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Microbes and the Law -Setting the Limits for Practical Use.
During October 5-9 2008, the DOM research programme arranged the joint course and symposium "Microbes and the Law - Setting the Limits for Practical Use". The following documentation from that meeting is available:  

The book of programme and abstracts (pdf, 360 kB) for the symposium part.

Programme for the course part (With links to PDFs of presentations)

Program
Sunday 5th of October

18.00 Registration + mounting of posters
Meal and refreshments
  

Program
Monday 6th of October

08.30 Ingvar Sundh, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Welcome and introduction (pdf, 410 kB)
08.45 Katarina Eskils, Swedish Work Environment Authority
Occupational safety, biological agents (pdf, 340 kB)
09.30 Katarina Eskils, Swedish Work Environment Authority
Occupational safety, contained use GMM:s (pdf, 540 kB)
10.00 Refreshments
10.30 Katarina Eskils, Swedish Work Environment Authority
International exchange of biological agents and GMM:s
11.00 Kersti Gustafsson, Swedish Chemicals Agency
Microbial biocontrol agents in the EU
12.00 Lunch
13.15 Hermann Strasser, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Microbial biocontrol agents, outcome of EU-programme REBECA (pdf, 910 kB)
14.00 Rüdiger Hauschild, GAB Consulting, Germany
Microbial biocontrol agents, data requirements and registration: (pdf, 150 kB)
International outlook (pdf, 150 kB)
14.45 Poster session with refreshments
15.45 Kersti Gustafsson, Swedish Chemicals Agency
Use of GMM:s in the environment
16.30 Close

Program
Tuesday 7th of October

08.30 Sven Lindgren, National Food Administration, Sweden
Microbes for food fermentations: Risks and benefits
09.15 Kjell Wejdemar, Swedish Board of Agriculture
Microbes for feed and feed production, regulation in the EU (pdf, 780 kB)
10.15 Refreshments
10.45 Carl-Gustaf Thornström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Exchanging microbial biodiversity, international regulatory regimes I (pdf, 930 kB)
11.30 Lunch
12.45 Carl-Gustaf Thornström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Exchanging microbial biodiversity, international regulatory regimes II (pdf, 930 kB)
13.30 Svend Laulund, Christian Hansen A/S, Denmark
Microbes for food and food production – Regulation in the EU and international (pdf, 380 kB)
outlook (pdf, 380 kB)
14.00 Refreshments
14.30 Svend Laulund, Christian Hansen A/S, Denmark
EFSA:s QPS system (Qualified Presumption of Safety) (pdf, 150 kB)
15.00 Björn Lindman, BioGaia AB, Sweden
Industrial perspective
16.00 Microbiology in action: Study visit including meal

  

Wednesday 8th of October

08.30 Kristof Capieau, Swedish Board of Agriculture
Phytosanitary regulation in the EU
09.00 Kristof Capieau, Swedish Board of Agriculture
International Plant Protection Convention
09.30 Michael Frodyma, Novozymes, USA
Industrial perspective (pdf, 950 kB)
10.00 Refreshments
10.30 Sergio Franceschini, International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA)
and Intrachem, Italy
Industrial perspective (pdf, 970 kB)
11.00 Rüdiger Hauschild, GAB Consulting, Germany Industrial perspective (pdf, 110 kB)
11.30 End of course part, Lunch
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