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IMEKOFoods4 [1]

Date: 
Monday, September 16, 2019 - 09:00 to Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 13:00

Event type: 
conference
Spoken language(s): 
English
Audience: 
industry
laboratory quality coordinators
PhD students
scientists
university staff
Brochure: 
[2]

Description

You are invited to the 4th international conference on Metrology in Food and Nutrition (IMEKOFOODS). The conference is a collaboration between Sciensano and Imeko TC 23, and took place on 16-18 September 2019, at Sciensano, Tervuren, Belgium.

 

The 4th IMEKOFOODS conference addressed:

  • metrological issues in measurement
  • data in food quality
  • food integrity
  • food safety
  • nutrition
  • with emphasis on new technologies.

PDF icon The results and findings are published in the book of abstracts. [3]

In addition to technical and poster sessions, scientific discussions and workshops dedicated to specific initiatives encouraged new collaborations and strengthen existing ones.

 

Conference topics

  • food quality
  • food composition
  • food Safety (trace elements, speciation, environmental- and processing contaminants, toxins, pesticides, veterinary drugs, hormones, …)
  • food integrity, adulteration, authenticity and fraud
  • food Omics
  • food microbiology
  • natural and bioactive compounds
  • dietary supplements, nutraceuticals
  • GMO
  • sequencing and NGS

 
  • nanomaterials
  • food packaging and food contact materials
  • food processing
  • nutrition
  • nutritional epidemiology
  • food consumption, bioavailability
  • dietary intake, risk assessment
  • quality assurance, reference Materials, proficiency testing, measurement uncertainty
  • metrology & metrological traceability
  • accreditation and standardisation

 

More info:

Website [4]

 

imekofoods4@sciensano.be [5]

This event contributes to Sciensano's activities in the field of: 
Food consumption and food safety
Health and environment

Address

Leuvensesteenweg 17
3080 Tervuren
Belgium

Price

Standard price before June, 15th 2019 : 450 euro - before September 1st : 500 euro - from September 1st : 600 euro | discount tarifs can be found on the conference website: www.imekofoods4.be
Source URL:https://www.sciensano.be/en/events/imekofoods4-0

Links
[1] https://www.sciensano.be/en/events/imekofoods4-0 [2] https://www.sciensano.be/sites/default/files/4tn-imekofoods2019-rev.05-2018_def.pdf [3] https://www.sciensano.be/sites/default/files/programme_book_09042019.pdf [4] http://www.imekofoods4.be/ [5] mailto:imekofoods@sciensano.be