderos

 

Yajaira Salazar Chacón

Head of Food Safety Department
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), de Costa Rica
 Data Sharing and Joint Efforts of the Latin American and Caribbean Analytical Network to Ensure the
seguridad de los productos agrícolas y ganaderos

 

 

Cristina Briones Rodriguez

Researcher
Laboratorio de Ensayos Biológicos (LEBi), Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)
Innovative and creative approaches to risk communication 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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