HESI gave a lecture on the COMprehensive Protein Allergen REsource (COMPARE) as part of a certificate on Risk Analysis for the Agrifood Sector at the FAUBA School of Agriculture, University of Buenos Aries. The lecture was part of a module on Information Sources and Databases for Risk Assessment.

For more information please contact Liisa Koski or Lucilia Mouriès

The HESI Protein, Allergens, Toxins and Bioinformatics (PATB) committee presented a poster titled “The Role of International Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Platforms in Supporting the Development of Safe Foods: Examples from the HESI PATB committee”. The poster is available to all registered attendees as e-poster via the meeting App (under “Resource Gallery”).

Dr. Lars Poulsen presented a poster titled "The COMPARE database: A Comprehensive Public Resource for Allergen Identification and Protein Allergenicity Assessment" at the EFSA ONE2022 Conference in Brussels. The poster was presented in the section titled Innovation in food and feed: keeping safety assessments fit for purpose.

A link to the poster can be found here.

HESI was one of seven delegations selected to present highlights of their activities at the OECD meeting. Dr. Lucilia Mouriès presented an overview of HESI PATB activities with emphasis on the committee’s international workshop “From Protein Toxins to Applied Toxicological Testing” held last fall and the COMPARE Allergen Database to more than 90 participants from 41 country delegations and observer organizations.

In: Full March edition of HESI’s newsletter, https://hesiglobal.org/hesi-insights-march-2021/#4

Dr. Andre Silvanovich, Bayer Crop Science and COMPARE Steering Team Member gave a talk titled “Allergen and Toxin Databases” highlighting the COMPARE database.

Workshop details are highlighted here:

https://hesiglobal.org/event/patb-committee-protein-toxins-workshop/

Dr. Gao Zhong-Shan presented the COMPARE database as part of the Translational Allergy Session in a talk titled "Introduction to the COMPARE allergen database and the COMPASS search tool".

The committee was invited by JIFSAN to present on the COMPARE database. 

WORKSHOP BACKGROUND

Over the years, a number of tools have been developed to assist food safety risk analysts in their modeling efforts. These tools have been developed with public funds and are freely available at JIFSAN’s Foodrisk.org website. This workshop introduces stakeholders to these tools and provides examples of how they are used by the agencies to support food safety regulatory decisions.

Speakers will include those who assisted with the development of these tools, those who use these tools to aid their analysis, as well as program managers who had the insight to leverage funds to facilitate the development of a public platform to freely disseminate these tools to interested users. These tools have been peer-reviewed and aid analysts in rapidly being able to assess food safety risks.

Workshop Background Document 

Workshop Agenda

Dr. Lars Poulsen, University of Copenhagen gave a talk titled The COMPARE Allergen Database: a public, comprehensive protein allergen resource for allergenicity safety assessment

View the full program HERE.

Poster Presentation on “The COMPARE Database: A Comprehensive Protein Allergen Resource”.

Congress Website:https://www.eaaci.org/eaaci-congresses/eaaci-2017

Presentation on “PATB Activities and COMPARE Allergen Database”.

Presentation on “Creating a Public Resource for Protein Allergenicity Assessment: The COMPARE Database”.

View full program here:

https://hesiglobal.org/event/patc-non-ige-mediated-immune-reactions-to-foods-workshop/