1. Final Notes Fera/JIFSAN 2012 Robert Edwards Chief Scientist Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera)

2. Criteria for joint meetings Topical Key relevance to food industry and regulatory authorities JIFSAN/ Fera have world class science offering Formative

3. Global analysis New advances in sequencing, chemical analysis and informatics are revolutionizing food science Move from targeted to non-targeted analysis DNA- Metagenomics, pathogen ID Proteins- Allergens, biopharma Chemicals-emerging threats, nutritional value New tools for evaluating risk and benefit

4. Fera/JIFSAN 2012 “New developments in safety: realising the potential of omic technologies” 13-15 June 2012 Fera, York, UK (www.defra.gov.uk/fera)

5. Focus of meeting Topical examples of the use of omic technologies in applied food science Latest technologies in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, nutrigenomics (inc. forward look) Data handling and processing Application to food safety and the implications for surveillance, control, traceability and regulation

6. Fera/JIFSAN 2012 “New developments in safety: realising the potential of omic technologies” 13-15 June 2012 Fera, York, UK (www.defra.gov.uk/fera)