Meeting of The Science Advisory Board's Carcinogen Identification Committee
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/public_meetings/081205CIC.html
Source: Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency
Event Info: Sacramento, CA: Public Proposition 65 meeting with such possible topics as consideration of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene and an update on OEHHA activities on acrylamide
Event Date: 12 August, 2005
Global Issues in Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis: The 9th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens, and the 36th Annual Meeting of the Environmental Mutagen Society
http://www.icem2005.org/
Source: International Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies/Environmental Mutagen Society
Event Info: San Francisco, CA: Symposia at this event will include "Mutagens and Carcinogens from Cooked Food," "Risk Assessment and Genetic Toxicology," and more
Event Date: 03 September, 2005 - 08 September, 2005
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations Amendments to Section 12601, Clear and Reasonable Warning: Acrylamide
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/law/noteammend12601acryl.html
Source: Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency
Event Info: Notice of proposed rulemaking in California that would add new "Safe Harbor" provisions for warnings about acrylamide in foods. A public hearing will be held in Sacramento, CA on May 24, 2005 regarding the proposed rulemaking. Includes access to the "Initial Statement of Reasons," "Clear and Reasonable Warning regulations," and "Characterization of Acrylamide Intake from Certain Foods, March 2005." Comments received can be viewed here.
Event Date: 24 May, 2005
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations Amendments to Section 12705b and c, Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/law/noteacryl12705bc.html
Source: Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency
Event Info: Notice of proposed rulemaking in California that would establish a no significant risk level for acrylamide. A public hearing will be held in Sacramento, CA on May 24, 2005 regarding the proposed rulemaking. Includes access to the "No Significant Risk Level document for Acrylamide," "Initial Statement of Reasons for the Amendments to Section 12705b and c, Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk," and the changes to Section 12705b and c. Comments received can be viewed here.
Event Date: 24 May, 2005
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations Amendments to Section 12705e, Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk: Acrylamide
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/law/acryl12705enote.html
Source: Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency
Event Info: Notice of proposed rulemaking in California that would establish an alternative risk level for acrylamide in breads and cereals. A public hearing will be held in Sacramento, CA on May 24, 2005 regarding the proposed rulemaking. Includes access to the "Initial Statement of Reasons for the Amendments to Section 12705e, Specific Regulatory Levels Posing No Significant Risk," the changes to Section 12705e, and "Characterization of Acrylamide Intake from Certain Foods." Comments received can be viewed here.
Event Date: 24 May, 2005
Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting
http://www.toxicology.org/memberservices/meetings/am2005/index.html
Source: Society of Toxicology
Event Info: New Orleans, LA: This meeting will include symposia, workshops, and sessions on such topics as dietary acrylamide, nutrigenomics and the safety assessment of functional foods, safety assessment of nutritionally improved food and feed, and more
Event Date: 06 March, 2005- 10 March, 2005
5th International Symposium on Deep Frying
http://www.toxicology.org/memberservices/meetings/am2005/index.html
Source: European Federation for the Science and Technology of Lipids
Event Info: San Francisco, CA: "Healthier and Safe Fried Foods in a Changing Marketplace." This symposium will include a talk entitled "United States Position on Acrylamide"
Event Date: February 20-22, 2005
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Sixty-Fourth Meeting (Contaminants) Rome, 09-17 February 2005: List of Substances Scheduled For Evaluation and Request for Data
ftp://ftp.fao.org/es/esn/jecfa/jecfa64_call.pdf
Source: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
Event Info: Rome. Call for toxicological, chemical, and intake data for the contaminants to be considered at this meeting (a list of contaminants is provided). Acrylamide is one of the contaminants to be considered
Event Date: February 9-17, 2005
NCTR Genetic Toxicology Research: Acrylamide, In Vivo Mutation, and Mouse Lymphoma Data
http://www.agovtox.org/meetingnext.html
Source: Association of Government Toxicologists
Event Info: Bethesda, MD: Talk by Martha Moore, FDA/NCTR
Event Date: 30 September, 2004
Chemical Reactions in Foods V.
http://nazv.vscht.cz/crf/
Source: Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, Institute of Chemical Technology/Division of Food and Agricultural Chemistry, Czech Chemical Society/Food Research Institute/Food Chemistry Division, Federation of European Chemical Societies
Event Info: Prague, Czech Republic: "New Knowledge on Chemical Reactions During the Processing and Storage of Foods." This event will include talks on acrylamide, 3-MCPD, and natural toxicants in foods, Maillard reaction products, and more
Event Date: 29 September, 2004- 01 October, 2004
The 118th AOAC International Annual Meeting & Exposition
http://www.aoac.org/meetings1/118_annual_mtg/118_Annual.htm
Source: AOAC International
Event Info: St. Louis, MO: This meeting will include such symposia as "Analytical Challenges in Ensuring International Food Safety," "Reference Materials for Biotechnology," "Food Allergens: Thresholds vs. Detection Limits of Analytical Methods," and more, and such poster sessions as "Acrylamide and Residues," "Drugs and Antibiotics in Foods and Feeds," and more
Event Date: 19 September, 2004 - 23 September, 2004
Acrylamide Update - A Key Issue Day
http://www.leatherheadfood.com/lfi/submenu.asp?item=3257&subsection=42
Source: Leatherhead Food International
Event Info: Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom: Meeting for the food industry on current acrylamide research and understanding, including such topics as mechanisms of formation, analytical methods, exposure, bioavailability, mitigation, and more
Event Date: 16 September, 2004
Potato Association of America 88th Annual Meeting
http://www.panhandle.unl.edu/paa/
Source: University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska Lincoln/Potato Association of America
Event Info: Scottsbluff, NE: "Potatoes: A Community." Talks at this meeting will include "A new approach to reduce the development of acrylamide in potato chips," "Development of an On-Farm Food Safety Program for potatoes," and many more
Event Date: 08 August, 2004- 12 August, 2004
8th International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction
http://maillard.sc.edu
Source: University of South Carolina
Event Info: Charleston, SC: Symposium on the Maillard reaction in food and biomedical sciences
Event Date: 29 August, 2004- 01 September, 2004
13th Annual Conference European Food Law 2004: The Challenges Ahead: From Obesity to Food Safety
http://www.agra-net.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=agra/showEvent...
Source: Agra Europe (London) Ltd.
Event Info: Brussels: Conference on regulatory issues in Europe that affect the food industry. Topics to be discussed include risk assessment, risk communication, acrylamide, obesity, labeling, and more
Event Date: 29 June, 2004- 30 June, 2004
National Toxicology Program (NTP) Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR) Announcement of Availability of the Draft Expert Panel Report on Acrylamide; Announcement of Expert Panel Meeting on Acrylamide; Request for Public Comment
http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/fedreg/fr2_20_04.html
Source: Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 34, Feb. 20, 2004, p. 7977-7978/GPO Access, U.S. Government Printing Office, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services
Event Info: Alexandria, VA. Announcement of the availability of the draft expert panel report on acrylamide and of an expert panel meeting to be held May 17-19, 2004 in Alexandria, VA. At this public meeting the expert panel will review the draft report and will discuss whether acrylamide is hazardous to human development or reproduction.A summary of the meeting is available at http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/news/acrylamide/AcrylMtgSum.pdf
Event Date: May 17-19, 2004
JIFSAN Acrylamide in Food Workshop 2004
http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/acrylamide2004.htm
Source: Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
Event Info: Chicago, Illinois: The goal of this workshop is to provide a venue for sharing the status and results of research conducted globally on acrylamide in food since 2002. The workshop will focus on science and identify remaining critical data gaps for evaluating the impact of acrylamide in food. Conclusions will include a select number of high priority needs for further consideration and funding by industry and government.
Event Date: April 13-15, 2004
ACS Symposium on Chemistry and Safety of Acrylamide in Food
/event_acs_symposium.htm
Source: American Chemical Society
Event Info: Anaheim , California: A Symposium "Chemistry and Safety of Acrylamide in Food" is organized by Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division, ACS, and topics will include Mechanisms of Formation in Food, Effect of Processing, Analysis, Distribution in the Food Chain, Preventing Formation in Food, Sources of Human Exposure to Acrylamide, Risk Assessment, Biomarkers of Exposure, Safety and Toxicology.
Event Date: March 28 - April 1, 2004
Acrylamide in Food: A Joint RSC/SCI Lecture
http://www.soci.org/SCI/events/listall.jsp
Source: Society of Chemical Industry
Event Info: Belfast, Northern Ireland: Lecture by Dr. Chris Elliott
Event Date: February 03, 2004
EFSA Workshop on Acrylamide Formation in Food
http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/ahawdocuments/catindex_en.html
Source: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Event Info: The aim of the workshop was to stimulate an exchange of ideas and findings on acrylamide, to enhance the current understanding of the mechanisms of formation and facilitate an effective and sustainable means of reducing levels of acrylamide in foods.
Event Date: November 17, 2003
AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting
http://www.aiche.org/conferences/annual/
Source: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Event Info: San Francisco, CA: Conference on chemical engineering, technology, and science. Includes the Eighth Topical Conference on Food Engineering (CoFE 2003), which has such sessions as "Advances in Frying Technology" (which includes discussion of the development of acrylamide in fried foods), "Risk Analysis," and many others
Event Date: November 16-21, 2003
1st International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis
http://www.iaeac.ch/foodportal.htm
Source: International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Event Info: Prague, Czech Republic: This symposium on food analysis will address such topics as "Exposure assessment," "General food analysis," "GM food and substantial evidence," "Residues and Contaminants," "Food processing and packaging contamininats" (including acrylamide), "Natural Toxins," and more. The deadline for abstract submission is May 30, 2003. The official language of the symposium will be English
Event Date: November 5-7, 2003
Note of the Meeting of Experts on Industrial Contaminants in Food: Acrylamide Workshop, 20-21 October 2003: Information on Ways to Lower the Levels of Acrylamide Formed in Food
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/chemicalsafety/contaminants/acryl_guidance.pdf
Source: Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission
Event Date: October 20-21, 2003
AACC Annual Meeting
http://www.aaccnet.org/meetings/2003/default.asp
Source: American Association of Cereal Chemists
Event Info: Portland, OR: Meeting on current advances in the grain industry. Hot topics to be discussed include "Acrylamide Update", "Biosafety Protocol," "Bioterrorism," "Biopharmaceutical Crop Issues," and "Obesity." Among symposia topics are "Allergens and Processing: Minimizing Your Risk," and "Bio-based Products." The advance registration deadline is August 22, 2003
Event Date: September 28 - October 2, 2003
Symposium: Acrylamide in food(s): Chemistry, toxicology, and regulations (2003 IFC Annual Meeting)
Session 31: http://ift.confex.com/ift/2003/techprogram/session_2072.htm
Session 47: http://ift.confex.com/ift/2003/techprogram/session_2488.htm
Source: The Institute of Food Technologists
Event Info: Chicago, IL: Two part symposium (#31 and #47) with presentations topics including exposure assessment, risk assessment, U.S. food laws, toxicology, and levels and formation of acrylamide. Also features panel discussion.
Event Date: July 12-16, 2003
12th Annual Conference European Food Law: Food Safety and Consumer Protection
http://www.agra-net.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?GXHC_gx_session_id_=e495b4...
Source: Agra Europe (London) Ltd.
Event Info: Brussels: Highlights at this conference on food safety issues includes "Consumer health protection and acrylamide".
Event Date: June 25-26, 2003
Acrylamide in Food: Are Children a Special Population at Risk?
http://www.lsro.org/acryl
Source: Life Sciences Research Office
Event Info: Arlington, VA: Conference on the risk to children from dietary exposure to acrylamide. Sessions include "Safety of the U.S. Food Supply," "Physiologic & Metabolic Differences in Children," "Evaluating Current Data," and "Public Health Intervention Strategies." Register by March 31, 2003 for reduced rates
Event Date: May 29-30, 2003
26th Annual National Food Policy Conference
http://www.consumerfed.org/nfpc26.pdf
Source: Consumer Federation of America
Event Info: National Press Club, Washington D.C. This conference includes "Acrylamide: Are Consumers Getting Fried?" workshop, moderated by Dr. David Lineback, Director, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN).
Event Date: May 8-9, 2003
Report: European Workshop on Analytical Methods for the Determination of Acrylamide in Food Products
http://www.irmm.jrc.be/ffu/acrylamide.html
Source: Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Event Info: Oud-Turnhout, Belgium: Report of this workshop organized by the European Commission's Directorates General Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO) and the Swedish National Food Administration. Includes background information, the programme, and the executive summary of the workshop as well as minutes from the presentations, discussions, and conclusions
Event Date: April 28-29, 2003
White Paper on Acrylamide: Outcome of the Acrylamide Workshop Held in Brussels on March 28, 2003
http://www.vwa.nl/documenten/VWA/2003-05-05_whitepaper.pdf
Source: Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA)/United Kingdom Food Standards Agency/Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU
Event Date: March 28, 2003
Acrylamid: Lagebeurteilung der betroffenen Kreise [in German]
http://www.bag.admin.ch/verbrau/lebensmi/Acrylamid/d/index.htm
Source: Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
Event Info: Information on a meeting held March 26, 2003 on acrylamide in foods. The information is also available in French and Italian.
Event Date: March 26, 2003
FAO/WHO Seminar on Acrylamide in Food: Current State of Affairs
ftp://ftp.fao.org/es/esn/jecfa/seminar_acrylamide.pdf
Source: Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization
Event Info: Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania: Seminar preceding the 35th Session of the Codex Committee for Food Additives and Contaminants. It will address the current state of research on acrylamide in food. Presentations from this seminar are available here.
Event Date: March 16, 2003
SNAXPO 2003
http://www.sfa.org
Source: Snack Food Association
Event Info: San Francisco, CA: "Bridging Our Snack Worlds." Trade show for the snack food industry. Sessions include "Acrylamide and Implications for the Snack Food Industry," "The Global Issues of Obesity and Nutrition," "Food Security After 9-11," and more
Event Date: March 15-18, 2003
Food Advisory Committee
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/cfsan03.html
Source: Dockets Management Branch, Food and Drug Administration
Event Info: Beltsville, MD: Topics to be discussed include the FDA's action plan for acrylamide in foods and the Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee
Event Date: February 24-25, 2003
ABC Technical Seminar
http://www.abcr.com/seminar.asp
Source: ABC Research Corporation
Event Info: Gainesville, FL: Conference on food safety. Topics to be discussed include antibiotic resistance, food production security, acrylamide in food, farm to table microbiological food safety, genetic fingerprinting, traceability, chloramphenicol, methyl mercury, and genetically modified organisms
Event Date: February 17-19, 2003
Toxicology Forum 28th Annual Winter Meeting
http://www.toxforum.org/
Source: Toxicology Forum
Event Info: Washington, DC: Sessions at this meeting include "Acrylamide in Foods: Should We be Concerned?", "Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Foods", "Cholesterol Lowering Drugs - Statins", "Drug-Drug and Drug-Diet Interactions", and more. Registration will be limited, so early registration is encouraged
Event Date: February 3-5, 2003
From Quantitative Risk Assessment to Cost-Benefit Analysis: Tools, Methods and Techniques for Decision Making
http://members.tripod.com/Cristina704/Foodrisk/workshop_6.htm
Source: Food/Water Safety Risk Specialty Group, Society for Risk Analysis/Lycos, Inc., Cristina McLaughlin
Event Info: New Orleans, LA: Workshop #6 at the SRA annual meeting, sponsored by the SRA Food and Water Risk Specialty Group and the Economics and Benefits Analysis Specialty Group. It will discuss the "rewards and potential pitfalls associated with integrating risk assessments and cost benefit analyses." Topics include "A Framework for integrating risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis," "Example of a decision problem that FDA is facing: Acrylamide," "Risk assessment and benefit analysis pilot project: Applications for acrylamide," and more. See the SRA annual meeting website for more information
Event Date: December 18, 2002
Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/cfsan02.htm
Source: Dockets Management Branch, Food and Drug Administration
Event Info: Adelphi, MD: Public meeting to discuss the FDA's action plan regarding acrylamide in food
Event Date: December 4-5, 2002
Acrylamide in Food Workshop: Scientific Issues, Uncertainties, and Research Strategies
http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/Acrylamide/acrylamide_workshop.html
Source: Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Event Info: Proceedings from this meeting held October 28-30 in Chicago, IL, including reports and presentations from each working group and the Planning Committee's List of Short-Term Action Items. The working groups were "Mechanism(s) of Formation of Acrylamide in Food," "Analytical Methods," "Exposure and Biomarkers," "Toxicology and Metabolic Consequences," and "Risk Communication"
Event Date: October 28-30, 2002
Assessing Acrylamide in the U.S. Food Supply; Public Meeting; Draft Action Plan on Acrylamide; Availability
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_reg...
Source: Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 177, Sep. 12, 2002, p. 57827-57828/GPO Access, U.S. Government Printing Office
Event Info: College Park, MD: This public meeting will address the activities of the FDA regarding acrylamide in foods, including a discussion of FDA's draft action plan on acrylamide.
Event Date: September 30, 2002
Public Meeting Assessing Acrylamide in the U.S. Food Supply
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/acryagen.html
Source: Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration
Event Info: Agenda and presentations from the "Assessing Acrylamide in the U.S. Food Supply" public meeting held September 30, 2002
Event Date: September 30, 2002
Acrylamide in Foods - Severe Problem or Overestimated Risk?
http://www.bfr.bund.de/cms/detail.php?id=1732
Source: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Event Info: Berlin, Germany: This meeting on acrylamide will be held in German. Topics include "Acrylamide in Food," "How Great is the Health Risk?," "How is Acrylamide Detected?," "Acrylamide in Food - Research Results from Germany and other European Countries," "Under Which Conditions Does Acrylamide Form?," "How Can Processing Be Modified to Reduce Acrylamide Content?," "What Can the Consumer Do to Reduce Acrylamide Intake?," and "What is the Status? Where Do We Go Next?"
Event Date: August 29, 2002
Health Implications of Acrylamide in Food: Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Consultation
/Docs/Acrylamide_report.pdf
Source: Cluster on Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, Department of Food Safety, World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Event Info: Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Consultation held June 25-27, 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland. It includes discussion of methods of analysis for acrylamide in foods, mechanisms of formation of acrylamide in foods, dietary exposure to acrylamide, the absorption, metabolism, distribution, and excretion of acrylamide, and the non-cancer toxicology, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity of acrylamide. Annex 3 to this report is a list of documents used by the Consultation.
Event Date: June 25-27, 2002
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