[JUNE 2024]
Live Webinar on Chemical safety of (infant) foods: innovative analyses based on contaminants and their effects. Organized by to learn about innovative analytical strategies to characterize chemical contaminants and their effects (dioxins, PFAS, pesticides, etc.) in foodstuffs, particularly baby food (live on 10 June 2024 at 9-12am CET)
[MAY 2024]
The most recent activities and progresses of the SAFFI project were presented and discussed at the international meeting dedicated to SAFFI in Siena (Italy) on May 6, 2024on 6 and 8 October 2023. The meeting, organized by the editorial Board of the international scientific Journal Global Pediatrics, convened a vast audience made of healthcare professionals, public health administrators, Civil society representatives, consumers, and officers of food/drug companies.
[APRIL 2024] The principles, goals, activities and progresses of the SAFFI project were presented and discussed in a 2 sessions meeting dedicated to SAFFI at the International biannual meeting of the Union of European National Pediatric Societies. The SAFFI 2024 Global Meeting took place in Turkey (Antalya) on April 19-20, 2024 at the International 11th Europaediatrics (over 650 participants). Over 30 presidents of European national pediatric societies representing their countries, joining a large audience including Healthcare professionals, Public health Administrators, civil society (consumers), industry in general and food companies, attended the meeting. Among others: the president and the director-general of the world pediatric Society, the director of the WHO Europe section, the president of the Asia-Pacific Society, the past-president and delegates of the Chinese Pediatric Society, the entire board of the Moroccan Pediatric Society, the president of the European Society of Primary Care Pediatrics.
Year 2023
[NOVEMBER 2023]
The 2nd symposium on “Safe Food For Infants” is held at the University of Izmir/Manisa on 20 November 2023. The progresses of SAFFI are discussed with an audience of 500 people made of academics, Students, Post-Docs, specialists in Nutrition and administrators in the sector of public health.
[OCTOBER 2023]
The principles, goals, activities and progresses of the SAFFI project were presented and discussed in 2 sessions dedicated to SAFFI at the Europediatrics International congress in Belgrade (Serbia) on 6 and 8 October 2023. The presidents of 25 national Pediatric societies representing their nations participated to the meeting, with an audience of 400 people made by healthcare professionals, public health administrators, Civil society representatives, consumers, and officers of food/drug companies.
[JULY 2023]
Safe Food For Infants: SAFFI Three seminal informative talks on Hazard Identification, Hazard Control and Hazard Detection were presented by investigators of the Horizon 2020 funded SAFFI (Safe Food For Infants) project at the International symposium on food safety held in Toronto, Canada, in July 16 2023
[MAY 2023]
A team of SAFFI Investigators (Kah Yen Claire Yeak, Marcel Zwietering of the Wageningen University, Netherlands, Sara Bover-Cid of IRTA, Spain and Kalliopi Rantsiou, of the University of Turin, Italy) presented the results of their research in the Horizon 2020 SAFFI at the International meeting on Food Safety in Aberdeen (Scotland, 3-5 May 2023)
[MARCH 2023]
Annual Congress of the European Societies of Primary Care Pediatrics (ECPCP), Members of EPA-UNEPSA - 200 Delegates participants
Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel - CONGRESS CENTER
[FEBRUARY 2023]
World Congress of Pediatrics (IPA) - 1,100 participants, including members of the 50 European Pediatric Societies Location: Gandinagar, India CONGRESS CENTER
Year 2022
[8 NOVEMBER 2022]
Annual congress of the Swiss “Association pour l’Activité et la Recherche Scìentifiques” - 200 participants
Location: Geneva, Switzerland - CONGRESS CENTER
[OCTOBER 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the International Joint Mediterranean congress of Microbiology in Neonatology in Izmir (Turkey, 16-18 October)
[OCTOBER 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the National Congress of the Turkish National Society of Pediatrics gathering the pediatricians of the 8 Turkish Speaking countries of the middle East (Cyprus 6-10 October 2022)
[SEPTEMBER 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the National Congress of the Serbian Society of Pediatrics, gathering the pediatric Societies of the BALKANS in Belgrade (Serbia on 14-17 September)
[SEPTEMBER 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the National Congress of the Romania Society of Pediatrics, (Bucharest on 21-24 September)
[SEPTEMBER 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the 8th International congress of Nutrition (probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics) in Valencia (Spain on 14-17 September)
[SEPTEMBER 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition the 10th congress of UENPS, the International congress of the Union of European Societies of Neonatology and Perinatology in Krakow (Poland on 2-4 September)
[MAY 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition the 57th congress of Turkish Pediatric Association, gathering the pediatricians of the Turkish Speaking countries of the middle East (Cyprus on 22-26 May)
[APRIL 2022]
EPA-UNEPSA was invited to disseminate the Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI in an international event held in the form of Webinar organized by the Swiss company "4U Pharma" and broadcasted from Basil, Switzerland. SAFFI was presented and debated with an audience of over 500 participants experts in infant nutrition (Switzerland, 9 April)
[APRIL 2022]
EPA-UNEPSA has organized an international Weinar in collaboration with a network of Chinese Pediatric Hospitals, led by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital of the Shaanxi region in China. The EU Horizon 2020 project "Safe Food For Infants" was presented and its principles, mission and goals were discussed with the audience of over 3000 delegates connected from remote.
[MARCH 2022]
The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition the XIX International congress Russian Academy of Pediatrics, gathering the 200.000 members pediatricians working in the Russian Federation (Moscow on 5-6 March)
Year 2021
[OCTOBER 2021]
A virtual zoom meeting was held with the presidents of the European Pediatric Societies and associations to inform and raise their awareness on the contents of SAFFI.
[SEPTEMBER 2021]
International Conference on environmental contaminants. Seminar at the working group of endocrine disruptors of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Society – Istanbul, Turkey (broadcasted)
[APRIL 16 / 30; MAY 7 / 21 - 2021]
Cycle of 4 regional Educational seminars (in Webinar format) for healthcare professionals involved in child health with the topic of food safety organized by EPA in collaboration with the University of Foggia, It.
[APRIL 2021]
ICMSF “LAS-ICMSF Webinar – “Update on food safety” () International Educational symposia in by Wageningen University: WEBINAR RECORDINGS in collaboration with the “Latin American Sub-Commission (LAS) of the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods.
Sampling plans and justification for establishing microbiological criteria and the application in different products were discussed.
[FEBRUARY 2021]
Foggia- Italy: Webinar "Safe food for infants”. General information about the importance of taking microbial and chemical hazard off of infants food. Description of SAFFI program and its importance for the development of an integrated system for monitoring food chain. Description of the development of programs and methods for an effective reduction of contaminants' risk .Presentation of the SAFFI Website.
[JANUARY 2021]
Istanbul – Turkey: : Webinar "Safe food for infants”. General information about the importance of taking microbial and chemical hazard off of infants food. Description of SAFFI program and its importance for the development of an integrated system for monitoring food chain. Description of the development of programs and methods for an effective reduction of contaminants' risk .Presentation of the SAFFI Website.
Year 2020
[NOVEMBER 2020]
National press conference campaign initiated by INRAE to illustrate
recent research works dealing with sustainable and healthy food chains.
General presentation of SAFFI project in Videoconference from France
[NOVEMBER 2020]
Moscow – Russia: Webinar "Safe food for infants”. General information
about the importance of taking microbial and chemical hazard off of
infants food. Description of SAFFI program and its importance for the
development of an integrated system for monitoring food chain.
Description of the development of programs and methods for an effective
reduction of contaminants' risk .Presentation of the SAFFI Website.
