FoodChain-Lab Training, Oeiras (Portugal), February 2023

Wednesday, 22.02.2023

10:00-10:15
Welcome and Introduction
INIAV, BfR

10:15-10:45
The challenge to trace the source of contamination in the international food and feed supply chain
Olaf Mosbach-Schulz, EFSA

10:45-11:15
FoodChain-Lab: an innovative tool to increase food safety through supply chain analyses
Marion Gottschald, BfR

11:30-12:15
Analytical features of FoodChain-Lab and successful applications in outbreak analyses (live demo)
Alexander Falenski, BfR

12:15-13:15
Lunch break

13:15-14:30
Hands-on training FoodChain-Lab web application (scenario files)
Marion Gottschald and FCL team, BfR

14:30-15:30
Backward and forward tracing analyses with FoodChain-Lab: Data collection, data structures, potential data needs in detail and workflow (including data collection exercise)
Alexander Falenski and FCL team, BfR

15:30-15:45
Coffee break

15:45-16:15
Foodborne incident investigation and tracing in Portugal
Pedro Nabais, ASAE

16:15-17:00
Discussion and open questions

 

Thursday, 23.02.2023

10:00-10:15
Wrap-up of first day

10:15-12:30
Interactive tracing scenario using the FCL desktop version (scenario files)
Marion Gottschald and FCL team, BfR

12:30-13:30
Lunch break

13:30-14:00
Practical exercise on geovisualisation and geocoding
Alexander Falenski and FCL team, BfR

14:00-14:30
Visions on the future of tracing in Europe
Olaf Mosbach-Schulz, EFSA

14:30-15:30
Working on a Portuguese foodborne incident as case study
Marion Gottschald and FCL team, BfR

15:30-16:00
Wrap-up, open questions and group discussion:
– Feature requests
– Interfaces with other software systems
– Further analyses with FCL support team
– Feedback