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Whole-Genome
Sequencing for
Food Safety

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Food Hygiene and Safety Division Webinar
20 November 2025, 10:00 (CET)
Welcome To

The Knowledge
Transfer in WGS
for Food Safety

This pre-recorded webinar session explores the transformative role of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in ensuring food safety. Designed for food industry professionals, regulators, and researchers, it highlights how WGS revolutionises research, pathogen detection and outbreak response. Webinar presenters are distinguished experts from European and national governmental authorities, leading laboratories, universities and research institutions.

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Event Schedule

20 Nov 2025
(First Session)

Introduction to the webinar
10:00-10:02

Mihkel Mäesaar (EMÜ - Estonia)

WGS in food hygiene and safety unit
10:03-10:11

Mati Roasto (EMÜ - Estonia)

Integrated Surveillance for Foodborne Diseases in the EU/EEA
10:12-10:33

Johanna Takkinen (ECDC - EU (Sweden))
Mirko Rossi (EFSA - EU (Italy))

Inter EURLs Working Group on NGS
10:34-10:53

Stefano Morabito (ISS - Italy)

Using Whole-Genome Sequencing Data in Studies of Foodborne Zoonotic Bacterial Pathogens – the Estonian Experience
10:54-11:04

Triinu Juurik (LABRIS - Estonia)

Latvian Experience in Using Whole-Genome Sequencing for Food Safety
11:05-11:26

Juris Kilbids (BIOR - Latvia)

20 Nov 2025
(Second Session)

WGS in Foodborne Outbreak Investigations - Experiences From Finnish Food Authority
11:41-11:53

Maria Simola (Ruokavirasto - Finland)

Bringing Whole-Genome Sequencing to Food Industry
11:54-12:19

Katleen Vranckx (BIOMÉRIEUX - France)

Genomic Data-Based Machine Learning for Source Attribution of Foodborne Pathogens
12:20-12:36

Nicolas Radomski (IZS - Italy)

Use of (Half)Whole-Genome Sequencing in Food Safety Unit
12:37-13:05

Ann-Katrin Llarena (NMBU - Norway)

Conclusions of the webinar
13:06-13:10

Mihkel Mäesaar (EMÜ - Estonia)

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20 November 2025, 10:00 (CET)

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Frequently Asked Questions

webinar is free of charge worldwide. Upon registering, you’ll receive a participation link one week prior the webinar. We only require your full name, affiliation, and e-mail address for registration. A reminders will be sent one week and one day before the webinar and a certificate of attendance will be provided to your e-mail address after the event. All provided data will be deleted following the webinar.
The webinar features a pre-recorded presentations recorded in 2024 and 2025, therefore there may by some changes in affiliations. Seminar will be conducted in English and Estonian, with subtitles in Estonian for the English presentations and in English for the Estonian presentation, respectively. As the subtitles are automatically generated, there may be some errors.
Due to the webinar's format, which consists of pre-recorded presentations, live Q&A sessions with the presenters is not possible.
All the webinar-related communication can be forwarded to Mihkel Mäesaar (e-mail is provided in the website footer).