The 6th International Rice Conference at ANUGA 2023
The 6th International Rice Conference at ANUGA 2023: Here You will find the presentations of the lectures for Download
Oct 2023. From 7 to 11 October 2023 the ANUGA with exhibitors from all over the world took place in Cologne. Eurofins looks back on five successful trade fair days and thanks all booth visitors for their interest and good feedback.
A special highlight this year was our 6th International Rice Conference. Due to the great interest, we have compiled the lecture presentations for you and make them available for download here.
The International Rice Conference, organised and held by Eurofins Dr. Specht Testing & Inspection GmbH, has become an institution in the conference programme of the ANUGA. This year the event attracted again numerous participants from industry and trade. Current and future challenges were addressed in overall 10 lectures.
Lectures of the 6th International Rice Conference:
- "Introduction to the Eurofins Group"
Amar Guberinic, Eurofins Dr. Specht Express Testing & Inspection GmbH - "Are we heading 16 years later into a new global rice crisis?"
Cezary Zimniewski, Schepens & Co Office, Poland - "Introduction to sustainable rice farming"
Wyn Ellis, Executive Director and Jop Blom, SRP Branding & Engagement, Sustainable Rice Platform - "The Climate Smart Crop and Outlook on U.S. Rice Supply Situation"
Mark Holt, Vice president Riceland Foods USA, Chair, Europe, Africa, Middle East Promotion & Policy Subcommittees, USA Rice. Presentation by Eszter Somogyi, Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, USA Rice - "The tradition and sustainable cultivation of Cambodian Jasmine rice"
Lun Yeng, Secretary General of Cambodian Rice Federation - "How Loc Troi Group contributes to sustainable rice cultivation in Vietnam"
Nguyen Duy Thuan, CEO, Loc Troi Group - "Sustainable Basmati rice production in Pakistan"
Samee Ullah Naeem, CEO, Atlas Foods, Ex-Chairman REAP - "Sustainability in Rice Production: How to get a buzzword onto the ground or into it? Examples from the last and challenges of the next decade of Organic, Fairtrade & Sustainable Rice Production in Thailand"
Bruno Fischer, Founder, Foodtech Solutions Thailand - "Pesticide residues in rice: new developments in analytical methods, interpretation of chemicals in organic rice and an evaluation of the Eurofins analytical result data base"
Dr Alexander Zahm, Managing Director of Eurofins Dr. Specht Express Testing & Inspection GmbH - "Analytical control of the geographical and varietal authenticity of rice"
Dr Werner Nader, Consultant
Topics of the Rice Conference
Dr Alexander Zahm, Managing Director of Eurofins Dr. Specht Express Testing & Inspection GmbH, speaks at the 6th International Rice Conference about pesticide residues in rice, interpretation of them and about current analytical methods.
The issue of sustainability gets increasingly important in the context of climate change, environmental problems and social tensions and was the main thread running through all lectures of our guest speakers from Poland, USA, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Pakistan.
Development and consequences of rice cultivation
Rice cultivation contributes to 2.5 % of global greenhouse emissions. It is number 2 behind livestock with regard to methane emissions (14 %), but with a much higher mitigation potential (36 % versus 9 %) (Presentation of Lord Sarfraz, FERM Convention 2023). Additionally, the global rice shortage is set to be the biggest in 20 years, which is dramatic for the supply of the world's human population with this most widely consumed staple food. International trading prices might jump dramatically, as experienced 16 years ago. The Sustainable Rice Platform is a global multi‐stakeholder alliance, which addresses these social, environmental and economic challenges by implementing the SRP Assurance Scheme and Chain of Custody Standard.
Residues and contaminants
The lectures from Eurofins were related to new developments regarding contaminant and residue legislation in the EU and new analytical methods. We presented an evaluation of the rapid alerts for rice in the RASFF system of the EU and an anonymous analysis of pesticide findings in our own data base. Another topic are the divergent interpretations of pesticide findings in trace amounts in rice from organic agriculture in the EU member states with severe consequences for the trade. In many instances certain chemicals like phosphonic acid, bromide and phthalimide are erroneously interpreted as residues from not permitted pesticide applications (Nader et al. 2020, 2022).
Authenticity
Furthermore, methods for varietal and geographic authenticity testing of rice were presented based on genomics and stable isotope analysis. The DNA fingerprinting method, which had been recently published by Eurofins (Nader et al., 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020), not only allows the identification and quantification of rice specialties even in complex mixtures, but gives new insights into the genetic relationships of rice varieties worldwide as well. It allows the control of international trade agreements with regard to quota of certain cultivars eligible for duty-free import and the EU regulation on the protection of geographical indications (PGI) and designations of origin (PDO).
We say thank you!
We would like to thank all our customers and visitors who took part in our 6th International Rice Conference this year and for their valuable contributions during the lively discussion. A special thanks goes to our speakers Mr Zimniewski, Mr Ellis, Mr Blom, Mrs Eszter Somogyi, Mr Yeng, Mr Thuan, Mr Naeem, and Mr Fischer for taking their time and for making their significant contributions to a successful event.
Do you have questions
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your personal account manager or directly our expert Dr. Werner Nader.
Eurofins Dr. Specht Express Testing & Inspection GmbH
t +49 (0)173 206 0004
WernerNader@eurofins.com
