Lecture on ethylene oxide at the Inter-Ice Web Seminar

On 10 October 2022, Dr Uta Verbeek was invited as an expert on the topic of ethylene oxide at the Inter Ice Web Seminar of the ZDS College. In the lecture "Ethylene-oxide/2-chloroethanol in Food - update", the seminar participants were informed about causes, risk assessment, regulatory issues and approaches to solutions of ethylene oxide/2-chloroethanol in food. The current developments were explained and discussed.

In the course of the ethylene oxide issue, which has been ongoing since autumn 2020, frozen food was particularly affected in the form of ice cream, which contained contaminated stabilisers, e.g. locust bean gum.

Further contents and speakers of the Inter Ice web seminar can be found in the event flyer..

Lecture on ethylene oxide at CHOCO TEC 2022

Within the framework of CHOCO TEC 2022, Dr. Uta Verbeek and Prof. Alfred Meyer have been invited as experts on the topic of ethylene oxide. In the lecture "ETO/2-Chlorethanol - Update", the seminar participants will learn about causes, risk assessment, regulatory issues and approaches to solutions of ethylene oxide/2-chloroethanol in food. Current developments will be explained and discussed.

CHOCO TEC is one of the most successful congresses and most important meeting points for the chocolate industry. As a highlight at the end of the ZDS congress year, you will get a great overview of current trends, internationally growing markets, novel functional raw materials, innovative technologies, quality assurance aspects, sustainability and much more at CHOCO TEC from December, 13th to December, 15th, 2022.

For more information on the content and speakers at CHOCO TEC 2022, please refer to the host’s website.

Talk on ethylene oxide at the dti-Quality Forum

On 23 November 2021, Prof. Alfred Hagen Meyer and Dr. Uta Verbeek were invited as experts on the topic of ethylene oxide at the Quality Forum of the German Frozen Food Institute (dti).In the lecture "Ethylene oxide in food - recalls in the EU", the dti members were presented with causes, risk assessment, regulatory and solution approaches. Furthermore, the current situation and developments were discussed.

In the course of the ethylene oxide issue, which has been ongoing since autumn 2020, frozen food was particularly affected in the form of ice cream, which contained contaminated stabilisers, e.g. locust bean gum.

You can find further information and guests of the dti- Quality Forum in the event flyer.