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Practical Short Course: Adulteration and Fraud of Botanical and Natural Health Ingredients: Issues, Challenges and Prevention Tools for the Industry
Marriott Hotel

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Practical Short Course:
Adulteration and Fraud of Botanical and Natural Health Ingredients: Issues, Challenges and Prevention Tools for the Industry
Marriott Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany - November 29-30, 2018
Easy to combine with
Health & Nutrition Week  Health Ingredients Europe
Full Registration includes access to all presentations, short course manuals, lunch and coffee breaks
EARLY BIRD Registration (ON or BEFORE 28 October 2018)
795.00 EUR
ACADEMIC Registration
495.00 EUR
Group registration rates: 10 % off for three or more; 20% off for five or more
PROGRAM
Moderator: Heather Granto, Vice President - Content, Health & Nutrition Network, U.S.A.
Day 1: Thursday, November 29, 2018
8:50
Welcome - Opening remarks - Mr. Andrea Zangara, EUROMED, Spain
The nature and magnitude of the adulteration problem
9:00
Efforts to Prevent Adulteration and Fraud in Botanical Materials in the Global Market: An Update on the ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program, Mr. Mark Blumenthal, ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program, U.S.A
9:45
Issues, Challenges and Instruments to Prevent Adulteration in Herbal Medicines - Introduction to Combined HPLC-DAD–MS, HPLC–MSn and NMR Spectroscopy for Quality Control of Medicinal Plant Extracts, Prof. Dr. Anna-Rita Bilia, Society of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, GA
10:15
Coffee/Tea Break and Networking
Adulteration of botanicals in the EU as food fraud and as a challenge for risk assessment
10:45
Adulteration of Botanicals and Food Fraud in the EU, TBC, European Commission
11:15
Adulteration of Botanicals and EFSA: the Experience We Have, and the Risk Assessment Tools, TBC
11:45
Roundtable: How Can We Tackle Effectively Adulteration of Natural Substances in Food and Supplements in the EU?
12:15
Lunch and Networking
The response from industry at the global and EU level: what can we learn?
13:30
The Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program: Applications, Dr. Stefan Gafner, American Botanical Council, U.S.A
14:15
How the EU Botanicals Industry Views Adulteration and Works to Prevent Food Adulteration, Mr. Patrick Coppens, Food Supplements Europe, Belgium
14:45
Consumers and Regulators Require Quality Health Products: Preventing Adulterations with the EHPM Quality Model, Mr. Michel Horn, European Federation of Associations of Health Products Manufacturers, Belgium
15:05
Sourcing as a Potential Solution to Adulteration Issues (title TBC), Mr. Bauke van der Veen, EUROPAM - European Herbs Growers Association, the Netherlands
15:25
Trust in the Marketplace – A Trust Transparency Scorecard, Mr. Len Monheit, Trust Transparency Center, U.S.A.
15:45
Coffee/Tea Break and Networking
Tools in Member States and the health implications of adulteration of botanicals
16:15
How the Belgian Experience with Botanicals Can Help Tackle Adulteration, Mr. Joris Geelen, Food Compliance International, Belgium
16:45
Health Implications: When Adulteration Becomes a Food Safety Issue, Dr. Luca Bucchini, Hylobates Consulting, Italy
17:15
End of Day 1
Day 2: Friday, November 30, 2018
Full traceability, analytical control, DNA Testing and other Key Tools to Avoid and Prevent Adulteration and Fraud of Botanical Ingredients
9:00
Full Traceability, High Quality Production and Exhaustive Analytical Control - Industry's Key Tools to Avoid and Prevent Adulteration and Fraud of Botanical Ingredients, Mr. Agustin Villar & Ms. Anna Mulá, EUROMED, Spain
9:45
DNA Testing as a Preventive Tool, Pro. Dr. Johannes Novak, Institute for Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
10:15
Coffee/Tea Break and Networking
10:45
Laboratory Tools to Prevent and Assess Adulteration of Botanicals, Mr. Julien Diaz, BotaniCert, France
11:15
Practice session: case studies: This session will walk participant through case-studies and hypothetical scenarios to discuss technical challenges, reputational issues and legal implications at various stages of adulteration incidents
  • Possible risks for patients' health resulting from undeclared plants in herbal supplements, Prof. Anna-Rita Bilia, University of Florence, Italy
  • Adulteration of essential oils: cases, issues, challenges, solutions, Mr. Julien Diaz, BotaniCert, France
  • The Sudan Red in spices: what it can teach to botanicals, Dr. Luca Bucchini, Hylobates, Italy
12:30
End of program

Partner organizations

Euromed Nature & Science American Botanical Council Hylobates Consulting

Short Course Venue

Frankfurt Hotel Conference Center

Frankfurt Marriott Hotel
Hamburger Allee 2
D-60486 Frankfurt-am-Main
Germany

A block of rooms has been set aside for short course participants for the night of 30 November; room rate 185 EUR (single use); Book your group rate for Bioactive

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