International Training for Safer Food 2025 on veterinary drug residues, drug resistance, and zoonoses
17–21 February 2025 (Online)
ITS Food 2025
Programme
Training course around Food Safety and Risk Management
“Veterinary drug residues, drug resistance, and zoonoses”
17–21 February 2025 (Online)
PROGRAMME DAY 1
| Monday 17.02.2025 | Introduction Chair Jana Hoppe, Unit International Affairs, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, BVL CV |
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| 12:30 – 12:35 | Welcome to ITS Food 2025! Welcome to BVL! Dr. Gerd Fricke, Vice President of BVL |
| 12:35 – 12:45 | Opening remarks Dr. Monika Lahrssen-Wiederholt, Deputy Director General for Consumer Health Protection and Safety along the Food Chain, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) |
| 12:45 – 12:55 | Approach and organisation of ITS Food Chair |
| 12:55 – 13:10 | Warm-up: One Health Prof. Dr. Lars Schaade, President of Robert Koch Institute (RKI) CV + Abstract |
| 13:10 – 13:25 | Basics: legal and institutional background of food safety in Germany and Europe Anne Beutling, Unit International Organisations of Food and Agriculture; Codex Alimentarius, BMEL CV + Abstract |
| 13:25 – 13:35 | BVL’s Tasks in the field of Veterinary Drugs, Antimicrobial Resistance, Zoonoses Dr. Gerd Fricke, Vice President of BVL Abstract |
| 13:35 – 13:45 | Break |
| Monday 17.02.2025 | Risk management of veterinary drugs Chair Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer, Head of Department Veterinary Medicines, BVL CV |
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| 13:45 – 14:15 | Authorisation of veterinary medicinal products in EU and Germany Michelle Wegrad, General Steering Unit for the Authorisation of Veterinary Drugs, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Veterinary drug residues: assessment and management of risks to consumers Dr. Daniel Benesh, Unit Residues, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Volume of sales and use of veterinary antibiotics Dr. Paul Siller, Unit Drug Resistance, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Control of volume of sales and use of veterinary medicinal products Dr. Birgit Brockers, State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Lower Saxony CV + Abstract |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Q&A session |
PROGRAMME DAY 2
| Tuesday 18.02.2025 | Risk management of veterinary drugs (part 2) Chair Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer, Head of Department Veterinary Medicines, BVL CV |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 | National residue control plan - a programme for risk based official controls Elisa Hoché, Unit Food Hygiene, Inspections, Veterinary Affairs, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | EU audits and controls in the field of residues Dr. Christoph Buller and Dr. Sean Earley, Department Trade Related Controls, Residues and Feed Safety, DG SANTE, EC CV + Abstract |
| 13:30 – 13:40 | Q&A session |
| 13:40 – 13:55 | Break |
| Tuesday 18.02.2025 | Analysis of veterinary drug residues Chair Dr. Joachim Polzer, Head of Unit EU Reference Laboratory for Residues, BVL CV |
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| 13:55 – 14:25 | Control of veterinary drug residues - Considerations on analysis strategies Antje Borzekowski, Unit National Reference Laboratories for Residues from Pharmacologically Active Substances and GMO, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:25 – 14:35 | Insights into the lab - An exemplary method for residue analysis used in the reference laboratory Antje Borzekowski and the team of the NRL for Residues from Pharmacologically Active Substances, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:35 – 14:55 | Examples for method validation Dr. Katrin Kittler, Unit EU Reference Laboratory for Residues, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:55 – 15:15 | Proficiency tests - a key tool for harmonised residue control Dr. Ulrike Mülow-Stollin, Unit EU Reference Laboratory for Residues, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Q&A session |
PROGRAMME DAY 3
| Wednesday 19.02.2025 | Building laboratory competences Chair Dr. Rudolf Hackenberg, Head of Unit National Reference Laboratories for Pesticides, Process Contaminants, Metals and Nitrogen Compounds, BVL CV |
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| 12:30 – 12:55 | Building laboratory competences Dr. Miriam Schwalbe-Herrmann, State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Lower Saxony CV + Abtstract |
| 12:55 – 13:20 | International lab support - Namibia Dr. Sylvia Dreyer, Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, FLI CV + Abstract |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | Q&A session |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Break |
| Wednesday 19.02.2025 | Antimicrobial resistances Chair Dr. Heike Kaspar, Head of Unit Monitoring of Resistances to Antibiotics, BVL CV |
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| 13:45 – 14:15 | Antimicrobials in veterinary medicine in the EU: challenges, goals, and priorities Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer, Head of Department Veterinary Medicines, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Codex Task Force AMR: Toolbox on Integrated Surveillance Rosa Peran, Unit One Health, WHO, Former Chair of the Working Group Integrated Surveillance, Codex Task Force on AMR CV + Abstract |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Overview of research on antimicrobial resistances Prof. Dr. Stefan Schwarz, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin) CV + Abstract |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Q&A session |
PROGRAMME DAY 4
| Thursday 20.02.2025 | Antimicrobial resistances (part 2) Chair Dr. Heike Kaspar, Head of Unit Monitoring of Resistances to Antibiotics, BVL CV |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 | Panel discussion: Cooperation between authorities in the area of ‘One Health’ Dr. Karoline Schollmeyer (BMEL), Prof. Dr. Guido Werner (RKI), Dr. Anneluise Mader (BfR), Prof. Dr. Sascha Knauf (FLI) CV Schollmeyer CV Werner CV Mader CV Knauf |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Antibiotics minimisation concept in livestock PD Dr. Svenja E. Sander, Head of Group Post-Marketing, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Surveillance of animal pathogens Lucie Collineau, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) CV + Abstract |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Q&A session |
| 14:10 – 14:25 | Break |
| Thursday 20.02.2024 | Management of zoonoses Chair Dr. Carolin Lörchner, Unit General Affairs and Food, BVL CV |
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| 14:25 – 14:55 | Representative monitoring of zoonoses and AMR along the food chain Dr. Klaus Lorenz, Head of Unit Food Hygiene, Inspections, Veterinary Affairs, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:55 – 15:20 | Programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of zoonoses - Control programme of Salmonella Prof. Dr. Annemarie Käsbohrer, Head of Epidemiology, Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) CV + Abstract |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Q&A session |
PROGRAMME DAY 5
| Friday 21.02.2025 | Management of zoonoses (part 2) Chair Dr. Carolin Lörchner, Unit General Affairs and Food, BVL CV |
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| 12:30 – 13:05 | Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs Dr. Andreas Pastari, Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office Freiburg (CVUA), Baden-Wuerttemberg CV + Abstract |
| 13:05 – 13:40 | Highly pathogenic avian influenza Dr. Anja Globig, Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, FLI CV + Abstract |
| 13:40 – 13:55 | Break |
| 13:55 – 14:40 | Management of foodborne disease outbreaks Thomas Schewe, Crisis Unit Office, Foodborne Outbreaks, Prevention, BVL CV + Abstract |
| 14:40 – 14:55 | Q&A session |
| Friday 21.02.2025 | Conclusion Chair Jana Hoppe, Unit International Affairs, BVL CV |
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| 14:55 – 15:20 | Discussion and exchange of experience Chair |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Wrap–up and closing remarks Dr. Gerd Fricke, Vice President of BVL |
