Participation in international expert groups and panels

DTU National Food Institute is represented in a large number of international organizations' expert groups, panels, committees and working groups and is also an international reference laboratory in a number of key areas.

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides independent scientific advice on food-related risks. EFSA advises on existing and new food-related risks. The advice contributes to shaping European laws, rules and policies - and thus helps protect consumers from the risks in the food chain. EFSA is a European agency funded by the European Union that operates independently of the European legislative and executive institutions (Commission, Council, and Parliament) and EU Member States.

Contact

Vibe Meister Beltoft

Vibe Meister Beltoft Senior Scientific Officer

Particiption in EFSA panels
Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain CONTAM
Annette Petersen
Particiption in EFSA networks
Communication Expert Network CEN Heidi Kornholt
Scientific Network for Microbiological Risk Assessment (MRA) BIOCONTAM Marianne Sandberg/alt.Tine Hald
Scientific Network on Zoonoses Data Collection DATA Brian Lassen
Scientific Network on Zoonoses Data Collection - subgroup on AMR data DATA Ana Sofia Ribeiro Duarte
Chemical Monitoring Data Network Daniel Bernado Garcia Jorgensen/alt.Annette Petersen
Scientific Network on Food Consumption Data DATA
Ellen Trolle/alt.Sisse Fagt
Scientific Network on Veterinary Medicinal Products Residues Data Collection (RVMP) DATA
Daniel Bernado Garcia Jorgensen/alt.Annette Petersen
Scientific Network for Food Ingredients and Packaging FCM
Bina Bhattarai/alt.Pelle Thonning Olesen
Scientific Network for Risk Assessment of GMOs (Food and Feed) GMO
Radhakrishna Shetty
Scientific Network on Emerging Risks Exchange EREN Nao Takeuchi-Storm /alt. Kirsten Pilegaard / Anne Mette Zenner Boisen 
Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies in Food and Feed SCER
Katrin Loeschner/alt.Jens Jørgen Sloth
Participation in EFSA's cross-cutting working groups
Working Group on Compendium of Botanicals
Kirsten Pilegaard
Working Group on substances other than vitamins and minerals (Art. 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006)
Kirsten Pilegaard
Participation in EFSA's working groups
NUTRINovel Foods 2018-2021 NUTRI
Morten Poulsen
 Working group on RBA Guidance update Morten Poulsen
Working Group on “Request for EFSA technical and scientific support to collect and analyse antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data of bacteria isolated from aquaculture animals" Rene Henriksen
 Working group on Flavourings  Karin K. Nørby
EFSA Advisory Forum and Focal Point
Advisory Forum Dorte Lau Baggesen
Focal Point
Vibe Meister Beltoft
European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN), is an association that brings together the National Standardization Bodies of 34 European countries.

CEN TC275 WG10 (Foodstuffs - Elements and their chemical species) CEN, DS Jens Jørgen Sloth
CEN TC327 WG4 (Animal feedingstuffs - Elements and their chemical species) CEN, DS
Jens Jørgen Sloth
Standardisering CEN, DS
Mette Erecius Poulsen
CEN TC352 WG4 (Manufactured nano-objects in food additives) CEN, DS Katrin Loeschner
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Working Group on the ISO Standard on AMR typing using WGS data ISO/TC 34/SC 9 Rene Hendriksen
European Union (EU)

The National Food Institute participates in the following expert groups:

Focal point: European Center for Disease Control ECDC
Rene Hendriksen
European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL)  WG for NGS og ISO/TC 034/SC 09/WG 25 "Whole-genome sequencing for typing and genomic characterization" EURL
Rene Hendriksen
EURL for AMR in food, feed and animal health (Director)
Rene Hendriksen
EURL WG on Next Generation Sequencing
Rene Hendriksen
ECHA BPC wg tox on hazard assessment of biocidal active substances and risk assessment of biocidal products
Max Hansen
ECHA ARTFood on principle for assessment of biocidal active substances and biocidal products
Max Hansen
 ECHA ARTFood on principle for assessment of biocidal active substances and biocidal products Max Hansen
eWorking Group on the Cumulative Risk Assessment of Pesticide Residues EU, PAFF
Bodil Hamborg Jensen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and WHO
 CCPR, Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues FAO/WHO  Bodil Hamborg Jensen
 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Reference Center for AMR (Director)  Rene Hendriksen
Nordic - The Nordic Council and The Nordic Council of Ministers

The Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council are the main forums for official Nordic co-operation, which involves Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

 Working group for the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2020 The Nordic Council of Ministers  Ellen Trolle, Rikke Andersen
 NMKL – Nordic-Baltic Committee on Food Analysis (President) Grethe Hyldig

The Institute also contributes as an EU reference laboratory in a number of key areas: pesticides in cereals and feed (EURL-CF), process contaminants in food (EURL-PC), metals and nitrogen-containing substances in feed and food (EURL-MN) and antibiotic resistance (EURL-AR).

Find more information on the reference laboratories' websites:

Read more about the institute's role in the EU reference laboratories.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO)

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger, to achieve food security for all, and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

CCPR: electronic Working Group on revisiting the IESTI FAO/WHO
Bodil Hamborg Jensen
CCPR, Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues FAO/WHO
Bodil Hamborg Jensen
FAO reference laboratory for AMR Rene Hendriksen
    Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

    The mission of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.

    Group under OECD Test guideline programme Person
    OECD Test Guidelines programme Thyroid Disruption Methods Expert Group Anne Kjerstine Rosenmai
    OECD Test Guidelines programme Expert Group on genotoxicity TGs Anne Mette Zenner BoisenAnoop Kumar Sharma
    WPHA OECD QSAR Toolbox Management Group Eva Bay Wedebye
    WPHA QMRF (QSAR Model Reporting Format) project Eva Bay Wedebye
    OECD Test Guidelines programme Thyroid Disruption Methods Expert Group Louise Ramshøj, Marta Axelstad Petersen
    WPHA OECD QSAR Toolbox Management Group Nikolai G. Nikolov
    WPHA QMRF (QSAR Model Reporting Format) project  Nikolai G. Nikolov
    OECD Test Guidelines programme Advisory Group on Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment (EDTA) of the Test Guidelines Programme - EDTA-AG Sofie Christiansen
    OECD Test Guidelines programme National coordinator for OECD test guideline programme and EU Test Methods concerning humane effects – WNT Sofie Christiansen
    OECD Test Guidelines programme Expert Group on Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity - EG repro dev Sofie Christiansen
    OECD Test Guidelines programme Revision of GD 34 Sofie Christiansen
    OECD Test Guidelines programme Advisory Group on Emerging Science in Chemicals Assessment (ESCA) Terje Svingen
    World Health Organization (WHO)

    The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health.

    WHO Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) WHO Tine Hald
    Focal Point: International Network of Food Safety Authorities (INFOSAN) WHO Rene Hendriksen
    WHO Collaborating Center for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics WHO
    Rene Hendriksen
    WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS)
    Rene Hendriksen
    WHO International Pathogen Surveillance Network
    Rene Hendriksen
    Chair of WHO Tricycle WP 4 (Molecular biology) of the joint WHO, FAO and the World
    organizations for Animal Health (OIE) programme
    Rene Hendriksen
    Member of the WHO AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership platform for Research
    and Academic organizations cluster
    Rene Hendriksen

    Co-lead of WHO AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform - Action Group on “Integrated
    AMR Surveillance across One Health Sectors in West Africa, Asia and
    Caribbean”
    Rene Hendriksen
    Appointment to the Quadripartite Technical Group on Antimicrobial Resistance and Use
    Integrated Surveillance (QTG-AIS)
    Rene Hendriksen
    WP 3 chair of the Quadripartite Technical Group on Antimicrobial Resistance and Use
    Integrated Surveillance (QTG-AIS)
    Rene Hendriksen
    Other International Organizations

     

    UK CIAG international interactions advisory group: PATH-SAFE project Rene Hendriksen
     PHA4GE: Member of the  Infrastructure working group and platforms Rene Hendriksen 
    IAEA: Chief Scientific Investigator for Agreement No. 27020 concerning Research Project:
    “Provision of Technical Advisor Service Within AMR to Public Health Laboratories” 
    Rene Hendriksen