The SafePork (International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork) will be held in Rennes, Brittany, France, from 06-08 October 2025, at the Halle de la Brasserie. To bring together international researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss current Salmonella research and identify research needs pertaining to both pig and pork production. Research topics presented at these conferences expanded to include other chemical and biological hazards to pig and pork production… The event is aimed at researchers, policy makers and industry representatives active in control and prevention of zoonoses of pig origin and other food safety concerns. They will gather to discuss the farm to abattoir relationships for pigs and pork. The conference will be accepting abstracts on food safety risks and methods that contribute to their control. We encourage you to submit an abstract for presentation, or a poster, and look forward to welcoming you to Rennes.

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INAPORC, Interprofession Porcine

5 rue Lespagnol, 75020 PARIS, France - https://www.leporc.com/inaporc - inaporc@inaporc.asso.fr

The National Pork Interprofession brings together all the trades involved in the French pork industry: pig feed manufacturers, breeders, cooperatives, slaughterers-cutters, charcuterie-cured meats manufacturers, supermarkets, artisan butchers and charcuterie-caterers, and foodservice operators. Inaporc defends the interests of the French pork industry and implements collective actions of general interest. It is also a privileged interlocutor with public authorities. The members of the interprofession are the professional federations representing each sector of the French pork industry. They are grouped into 5 colleges, depending on the sector: animal feed, production, slaughtering/cutting, processing and distribution. The French pork industry: 32 kg of pork consumed per capita per year, 10,000 pig farms, 300 charcuterie companies, 2.2 million tonnes of pork produced per year, more than 130,000 professionals…

NPPC, the Global Voice for the U.S. Pork Industry​

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As the global voice for the U.S. pork industry, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) advocates for the social, environmental and economic sustainability of U.S. pork producers and their partners by fighting for reasonable public policy, advancing our freedom to operate and expanding access to global markets. NPPC works on behalf of an industry that reliably and responsibly brings high-quality pork to markets across the globe. Comprised of 42 affiliated state pork producer associations, NPPC fights for public policies, programs, and trade pacts that ensure the U.S. pork industry can continue to provide consumers with the world’s safest, most wholesome, and nutritious pork products. The Pork Industry adds more than $57 billion in GDP to the U.S. economy. More than half a million people work in the pork industry supply chain to provide a variety of safe, wholesome, and affordable products that nourish people all over the world.

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Danish Agriculture & Food Council represents the farming and food industry of Denmark including companies, trade and farmers’ associations. Danish Agriculture & Food Council promotes the political influence of the agricultural and food sector, offers a comprehensive range of cost-effective services for its members, implements research and development programmes within food safety and veterinary issues, animal health and productivity, animal welfare, environment and energy. Agriculture and food is one of Denmark’s largest competence clusters, employing approximately 180.000 people and exporting agricultural products, food and equipment to an annual value of around € 25 billion.

VIRBAC

13e rue LID, BP 27, 06511 CARROS Cedex, France - https://corporate.virbac.com/home/focusing-on-animal-health/food-producing-animals/swine.html

For healthy animals and quality production, VIRBAC encourage farming practices that favor prevention and individualized treatment. An approach that adapts to the needs and constraints of different types of farms, all over the world. To meet the food needs of a growing human population, pig farming has developed worldwide over the past decades. Today, for all professionals in the sector, the challenge is the same: how to preserve animal health and farm productivity while reducing the use of treatments. At Virbac, we provide veterinarians and pig farmers with solutions that focus on prevention and more sustainable farming practices. Answering the current challenges of swine farming: - Solutions to limit the impact of the main swine diseases
- A global approach that emphasizes prevention - Encouraging good husbandry practices to better protect sows and piglets from disease.

SALMIX

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SALMIX is a Brazilian company with 27 years of experience in one of the world’s largest animal protein production markets: Brazil.
Guided by the principle of « Innovation with Simplicity« , we develop, produce, and market agile and efficient solutions that meet the needs of our clients in additives and supplements in the feed nutrition, pharmaceutical veterinary and household sanitizing products.

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KERSIA – A pure Player of Food Safety, From Farm to Fork

155 boulevard Jules Verger, 35800 DINARD cedex, France - https://www.kersia-group.com/

Relying on a sales network across more than 140 countries, Kersia offers everyone involved in the food chain global solutions approach to deliver food and farm biosecurity, with our comprehensive portfolio of value-added hygiene products and solutions to prevent diseases or contamination in both animals and humans: - For the Food processing industry (milk transformers, meat & ready-meal producers) - For Farming (Hygiene & Complementary Feed in Dairy, Pig & Poultry farming) - For Healthcare (emergency water purification and surface disinfection in hospitals)
Throughout the pig production chain, we offer comprehensive biosecurity solutions for farmers with cleaning, disinfection and protection programs alongside to complementary feed to prevent and support swine throughout their life cycle. Our hygiene solutions are dedicated to prevent contaminations and limit biosecurity challenges on farms with tested solutions against key pathogens such as African Swine Fever.

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Martine Denis ANSES

Martine Denis
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Catherine Belloc
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J. Michel Cappelier
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Alain Leroux
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Carole Feurer
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Isabelle Corrégé
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Workshop #1

Modernisation
of Meat Inspection

Welcome to the fourth workshop about modernisation of meat inspection, organized in relation to the SafePork Conference. The focus of this year’s workshop is two-fold. First, experience with sensoring technologies such as VISION at the abattoir will be shared. This consists of pilot projects and tools in place targeted meat inspection as well as examples of tools used outside post-mortem inspection. Secondly, other achievements and examples of steps towards further modernisation of meat inspection are presented from around the world, including views on what constitutes current challenges and next steps.

Time Topic - Speaker
09:01   Introduction to the workshop - Lis Alban
09:10  “CVS systems in pig slaughterhouses: the Italian experience”. - Sergio Ghidini, University of Milano, Italy.
09:25 Detecting pig carcass contamination by video image analysis, paving the way for target-oriented decontamination steps. - Matthias Upmann, OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany.
09:40 How to validate VISION systems for meat inspection - Abbey Olsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
09:55 Use of VISION systems during pig slaughter - Derk Oorburg, Vion Abattoir Company, The Netherlands.
10:10 Automized registration of pleurisy and pneumonia in pigs at abattoirs – experiences and innovations from a Norwegian perspective” - Gunvor Elise Nagel-Alne, Animalia, Norway.
10:25 Coffee break
10:45 Status of use of AI in meat inspection in Europe - Geraldine Duffy, Teagasc Food Research Centre Ireland.
11:00 Challenges and solutions from hygiene intervention targeting traditional slaughterhouses in Western Kenya and Vietnam - Alice Kiarie, ILRI, Kenya, and Dang Xuan Sinh, ILRI, Vietnam
11:15 Views on challenges and next steps in meat inspection - Daniel Brandão, Brazilian Agricultural Ministry.
11:30 Panel debate and summing up - Bojan Blagojevic

Organisers: Lis Alban, Bojan Blagojevic, Diana Meemken, Jalusa Deon Kich, Madalena Vieira-Pinto

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Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee for Safepork 2025.

Maria Madalena Viaeira-pinto – Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real

Diana Meemken – Allemagne
Universität in für Fleischhygiene und Technologie, Berlin

Lis Alban – Danemark

Jalusa Kich – Brésil

Noelle Noyes – USA

Linda Saucier – Canada

Bojan Blagojevic – Serbie

Richard P Smith – UK

Georges Daube – Belgique

Nguyen Thanh – Vietnam

Fred Unger – Vietnam

Martine Denis – France

Catherine Belloc – France

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