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Super(?)foods and Supplements - Risky or Healthy?
(30.06.2022 - 01.07.2022)
To mark the occasion of their 20th anniversaries, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) are planning the following joint two-day event:
"Super(?)foods and Supplements - Risky or Healthy?"
The event will take place on 30 June 2022 and 1 July 2022 at the BfR premises in Berlin-Marienfelde, Diedersdorfer Weg 1, 12277 Berlin Germany as well as online.
Foods that are marketed by the food industry under the label "superfood" are often associated by consumers with positive effects on human health. The term is usually used to promote plant-based foods (e.g., fruits, berries, seeds, and various vegetables) that are naturally rich sources of vitamins, minerals and secondary plant compounds. Additionally, dietary supplements that contain certain botanical extracts or other substances with nutritional or physiological effects are also often promoted as "superfoods". As they are not legally defined, a wide range of products are currently being marketed as "superfoods".
However, certain foods marketed in this way, especially in concentrated form, may also pose health risks.
The aim of the event is therefore to present and discuss aspects of scientific assessment and regulation of foods sold under the marketing term "superfood" in the context of consumer health protection.
The event could be followed via livestream. The records of the livestreams can be found here:
Programme
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30.06.2022 Programme
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Super(?)foods and Supplements - Risky or Healthy? |
119.2 KB
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Presentation
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01.07.2022 Presentation Karen I. Hirsch-Ernst, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), DE
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Risk assessment approaches and methodology - an overview |
1.1 MB
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01.07.2022 Presentation Susanne Alban, Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, DE
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Risk assessment of "superfoods" and supplements (examples) |
9.6 MB
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01.07.2022 Presentation Georg Schreiber, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), DE
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G@ZIELT - the German central unit for eCommerce control |
3.4 MB
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01.07.2022 Presentation Julia Sausmikat, Consumer Association North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
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How is food transformed into "superfood"? |
2.1 MB
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01.07.2022 Presentation Peter Nick, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DE
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Combatting counterfeit superfoods |
3.1 MB
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01.07.2022 Presentation Gwenn Vo Van Regnault, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), FR
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Nutrivigilance of food supplements in Europe |
1.1 MB
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30.06.2022 Presentation Ana Afonso, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), IT
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EFSA role in the assessment of health claims and novel foods including nutrient sources |
2.0 MB
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30.06.2022 Presentation Marc Birringer, University of Applied Sciences Fulda, DE
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"Superfoods" and supplements - an overview |
3.2 MB
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30.06.2022 Presentation Mark Lohmann, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), DE
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Consumer perception of superfoods - online population survey in Germany |
742.3 KB
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30.06.2022 Presentation Isabelle Laquiere, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (FPS Public Health), BE
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Superfoods, food supplements, novel foods |
1.2 MB
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30.06.2022 Presentation Klaus Riediger, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), AT
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Classification of other substances - the D-A-CH-lists of substances and other lists on the national level |
3.0 MB
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30.06.2022 Presentation Jacqueline Steenbergen-Biesterbos, Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), NL
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Initiative on European level for classification pharmacologically active substances in food supplements |
377.5 KB
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30.06.2022 Presentation Tomas Nilsson, Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA), SE
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Borderline medicinal products/foods - limits of "dual use" |
756.9 KB
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