PROGRAMME

THURSDAY 25 MARCH  2004

09.00

Opening of Rapid Methods Europe 2004

Plenary meeting
Rapid methods: from exception to daily routine?

Chair:

Mrs. M. Lauwaars
EC-DG JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements 
(IRMM), Belgium

09.15

Why rapid testing?
Dr. F.P. Scanlan
Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland

09.45

A European approach to validation and certification of rapid methods
Dr. R. Betts
Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association Group, UK

10.15

Performance tested methods: AOAC Research Institute's approach - USA and worldwide
Mrs. V. Pantella, B.Sc.
AOAC International, USA

10.45

Coffee/tea break

11.15

Sampling and sample preparation: an underestimated issue?
Dr. M.C. Spanjer
The Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), the Netherlands

11.45

Rapid methods and EU legislation
F. Verstraete
EC-DG Health and Consumer Protection, Brussels

12.15

Discussion

12.30

Buffet lunch, exhibition and poster presentations

Paralellel session 1

Rapid methods: Microorganisms

Chair:

Dr. R. Betts
Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association Group, UK

14.00

Advances in biosensors for detection of pathogens in food and water
Prof. Dr. R. O'Kennedy
Dublin City University, Ireland

14.30

The limit of simplicity in bacterial diagnostics
Dr. A. van Amerongen
Agrotechnology & Food Innovations, the Netherlands

15.00

Rapid methods and fungi: a challenging couple
Mrs. Dr. P. Koenraad
NIZO food research, the Netherlands

15.30

Coffee/tea break

Case studies

16.00

A rapid nucleic acid detection method for specific bacteria:
the case of Listeria monocytogenes
Mrs. T. Wikman, M.Sc.
University of Turku, Finland

16.20

Detection and typing of Legionella: faster, better, easier!
B. Wullings, M.Sc.
KIWA, the Netherlands

16.40

Norovirus in food and water - isolation and quantification
Dr. H. Schnerr
Leatherhead Food International, UK

17.00-18.00 Spotlight presentations
A special presentation facility for sponsors and exhibitors to promote their products in more detail.

D-Count and BactiFlow - rapid microbiology results by using flow-cytometrie
Ms. E. Kohler, Chemunex, France
Speeding-up sample preparation by fully automated HTE (High Throughput Experimentation) on Chemspeed instrumentation
Dr. J. Schröer, Chemspeed, Switzerland
The core competences of Schleicher & Schuell BioScience in the rapid methods market
H. Dijk, Schleicher & Schuell BioScience, Germany

Paralellel session 2

Rapid methods: Biological materials

Chair:

Mrs. V. Pantella, B.Sc.
AOAC International, USA

14.00

GMOs - where and how much: developments in rapid detection and  harmonisation
Ms. Dr. J. Puumalainen
EC-DG JRC Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP), Italy

14.30

Allergens: here, there and everywhere - rapid detection methods
and harmonisation efforts
Dr. B. Popping
Eurofins Scientific Group, UK

15.00

Rapid detection of BSE
Dr. F. van Zijderveld
Animal Sciences Group (formerly ID-Lelystad), the Netherlands

15.30

Coffee/tea break

Case studies

16.00

Standardisation of GMO analysis - the need for comparability of measurements
Dr. M. Lipp
Monsanto, USA

16.20

Validation of test kits for peanut allergen detection
Dr. R.E. Poms
EC-DG JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
(IRMM), Belgium

16.40

Rapid analysis of bone meal in feed
Dr. R.J. Margry
CCL Research, the Netherlands

17.00-18.00 Discussion session
A special discussion session in the 'Scientific Café'.

Topic: 

Policy on characterisation of antibodies used in immuno-assays

Chair:

Dr. J.M. Fremy
The French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA), France

20.00

Conference dinner

FRIDAY 25 MARCH  2004

Paralellel session 3

Rapid methods: Toxins

Chair:

Dr. A. van Amerongen
Agrotechnology & Food Innovations, the Netherlands

08.45

Rapid analysis of mycotoxins: current challenges
Prof.dr. E. Usleber
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

09.15

Rapid detection methods for marine toxins: needs and limits
Mrs. Dr. S. Krys
The French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA), France

09.45

Rapid detection of bacterial food poisoning toxins
Dr. G. Wyatt
Institute of Food Research, UK

10.15

Coffee/tea break

Case studies

10.45

Enzyme sensor array for the determination of biogenic amines  
Mrs. Prof.dr. C. Wittmann
Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

11.05

ASP ELISA - the development and validation of a marine biotoxin ELISA for determination of domoic acid
Dr. H. Kleivdal
Biosense Laboratories, Norway

11.25

The use of toxin kits in the case of a food poisoning outbreak
Dr. P.H. in 't Veld
The Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), the Netherlands

11.45-12.30 Spotlight presentations
A special presentation facility for sponsors and exhibitors to promote their products in more detail.

Rapid detection kits for mycotoxin screening in food processing chains
Dr. L. Sibanda, Toxi-Test, Belgium
Rapid methods in perspective: the R-Biopharm solution for rapid quality control
Dr. R. Niemeijer, R-Biopharm, Germany
Bio- and chemiluminescence measurement - tailored solutions for rapid methods
Mrs. Dr. C. Doessereck, Berthold Detection Systems, Germany

12.30

Buffet lunch, exhibition and poster presentations

Paralellel session 4

Rapid methods: Chemicals

Chair:

Dr. B. Popping
Eurofins Scientific Group, UK

08.45

Rapid diagnostic assays for detection of residues of veterinary drugs
Dr. A.A. Bergwerff
University Utrecht, the Netherlands

09.15

Rapid immunoassays for the detection of pesticides
Dr. M.F. Wilson and Dr. R.J. Fussell
Central Science Laboratory, UK

09.45

Dioxins and PCBs in food and feed products
Dr. P. Behnisch
GfA Gesellschaft für Arbeitsplatz- und Umweltanalytik, Germany

10.15

Coffee/tea break

Case studies

10.45

Biosensor detection of sulfonamides: from specific to multi-sulfonamide assays
W. Haasnoot
RIKILT - Institute of Food Safety, the Netherlands

11.05

Detecting trace levels of chlorophenols in liquid foodstuffs
Ms. B. Alfaro
Fundación AZTI, Spain

11.25

Rapid assays for illegal hormones in meat
Prof. Dr. R. Stephany
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands

11.45-12.30 Spotlight presentations
A special presentation facility for sponsors and exhibitors to promote their products in more detail.

DSM PremiTest: trust is good, control is better
Mrs. F. de Goeijen, DSM, the Netherlands
Biacore technology in food and feed analysis: applied results
R. Wolbert, Biacore, the Netherlands
DR-CALUX® bioassay for detection of dioxins
Dr. J. Mason, BioDetection Systems, the Netherlands

12.30

Buffet lunch, exhibition and poster presentations

Final plenary meeting
Future challenges

Chair:

Prof. Dr. A. Brouwer
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

14.00

Wanted: effective and efficient at- and on-line tools
Dr. F. Holm
FoodGroup, Denmark

14.30

Data management: a bottleneck or the ultimate success factor?
F. Leijse
ITC Validation Consultants, the Netherlands

15.00

Rapid detection in the field: bioterrorism preparedness and prevention
Prof.dr. J. Barbaree
Auburn University, USA

15.30

Key for tomorrow: nanotechnology in food analysis
Prof.dr. I.J. Bruce
University of Greenwich, UK / University of Urbino, Italy

16.00

Closing Rapid Methods Europe 2004

16.15

End of conference