Program
Welcome to the Nordic Network For Food Control Research: June 4-5, 2026. The program is posted further down at this page.
Find your way
Find your way from the bus stop, Campus Ultuna, to the Entrance of Ulls hus.
Illustrated map to help you find the room, marked “Meeting Room” (“Hörsal V”).
Schedule
Day 1, Thursday
| Day 1, Thursday 4.6. Ulls hus, Room V | Time | Lecturer |
| Lunch | 11:30-12:30 | |
| Welcome and opening remarks | 12:30-12:45 | Nils Fall, Dean of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, and Sofia Boqvist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) |
| Current risk-based food control: challenges and research needs |
12:45-13:05
13:05-13.25
13:25-13:45
13:45-14:05
14:05-14:30 |
Moderator: Ivar Vågsholm, SLU Carmela Hellsten Ruokavisto, Finnish Food Authority Åsa Kjellgren, Swedish Food Agency (SLV) Siv Urnes, Mattilsynet, Norweigan Food Safety Authority Lis Alban, Danish Agriculture and Food Council/ University of Copenhagen (UoC) Aivars Berzins, Institute of Food Safety Animal Health and Environment (BIOR): Perspectives from the Baltic, EFSA/EU |
| Coffee/tea break | 14:30-15:00 | |
| A comparative analysis of risk-based food safety inspection methods across EU countries and Canada | 15:00-15:30 | Yuanxiao (Evie) Ze, Wageningen University, the Netherlands |
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Current research in food control
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3
Presentation 4
Presentation 5
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15.30-15.50
15:50-16:10
16:10-16:25
16:25-16:45
16:45-17:05
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Moderator: Viktor Almqvist, SLU Presentations
Maybritt Poulsen, Danish Agriculture and Food Council: Control of AMR in meat – Danish example
Salla Aaltonen, University of Helsinki (UoH): Associations between the amount of food control inspections and compliance level of FBO
Anette Granly Koch, Danish Technological Institute, Food safety challenges in green transition
Arja Helena Kautto, SLU: Remote meat inspection - an obligation?
Jörgen Leisner, University of Copenhagen (UoC): Food control vs bacteriological quality of sushi |
| Closure | 17:05-17:15 | Ivar Vågsholm |
| Dinner | 18:30 |
Restaurant PepparPeppar, Suttungs gränd 3
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Day 2, Friday
| Day 2, Friday 5.6. Ulls hus, Room V | Time | Lecturer |
| Coffee/tea available | 08:30 | |
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Current research in food control
Presentation 1
Presentation 2 Presentation 3 |
09:00-09:20
09:20-09:40
09:40-10:00 |
Moderator: Arja Kautto, SLU Presentations Mati Roasto, Estonian University of Life Sciences. Estonia safety and quality of high risk plant based foods designing food control novel foods Vadims Bartkevičs, University of Latvia. Risk-Based in Name or in Practice? Residue Control Programmes in the EU and Latvia Paula Saarimaa, University of Helsinki: Pressure towards food control officials |
| Third party controls – from a FBO perspective | 10:00-10:30 | Rikard Hellqvist from Bergström & Hellqvist AB, Sweden |
| Coffee/tea break | 10:30-11:00 | |
| Validation of indicators for assessing food safety culture: results from an Italian Finnish project. | 11:00-11:30 | Andrea Gori University of Pisa, Italy |
| Frugal inventions, objective measurements food control | 11:30-12:00 | Viktor Almqvist, SLU |
| Plenary discussion | 12:00-12:45 |
Moderator Sofia Boqvist Panel: Rikard Hellqvist, Bergström & Hellqvist AB Lis Alban, Danish Agriculture & Food Council/UoC Åsa Kjellgren, Swedish Food Agency SLV Mati Roasto Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Final remarks and closure | 12:45-13:00 | Janne Lunden, University of Helsinki and Sofia Boqvist, SLU |
| Lunch | 13:00 | Stay or grab and go |