4e Food Allergens Symposium – Regulation, Management and Detection
In short
Activity- Wageningen Food Safety Research, ILVO, FAVV en CER-Groupe
- Tuesday 25 november 2025
- 9.00 - 16.30
- Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageninsche Berg
Due to limited applications, we unfortunately must cancel the 4th edition of the Food Allergen Symposium. When rescheduled, we will publish the new date on the website.
If preferred, we can also notify you personally. Please send an e-mail to: allergenensymposium2025.wfsr@wur.nl
It is not possible to join this symposium online.
Symposium background
This symposium will offer a multispectral perspective on allergens with focus on three key areas:
- Consumers & Patients
- Enforcement
- Analytical Detection Methods
All presentations will be given in English.
Programme
| Session 1: Consumers & Patients | Session 2: Enforcement | Session 3: Analytical detection methods |
|---|---|---|
Sabine Schnadt (European Federation of Allergy and Airways) | Nikki Emmerik (Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport) | Alexander Scherl (Official Food Control Authority, State of Geneva) |
Ine van der Fels-Klerx (Wageningen Food Safety Research) | Jan Eliens (Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority) | Michael Walker (Honorary Professor at Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University, Belfast) |
Jo Mons (Odisee) | Ben Remington (Remington Consulting Group B.V) | Hans-Ulrich Waiblinger (Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Freiburg) |
Dorinda van Dam (Bergbanket B.V.) | Marjan van Ravenhorst (Allergenen Consultancy) |
Confirmed invited speakers. More speakers will be confirmed in due time.
- Session 1: Consumers & Patients
Sabine Schnadt (European Federation of Allergy and Airways)
Session 2: EnforcementNikki Emmerik (Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport)
Session 3: Analytical detection methodsAlexander Scherl (Official Food Control Authority, State of Geneva)
- Session 1: Consumers & Patients
Ine van der Fels-Klerx (Wageningen Food Safety Research)
Session 2: EnforcementJan Eliens (Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority)
Session 3: Analytical detection methodsMichael Walker (Honorary Professor at Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University, Belfast)
- Session 1: Consumers & Patients
Jo Mons (Odisee)
Session 2: EnforcementBen Remington (Remington Consulting Group B.V)
Session 3: Analytical detection methodsHans-Ulrich Waiblinger (Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Freiburg)
- Session 1: Consumers & Patients
Dorinda van Dam (Bergbanket B.V.)
Session 2: EnforcementMarjan van Ravenhorst (Allergenen Consultancy)
Session 3: Analytical detection methods
Posters
A poster session is organised. If you are interested please submit your abstract no later than 1st of October 2025.
Submit abstract to allergenensymposium2025.wfsr@wur.nl
Rules of poster submission
- Submission deadline for poster presentations: 1st of October 2025.
- Abstracts must be sent to: allergenensymposium2025.wfsr@wur.nl.
- Abstracts must be submitted in Microsoft Word and shall not exceed 400 words.
- The title of the abstract should clearly define the work presented.
- The Scientific Committee will determine whether the abstract is accepted for a poster presentation. Presenting authors must be registered and their payment made.
- Poster size: A0 portrait (84 x 119 cm).
- Appropriate means of affixing the poster will be supplied on site.
- Posters will be displayed during coffee beak and lunch time.
- There will be no book of abstracts.
- Language for abstract and poster: English.
Participants will be informed by 14th October 2025 at the latest whether their abstract has been accepted for a poster.
Registration
Registration fee: 250 € excl. VAT.
We would like to ask you to register no later than 10 November 2025. After this date, the registration link will be closed and no changes are possible anymore. For privacy see disclaimer.
Cancellation policy
Cancellation fee before 1 October 2025: 75€.
Cancellation fee after 1 October: No refund.
Breaks and lunch
The morning-, afternoon breaks and lunches are included in the registration fee.
Venue
Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg
Generaal Foulkesweg 96, 6703 DS Wageningen, The Netherlands
+31 317 495911
Accommodation
The meeting will be held in Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg. Part of the accommodation is reserved for attendees of the conference, until October 20th, 2025. So if you are planning to stay over: Book your stay, at your own expenses, via info@frontofficewageningen.nl citing: M&E–code: WAGEN181025.
Travel
Wageningen is easy to reach by public transport from Schiphol airport.
Take the train from Schiphol airport to railway station Ede-Wageningen (direct train, 1 hour). There you can take either a bus or taxi to the hotel.
For details about your journey, please check the public transport site OV9292.
Wageningen is also easy to reach from Germany and Belgium when travelling by car. The hotel has plenty of space to park your car.
Press
The press will be present during the symposium. Participants from press, please contact the organisers on forehand as registration is required.
More information
If you have any question left, please do not hesitate to contact us at allergenensymposium2025.wfsr@wur.nl. We are looking forward seeing you in November in Wageningen! Participants will be informed by 14th October 2025 at the latest whether their abstract has been accepted for a poster.
Date
09:00 - 16:30