International Conference on Chemical and Microbiological Risk Assessment for Food Safety

The National Institute for Food Control (NIFC) in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) organized the International conference on Chemical and Microbiological Risk Assessment for Food Safety in Hanoi.

1. General information

Conference name: International conference on Chemical and Microbiological Risk Assessment for Food Safety

Time: from 18th to 19th, December, 2025

Location: At the Headquater of the National Institute for Food Safety Control 

(No. 65 Pham Than Duat, Phu Dien Ward, Ha Noi, Viet Nam)

Main topics:

- Research on chemical and microbiological risk assessment in food safety;

- Modern approaches in food safety risk assessment;

- Methods of chemical and microbiological analysis of food;

- Scientific research on food safety assurance; 

- Research related to food safety.   

2. Organizing committee

- National Institute for Food Control.

- International Livestock Research Institute.

3. Conference program

Time

Content

Convener

Day 1: December 18, 2025

08:00-08:30

Registration

Organizing Committee

08:30-09:00

Opening remarks
Photo session

VFA / NIFC / ILRI

Session 1: Risk assessment and risk management
(20 min presentation, discussion in the end)
Chair: Prof. Nguyen Cong Khan, Dr. Fred Unger

09:00-09:20

Digital framework for food safety risk assessment data: International insights and recommendations for Vietnam

Tran Cao Son, NIFC

09:20-09:40

Risk-Informed Food Safety Inspection and Control: Strategic Directions for Modernizing National Food Control Systems

Tran Thi Dinh, SAFEGRO

09:40-10:00

A Risk-Based Approach to Strengthen Food Safety Assessment and Interventions in Traditional Food Value Chains in Vietnam and the Region

Dang Xuan Sinh, ILRI

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-10:35

Risk-based official controls – Case study from Irelands food control system

SFSI, Ireland

10:35-10:55

Details of the Korean Total Diet Study (TDS) (online)

Ock Jin Paek, MFDS

10:55-11:15

Application of mathematical methods in health risk assessme

Pavel Shur, FBSI

11:15-12:00

Discussion
- Panel: Prof. Nguyen Cong Khan, A/Prof. Tran Cao Son, Dr. Pavel Shur, Dr. Fred Unger
- All speaker

Panel and speakers

12:00-13:30

Lunch break

Session 2: Toxicological studies in risk assessment
(The time includes 5 minutes for discussion)
Chair: A/Prof. Tran Cao Son, Dr. Pavel Shur

13:30-13:55

Research on the body's response to health risk factors

Oleg Dolgikh, FBSI

13:55-14:25

Modern approaches in food safety risk assessment (online)

Denise Bloch, BfR

14:25-14:50

Design toxicology studies to assess health risks

Dmitrii Suvorov, FBSI

14:50-15:15

Epidemiological studies in health risk assessment

Sergei Zelenkin, FBSI

15:15-15:30

Break

Session 3: Probabilistic risk assessment
(The time includes 5 minutes for discussion)
Chair: A/Prof. Tran Cao Son, Dr. Nguyen Viet Hung

15:30-16:00

Probabilistic risk assessment (online)

Matthias Greiner, BfR

16:00-16:25

QMRA Salmonella infection in the Cambodian meat value chain, from traditional markets to consumers 

Rortana Chea, Cam

16:25-16:50

Exposure assessment and risk characterization of Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination in chicken in Hanoi and surrounding areas

Nguyen Tuan Thanh, NIFC

16:50-17:15

Risk assessment of food processing contaminants in Viet Nam

Nguyen Thi Hong Ngoc, NIFC

Day 2: December 19, 2025 (Parallel sessions)

08:30-12:00

Session 4: Young scientist
(15 min presentation and 5 min discussion each)
Conference Hall
Chair: A/Prof. Nguyen Thi Anh Huong, Dr. Le Thi Phuong  Thao

 

Scientific research supports food safety risk assessment (TBD)

Researchers, students, and trainees

08:30-11:00

Poster Session
(5 min presentation and 5 min question)
Conference Hall
Chair: Dr. Vu Thi Trang, Mr. Sergei Zelenkin, Dr. Dang Xuan Sinh, Duangporn Pichpol

11:00-12:00

Closing

Reports are presented in 2 languages, English and Vietnamese.

4. Reporter

4.1. International Speaker

TS. Ock Jin Paek

Dr. Ock Jin Paek

TS. Pavel Shur

Dr. Pavel Shur

ThS. Sergei Zelenkin

MSc. Sergei Zelenkin

TS. Oleg Dolgikh

Dr. Oleg Dolgikh

Deputy Director, Food Safety Evaluation Division , Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Korea (MFDS)

Director of the Environmental Safety Research Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia; Head of the research team, Scientific Secretary, Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies (FBSI), Russian Federation

Department of Health Risk Analysis, Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies (FBSI), Russian Federation

Head of the Department of Bio-Immuno-Diagnostics , Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies (FBSI), Russian Federation

TS. Denise Bloch

Dr. Denise Bloch

Dr. Matthias Greiner

Dr. Dmitrii Suvorov

Dr. Rortana Chea

Young Research Group Leader - Risk Assessment of Mixture Toxicity Based on New Approaches, Division of Pesticide Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Head of Exposure Assessment, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Department of Health Risk Analysis, Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies (FBSI), Russian Federation

Deputy Director of the Institute of Bacteriology and Mycology, National Livestock and Veterinary Research Institute, Directorate of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Cambodia

4.2. Domestic reporters

PGS.TS. Trần Cao Sơn

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Cao Son

PGS.TS. Trần Thị Định

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Dinh

TS. Dang Xuan Sinh

Dr. Dang Xuan Sinh

Hoàng Văn Tú

Mr. Hoang Van Tu

Deputy Director of the National Institute for Food Control (NIFC)

Expert of the Safe Food for Growth Project (SAFEGRO)

Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Director of IVAP Programme, Irish Food Partnership

ThS. Nguyen Tuan Thanh

MSc. Nguyen Tuan Thanh

Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, National Institute for Food Control (NIFC)

ThS. Nguyen Thị Hồng Ngọc

MSc. Nguyen Thi Hong Ngoc

Head of Toxicology and Allergy Department, National Institute for Food Control (NIFC)

Graduate students, postgraduate students, students

from Academies, Universities,  Institutes.

5. Important milestones

  • 12/5/2025 : Poster submission
  • 12/8/2025: Submit report (powerpoint)
  • 8/12/2025: Send invitations
  • 12/12/2025: Register to participate

The International Conference International conference on Chemical and Microbiological Risk Assessment for Food Safety promises to bring delegates many interesting and valuable scientific contents.

For more information about the Conference, please contact the conference organizing committee at email address vfsa@nifc.gov.vn, phone 0084 39335735/ 0084 32262231 or visit https://nifc.gov.vn/hoi-thao-khoa-hoc-khac.

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