World Seafood Congress 2023
in association with International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety
25-27 September 2023
Peniche-PORTUGAL
Tuesday 26 September
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8:30
WSC 2023 Registration
9:00
Session 3 - Traceability for food safety and sustainability in fishery and aquaculture products
Chair: Maria Manuel Gil, Deputy Director, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre
Keynote address:
Ricardo Calado, Department of Biology, CESAM & ECOMARE, University of Aveiro:
“TRACING THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF BIVALVES – FOR VALUE, SAFETY AND CONSERVATION”
Francisco Leotte, Fisheries Sustainability Manager, Thai Union Group:
“ENSURING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE GLOBAL TUNA TRADE”
Mike Platt, Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST):
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMMON LANGUAGE OF SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY AND DATA INTEROPERABILITY
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10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Session 4A: Analysis of Marine Biotoxins
Chair: Jon Bell, Director, National Seafood Inspection Lab, NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Department of Commerce
Ana Gago Martínez, CINBIO, Analytical and Food Chemistry Department. University of Vigo:
RISK CHARACTERIZATION OF CIGUATERA POISONING IN EUROPE WITHIN EUROCIGUA PROJECTS: THE ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE
David Tim Harwood: Cawthron Institute, New Zealand:
ANALYTICAL APPROACHES USED TO DISCOVER TOXINS PRODUCED BY OSTREOPSIS SPECIES
Greg Ford, Phytoxigene Inc. USA:
TESTING THE UTILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF A MOLECULAR APPROACH TO MONITOR FOR THE PRESENCE OF PSP PRODUCING DINOFLAGELLATES
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Mariana Raposo, CESAM Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal:
SAFEGUARDING SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE: MICROFLUIDIC SENSORS FOR RAPID TOXIN DETECTION
Carmela Dell’Aversano, UNINA-DF, University of Naples Federico II, School of Medicine and Surgery, Italy.
ISOLATION OF OVATOXIN-A. A KEY STEP FOR HAZARD CHARACTERIZATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT OF OVATOXINS
11:00
Session 4B: Food safety hazards and risks in fishery and aquaculture products
Chair: Filipa Gomes, MARE/ARNET, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal
Esther Gamarro Garrido, (FAO):
FAO REPORT – MICROPLASTICS IN FOOD COMMODITIES: A FOOD SAFETY REVIEW ON HUMAN EXPOSURE THROUGH DIETARY SOURCES
Polina Rusanova, Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies, National Research Council, Italy:
MICROPLASTICS IN SEAFOOD: PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON THE OCCURRENCE AND ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION IN WILD POPULATIONS OF R. CLAVATA FROM THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Clare Winkel, Integrity Compliance Solutions, Australia:
HOW SAFE IS OUR PACKAGING? UNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL FOOD SAFETY HAZARDS IN PACKAGING.
Jennifer Perry, School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, USA:
SALMONELLA AND SEAWEED: A DEVELOPING STORY OF PERSISTENCE AND RISK
Susana Rodrigues, IPMA – Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere:
15-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF CIGUATERA IN MADEIRA ISLANDS (NE ATLANTIC, PORTUGAL)
Monika Dhanji-Rapkova, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) UK.
INVESTIGATING ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF TETRODOTOXIN IN BRITISH BIVALVE SHELLFISH AND ITS IMPACT ON FOOD SAFETY
12:30
Lunch
14:00
Session 5: Challenges in seafood regulation, inspection and control
Chair: Ian Goulding, Managing Director, Megapesca Lda, Portugal
Keynote address:
Paolo Caricato, DG SANTÉ, European Commission:
EU SANITARY RULES FOR FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BIVALVE MOLLUSCS. IS IT TIME TO CHANGE?
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Sirilak Suwanrangsi, Thai Union:
REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN SEAFOOD INNOVATION
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Esther Garrido Gamarro, FAO:
“IMPORT NOTIFICATIONS DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF ANTIMICROBIALS:
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
Laurice Churchill, Seafood Inspection Program, NOAA Fisheries, USA:
NATIONAL SHELLFISH SANITATION PROGRAM FIVE MARINE BIOTOXIN STRATEGIES, CHALLENGES FOR OFFSHORE BIVALVE MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH HARVEST"
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Michelle Price-Hayward, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) UK:
SANITARY SURVEYS AFTER 17 YEARS: HAS IT MADE A DIFFERENCE?
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15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Session 6A: Molluscan shellfish safety (Microbiological hazards)
Chair: Rui Ganhão, Coordinator Grade in Food Engineering, Polytechnic of Leiria
Marta Fraga, IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere:
SANITARY STUDY OF THE MONDEGO RIVER ESTUARY
Francesca Leoni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Italy:
INVESTIGATION OF CRASSPHAGE OCCURRENCE IN CLAMS COLLECTED FROM
PRODUCTION AREAS IN ITALY
Ana Marta Muñoz-Colmenero, Institute of Marine Research (IIM) – Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Vigo:
SEASONAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EUKARYOTES PRESENT IN THE DIET OF GALICIAN MUSSEL MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS
Dina Galhanas, ESTS-IPS, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal:
USE OF ESTUARINE WATER QUALITY INDEX (EWQI) AS A TOOL TO AID OYSTERS AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION IN COASTAL ZONES
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Graham Fletcher, New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research:
RESEARCH TO MITIGATE RISKS OF VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS ILLNESS FROM NEW ZEALAND SEAFOOD
Stephen Jones, University of New Hampshire, USA:
EVOLUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS POPULATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST USA
Sinead Keaveney, National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Viruses, Marine Institute, Ireland:
ASSESSMENT OF NOROVIRUS CONTAMINATION IN OYSTER PRODUCTION AREAS AND ASSOCIATED FINAL PRODUCT FROM A TWELVE-MONTH SURVEY IN IRELAND
Andy Younger, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) UK:
MODELLING AND VALUING CHANGES IN AQUATIC HEALTH UNDER FUTURE CLIMATE
16:00
Session 6B: Challenges in seafood regulation, inspection and control
Chair: Ivan Bartolo, Seafish Industry Authority, UK.
Vasco Antunes, Directorate F Health and Food Audits and Analysis, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission:
FREQUENT OFFICIAL CONTROL DIFFICULTIES
Round Table discussion: Global Trade: Sanitary Regulations and Economic Integrity (Sponsored by Indonesian Food Safety Institute)
Chairs: Evelyne Nusalim, Executive Director, Indonesian Food Safety Institute and Ivan Bartolo, Seafish Industry Authority, UK.
Panellists:
• Olivier Hottlet, Hottlet Frozen Foods
• Esther Gamarro Garrido, FAO
• Sirilak Suwanrangsi, Thai Union
• Vasco Antunes, Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Bárbara Teixeira, Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere:
CONTROL OF FRAUDULENT ADDITION OF WATER TO OCTOPUS USING A RAPID AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD
Clare Winkel, Integrity Compliance Solutions, Australia:
AUSTRALIAN FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS AND PROCESSED SEAWEED CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS.
Pedro Reis Costa, IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere:
DSP TOXIN CONTAMINATION EVENTS AND THEIR PREDICTABILITY ON THE PORTUGUESE COAST: INSIGHTS FROM THE MATISSE PROJECT
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19:30
Congress Dinner - buffet, music, DJ – poolside at the Star Inn Hotel