Enhancing Food Safety Testing to Support the Free Flow of
Traded Food and Agri-food Products
8 July 2021 from 8:00 – 10:00 Québec Time (UT -4)
Virtual Workshop / Webinar – Zoom Platform
Workshop Introduction and Agenda: English | Français | العربية
WEBINAR REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Workshop Introduction and Context
Importance of Partnership Capacity Building Initiatives Targeting Food and Feed Laboratory Testing
Prof. Samuel Godefroy, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
USDA – Introductory Remarks
Ms. Mary Ensch, United Stated Department of Agriculture
Afican Union – Introductory Remarks
Dr. Amare Ayalew, Afican Union
Waters Corporation – Introductory Remarks
Dr. Timothy Jenkins, Global Food Markets, Waters Corporation
AOAC Sub-Saharan Africa Section – Introductory Remarks
Dr. Owen Fraser, AOAC Sub-Saharan Africa Section
Land O’Lakes – Introductory Remarks
Ms. Martha Byanyima, Land O’Lakes
Keynote Presentation
Food laboratory capacity building needs and imperatives of method standardization in the African continent
Dr. Owen Fraser, President, AOAC Sub-Saharan Africa Section
Keynote Presentation
Implementing standardized pesticide analytical methods for food control
Professor Kaushik Banerjee, Principal Scientist, National Reference Laboratory, ICAR, India (Former President AOAC India Section)
