On 13 April 2016 in Brussels, Fedima and AIBI co-organised a symposium with the aim to provide stakeholders with up-to-date information on bread promotion and new nutritional aspects of bread.
Highly qualified speaker presented the EU Agricultural Promotion Program to support bread consumption. The current situation on the nutritional side of bread was also explored including the gluten-free and wheat discussion and the state of play on the legislation on nutrient profiles.
Here you can find the programme of the event:
Part 1 – Bread Promotion Campaign
Ms S. Barbosa (President Fedima): Introductory Remarks
Mr. Emanuel Jankowski (Programme manager – EU policies, DG AGRI): New Promotion Policy for Agricultural Products; the Role of the EU
Ms. A. Fremaux (Director, Bakery – GIRA): Why Bread Promotion Matters: an overview of the bread market in Europe
Mr. F. van Straaten (Director – NBC, Dutch Bread Center): Promotion of bread: the Dutch-Belgian Submission
Part 2 – The Nutrition Side of Bread
Anne Heughan (Independent Public Health Nutritionist/United Kingdom): Introductory Remarks
Dr. H. Zentgraf (GMF GmbH/Germany): The discussion around wheat and gluten-free – a scientific view
Dr. L. Gilissen (Wageningen University): The nutritional challenges around bread: why bread remains a healthy part of daily diet