Participation in international expert groups and panels

DTU National Food Institute is represented in a large number of international organizations' expert groups, panels, committees and working groups and is also an international reference laboratory in a number of key areas.

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides independent scientific advice on food-related risks. EFSA advises on existing and new food-related risks. The advice contributes to shaping European laws, rules and policies - and thus helps protect consumers from the risks in the food chain. EFSA is a European agency funded by the European Union that operates independently of the European legislative and executive institutions (Commission, Council, and Parliament) and EU Member States.

Contact

Vibe Meister Beltoft Senior Scientific Officer vmbe@food.dtu.dk

Particiption in EFSA panels

Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain CONTAM	Annette Petersen
Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain CONTAM	Elsa Ebbesen Nielsen
Hearing expert: Questions about flavourings under the Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings FAF	Karin Nørby

Particiption in EFSA networks

Communication Expert Network CEN	Heidi Kornholt
Scientific Network for Microbiological Risk Assessment (MRA) BIOCONTAM	Marianne Sandberg/alt.Tine Hald
Scientific Network on Zoonoses Data Collection DATA	Abbey Olesen
Scientific Network on Zoonoses Data Collection - subgroup on AMR data DATA	Ana Sofia Ribeiro Duarte
Chemical Monitoring Data Network	Daniel Bernado Garcia Jorgensen/alt.Annette Petersen
Scientific Network on Food Consumption Data DATA	Ellen Trolle/alt.Sisse Fagt
Scientific Network on Veterinary Medicinal Products Residues Data Collection (RVMP) DATA	Daniel Bernado Garcia Jorgensen/alt.Annette Petersen
Scientific Network for Food Ingredients and Packaging - subgroup on food contact materials FIP	Gitte Alsing Pedersen/alt.Pelle Thonning Olesen
Scientific Network for Risk Assessment of GMOs (Food and Feed) GMO	Jan W. Pedersen
Scientific Network on Emerging Risks Exchange EREN	Gitte Alsing Pedersen
Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies in Food and Feed SCER	Katrin Loeschner/alt.Jens Jørgen Sloth

Participation in EFSA's cross-cutting working groups

SCER WG Compendium of botanicals V3	Kirsten Pilegaard
SC Cross-Cutting WG Genotoxicity	Elsa Ebbesen Nielsen
Guidance on appraising and integrating evidence from epidemiological studies	Susanne Hougaard Bennekou

Participation in EFSA's working group on 'Nutrition'

NUTRINovel Foods 2018-2021 NUTRI

Morten Poulsen

EFSA Advisory Forum and Focal Point

Advisory Forum: EFSA	Christine Nellemann
Focal Point: EFSA	Vibe Meister Beltoft

European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN), is an association that brings together the National Standardization Bodies of 34 European countries.

CEN TC275 WG10 (Foodstuffs - Elements and their chemical species) CEN, DS	Jens Jørgen Sloth
CEN TC327 WG4 (Animal feedingstuffs - Elements and their chemical species) CEN, DS	Jens Jørgen Sloth
Standardisering CEN, DS	Mette Erecius Poulsen
CEN TC275 WG9 Vitamins and carotenoids CEN, DS	Jette Jakobsen
ISO/TC 34/WG 14 "Vitamins, carotenoids and other nutrients ISO, DS	Jette Jakobsen
CEN TC352 WG4 (Manufactured nano-objects in food additives) CEN, DS	Katrin Loeschner

European Union (EU)

The National Food Institute participates in the following expert groups:

Focal point: European Center for Disease Control ECDC	Rene Hendriksen
Joint interagency report on consumption and resistance of antimicrobials EU - ECDC	Frank Møller Aarestrup
European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC) (European Medicine Agency - (EMA))	Frank Møller Aarestrup
EUCAST subcommittee MIC wild-type distributions and ECOFFs ESCMID/ECDC/National breakpoint committees	Rene Hendriksen
EU EURLs WG for NGS og ISO/TC 034/SC 09/WG 25 "Whole-genome sequencing for typing and genomic characterization" EURL	Rene Hendriksen
ECHA BPC Ad hoc Working Group on the Assessment of Residue Transfer to Food ECHA	Max Hansen
eWorking Group on the Cumulative Risk Assessment of Pesticide Residues EU, PAFF	Bodil Hamborg Jensen
European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC) (European Medicine Agency (EMA))	Rene Hendriksen
EU reference laboratory for AMR	Rene Hendriksen

The Institute also contributes as an EU reference laboratory in a number of key areas: pesticides in cereals and feed (EURL-CF), process contaminants in food (EURL-PC), metals and nitrogen-containing substances in feed and food (EURL-MN) and antibiotic resistance (EURL-AR).

Find more information on the reference laboratories' websites:

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO)

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger, to achieve food security for all, and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

CCPR: electronic Working Group on revisiting the IESTI FAO/WHO	Bodil Hamborg Jensen
CCPR, Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues FAO/WHO	Bodil Hamborg Jensen
FAO reference laboratory for AMR	Rene Hendriksen

Norden, Nordic Co-operation

The Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council are the main forums for official Nordic co-operation, which involves Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

Working group for the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2020 Nordisk Ministerråd	Ellen Trolle
Nordic Committee on Food Analysis NMKL	Jette Jakobsen,Grethe Hylding,Rikke Andersen

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.

Group under OECD Test guideline programme	Person
OECD Test Guidelines programme VMG-non animal test guideline - VMG-NA	Anne Kjerstine Rosenmai
OECD Test Guidelines programme Extended Advisory Group for Molecular Screening and Toxicogenomics – EAGMST	Anne Marie Vinggaard
OECD Test Guidelines programme Expert Group on Non-Genotoxic Carcinogenicity - EG on NGTxC	Anoop Kumar Sharma
OECD expert group for establishment of pig-a Test Guideline	Anoop Kumar Sharma
Expert Group on the development of a DRP on the miniaturised versions of the Ames test	Anoop Kumar Sharma
OECD QSAR Toolbox Management Group	Eva Bay Wedebye
OECD Expert Group on Defined Approaches for Skin Sensitisation	Eva Bay Wedebye
OECD Expert group on skin sensitization	Eva Bay Wedebye
QSAR Assessment Framework Project	Eva Bay Wedebye
OECD Test Guidelines programme OECD Task Force for the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds	Jan W. Pedersen
OECD Expert group on skin sensitization	Jeppe Madura Larsen
OECD QSAR Toolbox Management Group	Nikolai G. Nikolov
OECD Test Guidelines programme Advisory Group on Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment (EDTA) of the Test Guidelines Programme - EDTA-AG	Sofie Christiansen
OECD Test Guidelines programme National coordinator for OECD test guideline programme and EU Test Methods concerning humane effects – WNT	Sofie Christiansen
OECD Test Guidelines programme Expert Group on Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity - EG repro dev	Sofie Christiansen
OECD EG on Development Neurotoxicity (DNT)	Sofie Christiansen
OECD Test Guidelines programme Extended Advisory Group for Molecular Screening and Toxicogenomics – EAGMST	Terje Svingen

World Health Organization (WHO)

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

WHO Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AGISAR) WHO	Rene Hendriksen
WHO Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) WHO	Tine Hald
WHO Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN) WHO	Rene Hendriksen
Focal Point: International Network of Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN) WHO	Rene Hendriksen
WHO Collaborating Center for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics WHO	Rene Hendriksen
WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS)	Rene Hendriksen