Final report

Objectives:

The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the understanding of the risk analysis principles, increase the application of the risk analysis framework at country level in the support of food safety systems and ensure that risk management decisions are based on science and best available scientific data. The training will build capacity among representatives of the Ministries of Agriculture, Ministries of Health, Food Safety Authorities and scientific institutions that are involved in risk assessment and risk management activities, in the following areas: 

1. Review of the risk analysis process, its components, scope of applications for ensuring food safety; 
2. Improved knowledge on the use of risk analysis methodology in the development of national and international food standards and application in food safety control;
3. Practical training exercises on the risk analysis application in both routine and emergency situations for chemical and biological hazards in food;
4. Exchange of information among participating countries on the experience and process of application of risk analysis in food safety control systems; and,
5. Setting national and regional priorities on risk analysis.

Concept note

Programme

Presentations

Session 1 – Opening

• Meeting Objectives and Review of Programme
• Overview of the Risk Analysis Process
• Related Updates from Codex/FAO and WHO  

Session 2 – Country Scenario on Risk Analysis Presentation by Countries on Current Scenario

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• India
• Maldives
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka

Session 3 – Preliminary Risk Management Activities

• Preliminary Risk Management Activities
• Risk Priorities and Next Steps
• Campylobacter in Switzerland - Risk analysis by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health

Session 4 – Risk Assessment

• The Risk Assessment Process – an Overview
• Exercise on Risk Assessment

Session 5 – Risk Management

• Overview of Risk Management
• Risk Assessment for Food Safety in Hong Kong
• Risk Assessment and risk Management in Action: Case Study -Benzo[a]pyrene in Cooking Oil
• Development of Risk-based Standard on Aflatoxin in Peanuts
• Risk Categorization of Food Establishment

Session 6 – Risk Communication

• Principles of Risk Communication
• Communicating Uncertainty:  Illustrated by the new approach for Hazard Characterization (Margin of Exposure)
• International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)
• The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Union (RASFF)

Session 7 – Risk Analysis in Emergency Situations

• Food Safety Emergency Response Planning
• Risk Analysis in Emergencies
• Risk Analysis in Emergency Situations and Response to Emergency Situations (Melamine Case)
• FAO/WHO Guide for Developing and Improving National Food Recall Systems

Session 8 –Regional and Country Activities on Risk Analysis

• ASEAN Processes and Activities Related to Application of RA in FSS Harmonization
• ASEAN Activities on Risk analysis

List of Participants