Following the conclusion of the ICMSF annual meeting in 2025, ICMSF will team up with ILSI South East Asia region and Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB University) to organize a food safety workshop on Microbiological Risk Assessment. The temporary programme can be found below.

Workshop:

VALUE OF MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT (MRA) FOR REGULATORY AND FOOD INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT OF FOOD SAFETY

IPB International Conference Center, Bogor

27 October 2025
Workshop Co-Organisers: ILSI-SEAR, ICMSF and SEAFAST-IPB
Workshop supporters: Neogen, Danone, Nestlé

Programme (note: PDF versions of presentations can be downloaded for lectures with a link to the title)

09:00-09:30 Opening remarks by FST-IPB and SEAFAST-IPB, ILSI-SEAr, and ICMSF

Presentation by ILSI SEAr
Session 1 Principles and Importance of MRA in food safety management.

Chair: Dr. Geoffry Smith, President ILSI SEAR, Singapore
09:30-10:10 Dr. Leon Gorris, ICMSF contact for Codex/WHO/FAO, Food Safety Futures, The Netherlands: Introduction of ICMSF and Risk-based food safety management – link between government and food industry
10:10-10:40 Dr. Chai Lay Ching, Sunway University, Malaysia: Microbiological Risk Assessment in Southeast Asia : Current Gaps, Emerging Opportunities, and the Role of Whole Genome Sequencing in Strengthening Evidence-Based Food Safety
10:40-11:10 Dr. Marcel Zwietering, ICMSF Chairman, Wageningen University, The Netherlands: Challenges and misconceptions concerning pathogen testing in view of microbiological risk management.
11:10-11:30 Break
Session 2 Food Safety Management benefits from Risk Assessment.

Chair: Dr. Marcel Zwietering, ICMSF Chairman, Wageningen University, NL
11:30-12:00 Dr. Lucia Anelich, ICMSF member, Anelich Consulting, South Africa: Learnings from the South African Listeria monocytogenes outbreak and associated regulatory developments.
12:00-12:30 Dr. Ratih Dewanti-Hariyadi, ICMSF Member, IPB University, Indonesia: Risk assessment and management case studies: prioritization of food pathogen pairs and estimation of rejection risk of food shipments
12:30-13:30 Group picture, lunch, networking
Session 3 Forward outlook and discussion.

Chair: Dr. Leon Gorris, Food Safety Futures, The Netherlands
13:30-14:00 Dr. John Donaghy, ICMSF member, Nestlé, Switzerland (online presentation): Big data and its (artificially) intelligent use in dynamic food safety risk management in the food chain.
14:00-15:00 Panel discussion with speakers and Q&A from attendees in the room and online
15:00-15:15 Closing of the workshop (SEAFAST-IPB, ILSI-SEAr; ICMSF)