Publications

Publications in foreign languages pertaining to the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority are published here, including presentations and recaps from Nordic meetings and other international collaboration. For further publications, please visit our Icelandic site.

Nordic meetings and international collaboration

Nordic symposium on energy drinks and young people 22 October 2019 at Grand Hotel Reykjavík

Consumption of caffeine has increased in the Nordic countries, especially in young people, with increased marketing and popularity of caffeine-rich “energy drinks”. Is this a cause for concern? What are the effects of energy drinks on young people and how are they regulated in the Nordic countries?

The symposium was organized by MAST and sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers as a part of Iceland’s presidency in 2019.

Watch recording of symposium on energy drinks and young people

Presentations:

Energy drinks and Icelandic young people in a changing society!
Prof. Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir, University of Iceland
Insomniacs: sleep deprivation, energy drinks and other factors – a study in young people
Margrét Lilja Guðmundsdóttir, University of Reykjavik
Adolescent caffeine use and associated behaviors: Summary of latest research evidence
Associate Professor Álfgeir L. Kristjánsson, West Virginia University
The risk of caffeine consumption from multiple sources among 8-18 year-olds in Norway
Dr. Ellen Bruzell, VKM (The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment)
How do Nordic countries regulate energy drinks?
Sandra Fisker Tomczyk, DVFA (The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) and Zulema Sullca Porta, MAST (The Icelandic Food and veterinary Authority)
Do health authorities, schools, colleges and sports clubs need to work together?
Sigríður Kristín Hrafnkelsdóttir (Directorate of Health) and Fríða Rún Þórðardóttir (The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland)

The lecturer Ása Sjöfn Lórensdóttir was unable to attend. Erla Björnsdóttir's presentation is not published.

Symposium programme

MAST & EFSA conference 15 May 2017 in Reykjavík: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

Bernhard Url, Executive Director, EFSA – Europe is what we make of it: Working together to ensure food safety
Pierre Alexandre Beloeil, Senior Scientific Officer, EFSA – Levels of antimicrobial resistance in food, animals and humans
Status and proposed actions in Iceland on the use of antimicrobials and control of antimicrobial resistance
- Þórólfur Guðnason, Chief Epidemiologist, Directorate of Health – Public health
- Sigurborg Daðadóttir, Chief Veterinary Officer, MAST – Animal health
Hans Verhagen, Head of Department, EFSA – Measures to reduce the need to use antimicrobials in animal husbandry and its impact on food safety