GO-GLOBAL Open seminar:
"Emerging Food Safety Risks: challenges to international trade"
Monday 27th April 2009 - Accra, Ghana
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ACTIVITY |
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Registration |
GO-GLOBAL Local Organizing Committee (GO-LOC) |
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Opening Prayer |
Mr. James Lartey |
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Acknowledgement of Dignitaries & introduction of Chairman |
MC – Mrs. Isabella Agra |
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Chairman’s Response |
Prof. W. S Alhassan, FARA Consultant on Biotechnology and Biosafety |
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Welcome Address |
Dr. Stephen K. Opuni (Chief Executive, FDB) |
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Lecture I |
General Introduction to GO-GLOBAL by Hans Marvin, Coordinator of GO GLOBAL |
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Musical Interlude |
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Inaugural Address |
Dr. George Sipa Yankey, Hon. Minister of Health |
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COFFEE AND TEA BREAK |
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Lecture II |
GHANA: Overview of Food Safety Situation in Africa – Country Position (Prof.S. K. Sefa Dedeh) |
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Lecture III |
NIGERIA: Overview of Food Safety Situation in Africa – Country Position |
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Lecture IV |
Veterinary drug residues: implications for international food trade (by Dr. Mariel Pikkemaat, RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety, The Netherlands) |
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Chairman’s Closing Remarks |
Prof. W. S Alhassan, FARA Consultant on Biotechnology and Biosafety |
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LUNCH |
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Introduction of Chairman |
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Lecture V |
The effects of regional food safety laws on international trade: Future challenges in global harmonization of food safety legislation (by Dr. Yasmine Motarjemi, Food Safety Manager, Nestlé, Switzerland) |
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Lecture VI |
The effects of regional food safety laws on international trade: Future challenges in global harmonization of food safety legislation (by Dr. Hogg, European Technological Platform (ETP), Belgium ). |
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COFFEE AND TEA BREAK |
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Lecture VII |
International issues associated with food risk identification: results of the Go-GLOBAL Delphi study (by Prof. Dr. L. Frewer, Dept. Food Safety and Consumer Behaviour, Wageningen University & Research Centre, The Netherlands) |
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Discussion |
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Chairman’s Closing Remarks |
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