Food safety plays an important role in health and well-being, and everyone has the right to access safe food, but today's food safety still faces many challenges. Danone and Mars are two of the world's leaders in the food industry, and the two sides took the opportunity of the 2021 Food Safety Future Seminar Summit to conduct in-depth discussions with all walks of life on emerging trends, challenges and opportunities in food safety.
BEIJING, Oct. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 26, Mars' Global Food Safety Center ("Mars Food Safety Center") and Danone Food Safety Co., Ltd. jointly held the 2021 Food Safety Future Summit, where more than 150 participants discussed and shared emerging trends, challenges and opportunities, technology and risk communication with more than 150 participants offline and online, and discussed the infinite possibilities for future development in the field of food safety. The summit brought together Academician Chen Junshi, General Counsel of the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Wu Yongning, Chief Technical Officer of the Center, representatives of united Nations affiliated agencies, Queen's University Belfast, University College Dublin, Laval University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Atled University, Asian Food Association, SSAFE, China Nutrition and Health Food Association, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Global R&D of Mars Corporation, Vice President and Chief Food Safety Officer of Danone, and nearly 30 leaders from the field of food safety to share and discuss topics.
<b>Joint creation: Food Safety Today, Wisdom Convergence Future</b>
Today, food safety remains a global issue that affects the lives of people around the world According to a 2020 Mars Food Safety Survey of more than 1,750 respondents in China, the UK and the US, more than half (52%) of respondents believe that food safety is one of the top three issues in the world, and 77% believe that it is one of the top ten issues in the world.
Danone's corporate mission "Bring health to as many people as possible through food", so that Danone not only advocates the production of healthier products and healthier eating behaviors, but also hopes to build a healthier future through business practices Adhering to the vision of "the future starts in the present", Mars is committed to helping solve the major food safety challenges facing the global food supply chain Therefore, Danone and Mars have always believed that ensuring food safety is an important issue for decoding the future The two companies advocate a new model of open cooperation and knowledge sharing. Worked with partners from all walks of life to ensure the development of food safety, and jointly held the 2021 Food Safety Future Seminar Summit.
<b>Big Names: Unlocking the Key to Food Safety Challenges</b>
With the theme of "Food Safety Today, Wisdom convergence for the future", the summit faced the important challenges of food safety and explored global response plans Academician Chen Junshi, a guest of honor, gave high praise to the holding of the summit: "Today's conference provides a good communication platform for domestic and foreign food industry partners of governments, intergovernmental organizations, enterprises, academia and non-governmental organizations, and everyone to discuss how to use cutting-edge strategies, scientific progress and innovative technologies based on 'Food Safety Today' to discuss how to use cutting-edge strategies, scientific progress and innovative technologies to' Under the rapidly changing food system, the summit provides inspiration for the future development of all walks of life in the industry by sharing and discussing advanced experience and excellent cases in the industry, and explores new possibilities for food safety solutions."
Chen Junshi, General Counsel of national food safety risk assessment center, delivered a keynote speech on "Development and Status Quo of Food Safety"
Maria Velissariou, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Mars Global R&D, and Zhang Guangtao, Director of Mars Global Food Safety Center, welcomed the guests at the summit, "Mars Food Safety Center adheres to the Mars vision, we look forward to a prosperous tomorrow where everyone can flourish, everyone and pet can access safe food As a responsible enterprise that upholds the principle of reciprocity, Mars always believes that multi-party cooperation is the key to ensuring food safety and promoting the development of the industry." Xu Jie, Food Safety Director of Danone China, delivered a welcome speech for the summit: "Through this summit, we hope to address global food safety challenges through knowledge sharing, exchange and cooperation Food safety is a common responsibility, and only through open and inclusive cooperation can we pursue the excellence of food safety Development Therefore, Danone has been working closely with different stakeholders in the ecosystem, such as Danone and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, different government departments in China, The successful holding of this summit is also one of the concrete results of Danone's long-term cooperation with Mars in the field of food safety."
Xu Jie, Danone China Food Safety Director, presided over the summit
At the summit site, participants from different fields of food safety shared and discussed the topic of "Food Safety Today: Be Prepared, It Is Urgent" in the morning, chaired by Academician Chen Junshi In the keynote speech of "Development and Status Of Food Safety", Academician Chen Junshi shared his insights into emerging trends, challenges and opportunities in food safety, and led guests from governments, intergovernmental organizations, academia and non-governmental organizations to show the participants the evolution of the overall trend of global food safety and the urgent problems to be solved , and discussed how to navigate the development of emerging risks.
In the afternoon session, under the auspices of Wu Yongning, Chief Technical Officer of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center of China, a number of scientists had in-depth discussions on key issues in the field of food safety, such as the general health policy to cope with global challenges, new ways of predicting food safety risks and communicating, how to use genomics to empower food safety, and the future development direction of food adulteration prevention and detection, and explored how to reduce the negative impact of foodborne diseases on society, economy, health and the environment. The guests believed that science-based risk assessment, building a global food safety culture, and scientific monitoring methods that combine big data, artificial intelligence and expert wisdom will be important ideas to solve food safety challenges.
In the topic of "Innovative Cooperation - Best Practices and Forward Directions" chaired by Dr. Zhang Guangtao, Academician Chen Junshi held a wonderful symposium with domestic and foreign food safety leaders, sharing international cooperation best practices in standard formulation, capacity building, technical solution research and development, education and training, etc., and discussing how to rely on domestic and foreign platforms to achieve multi-regional and multi-stakeholder collaboration, establish a deeper, broader and more effective partnership, and ensure food safety with international and regional multi-party synergy.
<b>Mutually beneficial cooperation: to create a future of food safety</b>
Speaking about future developments, Monique Pellegrino, Danone's Vice President and Chief Food Safety Officer, said at the meeting: "At Danone, we attach great importance to the impact of environmental changes on the food system, such as trade globalization, more complex supply chains, technological advances and changes in social trends, because they will directly or indirectly bring challenges to food safety. Continuous upgrading of the food safety management system We believe that success is based on the cooperation and action of all stakeholders, so we will continue to strengthen the partnership to promote the development of food safety more effectively We and Mars both hope that food safety will become a booster for food system upgrading and innovation, which is an important foundation for long-term cooperation between the two companies."
Zhang Guangtao, Director of Mars Global Food Safety Center, said in the summary of the meeting: "Food safety is a common concern of the world, it is very important to make full use of important partnerships and breakthroughs in the wide application of science and technology, we hope to take science and technology as the guide, and Danone and more partners continue to work together to promote the high-quality development of the food manufacturing industry, promote the realization of food safety for all, guard food security and other common goals, and create a better tomorrow with safer food."
Zhang Guangtao, Director of Mars Global Food Safety Center, summarized the results of the meeting
It is worth mentioning that Mars and Danone have a long history of cooperation in the field of food safety, since 2015, the two sides have carried out long-term co-construction in laboratory capabilities, horizon scanning - risk prediction information exchange, vulnerability assessment and control of food fraud, food safety culture, verification of methods such as allergens and mineral oils, microbial risk management and supplier quality assurance, and together with leading organizations inside and outside the United Nations, they have successively cooperated in the "Global Consensus on Food Adulteration" seminar including 2017 2019 "Food Allergen Management Seminar" and other projects, but also recently jointly published a guide to help improve microbiology laboratory management to ensure accurate analysis results.