Message from the President

Dear colleagues, dear friends,

It is a great honour and pleasure to invite you on behalf of the Organising and Scientific Committee to participate in the 4^th International Congress on Food Safety and Quality under the slogan “One Health”, which will be held in Dubrovnik, from 9 to 12 November 2022.

The International Congress on Food Safety and Quality will again be held under the auspices of the competent authorities and institutions, and is organised by the Andrija Štampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, the Croatian Metrology Society, and the Southeast European Food Quality and Safety Control Network (SEEN-FSQC). The co-organisers are the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, the University of Zagreb, the Institute for Health and Food Safety Zenica, and the Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina, in cooperation with other eminent institutions from the country and abroad.

Thanks to extremely important topics and the esteemed experts who shared their knowledge and experiences with us at the first three Congresses on Food Safety and Quality, we were all happy to see truly great interest: the Congresses New Achievements and Future Challenges in 2017, Food Life Cycle in 2018, and Food, Health and Climate Change in 2020, were attended by nearly 1,000 participants, while numerous guest speakers from the country and the world presented their colourful presentations in the form of exceptional plenary lectures, excellent oral presentations, satellite symposia, workshops, and posters. On the wings of these successes, our goal is to organise an even more significant, distinctive, and educational 4^th International Congress on Food Safety and Quality.

We will present the significant experiences of domestic and foreign experts in the field of food counterfeiting, protection of the origin and geographical origin of food, and new, exact analytical achievements in this field.

Food safety and quality, determining of food origin and geographical origin, adulteration of food and its impact on consumer health, as well as the impact of climate change on farming and quality, are all topics of crucial significance and impose a shared responsibility on all stakeholders in the food production chain. These are primarily states, producers, distributors, consumers, but also the media that are responsible for accurately reporting current topics to the public, including this very relevant issue.

Given that our common task is not only to protect, but also to improve the health of each of our residents, by organising the 4^th International Congress “One Health” we also want to continue to raise awareness of this important topic in the profession.

Thank you in advance for your response and we look forward to seeing you in our wonderful Dubrovnik in November 2022!

Sincerely,

PROF. PRIM. DR. SC. BRANKO KOLARIĆ, DR. MED.
Congress President