Programme

Scientific Colloquium N°26 on Risk Benefit Assessment of combined

exposure to Nutrients and Contaminants through food | On-line
meeting, 15-16-17 February 2022

Overall Chair: Maged Younes

Overall Rapporteurs: Maria Bastaki & Luisa Ramos Bordajandi
BO Chairs: Thor Halldorsson, Josef Schlatter, Dominique Turck, Heather
Wallace
BO Rapporteurs: Bernard Bottex, Claudia Cascio, Ermolaos Ververis, Djien Liem

DAY 1: 15 February 2022

OPENING SESSION: OBJECTIVES FOR UPDATING EFSA’S GUIDANCE OF 2010
Chair: Maged Younes
Rapporteurs: Maria Bastaki & Luisa Ramos Bordajandi
14:00- Welcome Claudia Roncancio Peña,
14:15 EFSA, Parma, Italy
14:15- Overall Objective of the Scientific Colloquium Maged Younes, EFSA
14:45 Scientific Committee,
Parma, Italy
14:45- Need for scientific advice on risks and benefits Frans Verstraete, European
15:15 of consumption of food in relation to the Commission, Directorate-
presence of contaminants and nutrients General for Health and
Q&A Food Safety, Brussels,
Belgium
15:15- Current approaches to Risk-Benefit Assessment Morten Poulsen, Technical
15:45 – Experience gained University of Denmark,
Q&A Lyngby, Denmark
15:45- Coffee/Tea break
16:15
16:15- Risk-benefit assessment of breastfeeding: Martin van den Berg,
16:45 evaluation of WHO and UNEP-coordinated Utrecht University, The
exposure studies performed between 1987 and Netherlands
2019
Q&A
16:45- Trends and developments in the assessment of Walter C. Willett, Harvard
17:15 nutritional health benefits of consumption of T.H. Chan School of Public
food Health and Harvard Medical
Q&A School, Boston,
Massachusetts, United
States of America

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17:15- The influence of trust and perception of risks Wim Verbeke, Ghent
17:45 and benefits of consumption of food: needs University, Belgium
from a consumer point of view in relation to
dietary advice
Q&A
17:45- Introduction to the break-out sessions on 16 Djien Liem, EFSA, Parma,
18:00 and 17 February Italy

DAY 2: 16 February 2022

BREAK-OUT SESSION 1: NEEDS - Can a Risk-Benefit Assessment be performed that

would better support the development of dietary advice?
Chairs: Thor Halldorsson, Josef Schlatter, Dominique Turck, Heather Wallace
Rapporteurs: Bernard Bottex, Claudia Cascio, Ermolaos Ververis, Djien Liem
09.00-11.00 Break-out session 1
11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea break
PLENARY SESSION 1 : Reporting from Break-out session 1
Chair: Maged Younes
Rapporteur: Maria Bastaki & Luisa Ramos Bordajandi
11:30-12:10 Reporting from Break-out session 1 Reports from Rapporteur from all 4
each Breakout group (10 min each) Break-out groups (10’
each)
12:10-13:00 Plenary Discussion and Take-home messages Overall Chair &
Q&A and discussion Rapporteur
13:00-14:00 Lunch
BREAK-OUT SESSION 2: METHODS - Weighing health risks and health benefits of
combined exposure to different contaminants and nutrients through consumption of
particular foods in specific regions across Europe
Chairs: Thor Halldorsson, Josef Schlatter, Dominique Turck, Heather Wallace
Rapporteurs: Bernard Bottex, Claudia Cascio, Ermolaos Ververis, Djien Liem
14:00-16:00 Breakout session 2 Chair and Rapporteur
per Break-out group
16:00-16:30 Coffee/Tea break
PLENARY SESSION 2 : Reporting from Break-out session 2
Chair: Maged Younes
Rapporteur: Maria Bastaki & Luisa Ramos Bordajandi
16:30-17:10 Reporting from Break-out session 2: Rapporteur from all 4
Reports from each break-out group (10 min each) Break-out groups (10’
each)
17:10-18:00 Plenary discussion and Take-Home messages Overall Chair
Questions, Answers and Discussion

Day 3: 17 February 2022

BREAK-OUT SESSION 3: DATA - Collection of data and other information for a risk-
benefit assessment that would support the development of dietary advice

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Chairs: Thor Halldorsson, Josef Schlatter, Dominique Turck, Heather Wallace
Rapporteurs: Bernard Bottex, Claudia Cascio, Ermolaos Ververis, Djien Liem
9:00-11.00 Break-out session 3
11:00-11:30 Coffee/Tea break
PLENARY SESSION 3 : Reporting from Break-out session 3
Chair: Maged Younes
Rapporteur: Maria Bastaki & Luisa Ramos Bordajandi
11:30-12:10 Reporting from Break-out session 3: Rapporteur from all 4
Reports from each break-out group (10 min each) Break-out groups (10’
each)
12:10-13:00 Plenary discussion and Take-Home messages Overall Chair
Questions, Answers and Discussion
FINAL SESSION: Final take home messages, way forward and closing remarks
Chair: Maged Younes
Rapporteur: Maria Bastaki & Luisa Ramos Bordajandi
13:30-14:00 Wrap up and Final Take-Home messages Overall Chair and
Rapporteurs
14:00-14:10 Closing remarks Claudia Roncancio
Peña, EFSA