Presentations Below, presentations given at the 4th SAFO workshop in FiBL can be found as PDF files.
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Welcome

Urs Niggli, Director of FiBL, CH
Welcome to FiBL

Opening plenary

Quality and safety of organic livestock products: Perspectives of different stakeholders
Chair: Jörg Spranger

Michael Walkenhorst, FiBL CH
What do we mean by quality of organic livestock products?

Jacqueline Bachmann Consumer association CH
Consumer expectations of quality of organic livestock products

Felix Wehrle, Coop CH
A retailers view Consumer expectations of quality of organic livestock products

Regina Fuhrer, BIOSUISSE CH
Producer expectations of quality of organic livestock products

Plenary II

Researching the quality aspects of organic livestock products
Chair: Elita Selegovska

Kathryn Ellis, UK
Comparing the composition of milk produced on organic and conventional dairy farms in the UK

K Słoniewski et al., PL
The influence of the grazing season on polyunsaturated fatty acids content in cow milk from Bieszczady region

Albert Sundrum, DE
Carcass and meat quality of organic pork

Géza Márai Györgyi Takács
Food quality and food safety in native livestock of organic farming in Hungary

Gabriele Wyss, FIBL
Assessment of current procedures for animal food production chains and critical control points regarding their safety and quality: Results from Organic HACCP

Plenary III

Veterinary medicinal inputs: Impact on product quality and food safety
Chair: Stig Milan Thamsborg

Alistair Boxall, CSL York University UK
Fate of Veterinary Medicines in the Environment

Eve Pleydell, VLA UK
Are antibiotic-resistant bacteria present on organic livestock farms?

Calaresu G et al., IT
Is the doubling withdrawal time a sufficient measure? Evaluations of oxytetracycline residue persistence in sheep milk

Aize Kijlstra et al.NL
Medical treatment in organic dairy cattle in the Netherlands

Notz, Christophe, CH
Is Orbeseal the answer to mastitis on organic farms?

Plenary session IV

Researching food safety aspects of organic livestock production and products
Chair: Aize Kijstra

H.P. Bachmann, B. Rehberger, CH
Minimal processing of dairy products

Annette Nygard Jensen, DK
Salmonella infection risk associated with outdoor organic pig productions

Josie O’Brien, et al., EFRC, UK
Enhanced biodiversity and the perceived risk to food safety: Poultry and Campylobacter

Anna-Maija Virtala, FI
Risk factors contributing to animal welfare and food safety in organic egg producing farms in Finland

Gabriele Wyss, CH
Assessing the risk from Mykotoxins for the organic food chain

Plenary session V

Future development of food safety and quality of organics animal products
Chair: Lise Grova

Lancely, Gabrielle, UK
Changing requirements of food safety and quality in EU regulation and their effect on the organic sector

Hugo Alroe, DARCOF
Organic principles and ecological challenges in sustaining animal and health and food safety in organic agriculture

Posters

Andrea Martini, & G. Lorenzini
Aflatoxins on commercial dairy products (conventional and organic) marketed in Italy

Muazzez Polat, Ege University, Turkey
Factors limiting organic livestock production in turkey

Wytze Nauta, Louis Bolk Institute and Henk Bovenhuis, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, WUR
Selecting dairy cows for organic farming

Working groups

Results of the working groups