Consultancy
RIKILT plays an important role in advising the national government as well as international government bodies in the area of feed and food safety. Our consultancy role includes the following:
- helping to determine standards and guidelines for the authorisation of new agricultural additives and foodstuffs;
- new risk factors;
- evaluating possible risks posed by GMOs;
- providing advice on food safety in the food chain;
- providing advice and recommendations, whether requested or not, during food safety incidents and crises;
- participation in national and international committees on the standardisation and introduction of new analytical methods;
- contributing to the development of policy guidelines in the area of food quality;
- participating in international committees, for example within the framework of the EU, the EFSA, Codex Alimentarius and the World Health Organization;
- evaluating specific files: providing evaluations and recommendations in response to requests, e.g. for the authorisation of GMOs and cattle feed additives; in such cases, attention is focused in particular on the health risks posed by the substances concerned.
Training
As we have much expertise in analysing substances in animal feeds and foodstuffs and in the field of risk assessment, we provide, often in cooperation with Wageningen International tailor made trainings all over the world, including Turkey, Bulgaria, Malaysia, Ghana, Surinam, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Indonesia and China
For further information please contact mr. Piet Stouten.