23 March 2010, European Parliament, Brussels
Vitamin D Nutritional Policy in Europe
The Need for Prevention, Education & Consumer Choice
Mr János Áder MEP, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) and the PA International Foundation organize a half-day Conference on the unequivocal need to address widespread Vitamin D deficiency in Europe.
The so-called “sunshine vitamin” is essential for optimal bone and muscle health, but also important for overall human health and well-being. A good Vitamin D and calcium intake can reduce hip and non-vertebral fractures and falls by about 20%. A vast and ever growing body of scientific research shows that vitamin D deficiency is linked to a wide range of diseases, such as osteoporosis but also heart disease, many forms of cancer, diabetes, asthma, multiple sclerosis, etc.
However, no less than 50% of the world population is Vitamin D deficient, mostly among the elderly.
There is a clear need for prevention, education, and ultimately enabling consumer choice. Join our distinguished panel of experts, doctors, policy makers, and patients’ representatives in this call for action.
Further information, including a link to the full program and a registration form can be downloaded here.
21-22 June 2009, Beijing
International forum on Food Safety and Ecological Safety: New Regulations, New Technologies, New Opportunities
The conference, organized in the Beijing International Hotel by United Nations University in Tokyo, the China Foundation for International Studies and the Public Advice International Foundation, with the co-sponsorship of the International Eco-Safety Cooperative Organisation (IESCO), focused on the importance of ensuring both food safety and food quality through improved Governmental regulations, standards and inspection regimes, as well as through the augmented responsibilities of industry to ensure sufficient levels of quality and safety in their own production.
The following documents are available for downloading:
2 June 2009, Brussels
Health Claims and Innovation
In a presentation addressed to representatives of Member States, the European Parliament, European patients, food industries, food experts and the European Patent Office, the renowned Max Planck Institute (www.mpg.de) indicated on the basis of a comparison with the pharmaceutical sector that a too rigid and restrictive regulatory environment can do much harm to European innovation in the food sector.
The lack of a proper economic and regulatory impact analysis for the health claims regulation (EC) 1924/2006, in addition to recently voiced concerns by the European Commission that the deadline for the health claims evaluations will not be met, raises in this regard even more uncertainty about the efficacy of this important piece of legislation in terms of one of its major objectives, i.e. to stimulate innovation.
Is the current process destined to throw away Europe’s technology baby with the bathwater? Parliamentarians, scientists, patients and industries responded to Dr Baines’ (Scientific Coordinator of the Max Planck Institute) presentation and are at the availability of the media for interviews.
The following documents are available for downloading:
1 March 2008
International Roundtable Conference
on “Food Safety: International Trade, Sustainable Production, Social Responsibility"
Concerns over food safety have been a hot topic all over the world. Especially imported food products from China have been causing serious problems, not only in Japan where contaminated dumplings are a major news item these days, but also in other countries in Asia and Europe. However, these facts and the results of health studies demonstrating the negative impact of several food products from China, fail to provide an insight into this serious health issue.
Against this background the Public Advice International Foundation, the United Nations Universityand The Tokyo Foundation co-sponsored this international roundtable conference on 1st March 2008 at the UN House in Tokyo in order to shed more light on the backgrounds of and possible solutions for food safety issues.
The following conference documents are available for downloading:
This International Roundtable Conference was the third conference about food safety organized by PA International. More information on the past conferences in Berlin and Brussels can be found here. |
