1. SAFEFOODERA Stakeholder meeting with Consumer groups Brussels, 15 – 16 March 2007

2. Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success Working together is success Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success Working together is success Henry Ford

3. SAFEFOODERA and the European Steering Committe (ESC) The members of SAFEFOODERA-ESC are funding bodies from countries that are willing to open up and coordinate the food safety aspects of their ongoing national/regional programs > 90% of European food safety projects are nationally funded, but normally not within food safety programs

5. 2008 A European platform for protecting consumers against food health risks The Staircase to the Future Information Exchange External communication Strategic Activities Joint Activities Transnational Activities External communication 2004 ERA-NET SAFEFOODERA

6. Funders (bureacrats) Scientists Industry Network of national and EU Funders All EU MS and AMS + Network of scientific research institutes and universities members in all EU MS and AMS + CIAA The Retail and Food service sector Consumers The primary objective of SAFEFOODERA The primary objective of SAFEFOODERA is to establish a platform for protecting consumers against health risks from the consumption of food.

7. Funders (bureacrats) Scientists Industry Network of national and EU Funders All EU MS and AMS + Network of scientific research institutes and universities members in all EU MS and AMS + CIAA The Retail and Food service sector Consumers The primary objective of SAFEFOODERA The primary objective of SAFEFOODERA is to establish a platform for protecting consumers against health risks from the consumption of food. A forum like this never existed before for the hospitality sector! Dr. Bizhan Pourkomailian McDonalds Europe

8. SAFEFOODERA WP6 – External Communication - Objective Dialogue with stakeholders to Facilitating pan-European dissemination and exploitation of project results. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.The scientific community (Lisabon, 23 – 24 November 2006) SAFE Consortium membership, complemented with other institutes to be selected. 2.The Food Industry (Copenhagen, 14 – 15 December 2006) Tthe Confederation of the food and drink industries of the EU (CIAA). 3.The Retail and Food Service sectors (Ljubljana, 8 – 9 February 2007) Representatives from The Confederation of National Associations of Hotels, Restaurants, Cafés and Similar Establishments in the European Union and European Economic Area (HOTREC), the European Federation of Contract Catering Organisations (FERCO), the European Modern Restaurant Association (EMRA), Eurocommerce and the International Committee of Food Retail Chains (CIES). 4.The Consumers (Brussels, 15 – 16 March 2007) European Consumer Organisation 5.The Commission, EFSA and stakeholders (Berlin, 29 – 30 March 2007) The management board of EFSA and the Commissions ERA-NET organisation.