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 15th IUFoST World Congress of Food Science and Technology 22-26 August 2010 Cape Town, South Africa The IUFoST Scientific Programme Committee is delighted to announce that
the Call for Abstracts is now open. Abstracts can be submitted online
on the official website where you will find the following: -Messages from the Congress Organising Committee Chairman and the Scientific Programme Chair
-Topics that will form the Scientific Programme
-Abstract submission instructions and guidelines
-Important dates
-A sample Abstract
The online submission form and official website is:
http://www.iufost2010.org.za/
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IUFoST Regional Group Events
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Our European Body EFFOST is holding its 2009 Conference 11-13 November in Budapest, Hungary. The New Challenges in Food Safety Theme is based on three pillars: Processing, Safety and Sustainability.
The abstract submission deadline is July 31 so don't delay!
Register or find more info here
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Sponsored by FAO and IUFoST, ALACCTA is organising a congress that will be celebrated with Workshops in 11 countries.
I Congreso Latinoamericano y III del Caribe sore Higiene y Calidad en la Alimentación.
Havana, Cuba (6-10 July)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1-3 October)
Maracaibo, Venezuela (6-8 October)
Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina (7-9 October)
Panama City, Panama (8-9 October)
Arequipa, Peru (15-16 October)
Cancun, Mexico (20-24 October)
San Jose, Costa Rica (27-29 October)
Iquique, Chile, (4-6 November)
Campinas, Brazil (8-11 November)
For more information visit IUFoST's news and events page here |
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July 13 - 16
42 Annual AIFST Convention - 'It's Crunch Time', Brisbane, Australia.
Contact: www.aifst.asn.au
Sep 27, 2009
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Sep 30, 2009
World Congress on Oils and Fats & 28th ISF Congress
Sydney, Australia
Contact:
Conexion Event Management, PO Box 601, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Australia,
Tel: +61 2 9518 7722, Fax: +61 2 9518 7222, E-mail:
info@conexion.com.au,
If you would like to have an event posted in our next e-Newsline please email us at:
secretariat@iufost.org
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The Latest in IUFoST's IFI Journal Series
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Dr. Mary K. Schmidl looks into the Global Obesity Epidemic
Click on the cover page below to read more
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Sub-Saharan Africa - test module on Food Dehydration
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Test Project Begins
 
On July 6, Professor Donald Mercer, University of Guelph-Kemptville will
initiate the first test of an IUFoST-supported food science
module to participants primarily from Sub-Saharan Africa. From time to
time you have seen reference to the DE Task Force and our project to
develop and ultimately present food science and technology mod.ules
through distance education to people working in the food industry in
sub-Saharan Africa. Well, Don, who developed a set of modules in food
dehydration, is leading 11 participants from industry from six different
countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Kenya and South
Africa) in the food dehydration introductory module. The module is
being presented through 11 mentors located in the vicinity of the
participants. The four assignments will be completed by the end of
August. That will be followed by a thorough evaluation of the module
itself but also of the procedures and process of presenting the module
to the participants and the role of the mentors. As an update on
progress in getting modules on the nine subjects identified by the DE Task
Force the following are complete: Food Dehydration, Packaging, and
Freezing. The remaining six (Thermal Processing, Nutrition,
Shelflife, Food Law, Food Safety, and Quality Control) are all in
various stages of completion. This project continues to be a high
priority for IUFoST and IAFoST.
Reported by Daryl Lund, Chair IUFoST DETF |
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IUFoST Adhering Bodies-New Member Turkey |
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IUFoST is delighted to announce that Turkey has joined the global Union."The Association of Food
Technology-Turkey, which is a membership-based organisation, was
founded on July 08, 1973. The mission of the Association is to offer
its members, as well as non-member scientists, researchers, and other
food professionals, the opportunity to share knowledge in the
field of food science and technology. Members join the
Association to keep up-to-date on rapidly changing technologies,
innovations and regulations; to learn about the latest findings in
research; and to establish and maintain contacts outside of their
individual areas of expertise. For the attainment of this purpose, the
Association has published a bimonthly journal for 33
years.
The Association contributes to knowledge in these fields by holding national
congresses and supporting the book publications in food science and
technology. In all ten conferences and 31 books have been published with more than 400 participants attending the last
congress in 2008. The Journal of Food (GIDA in Turkish), which has been
published by the Association for 33 years, is the only food journal
scanned by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) in the Republic of Turkey (TC). The abstracts of all articles
that have been published in 33 years are present at the web page of the
Association, (www.gidadernegi.org). Information on the Chamber of Food
Engineers' Congress and the International Mycotoxin Congress can also be found on the Association's website"
IUFoST welcomes the Association of Food Technology - Turkey into the International Union of Food Science and Technology. __________________________________________________________________________________________NZIFST launches free, online Food Product Development text
Creating New Foods: The Product Developer's Guide - the Web Edition
by Mary Earle and Richard Earlehttp://www.nzifst.org.nz/creatingnewfoods/
(24 June 2009)Creating New Foods: The Product Developer's Guide, was first published
in 1999 and republished in 2001. The book has been extensively revised
and updated, and is published here in full text; 100 searchable web
pages, and eight Chapters for printing or download in Flashpaper format.
This book is a guide to the basic structure and activities of the
Product Development Process - product strategy development, product
design and process development, product commercialisation, product
launch and evaluation. It is an introduction to food product
development as practised in the company environment, designed so that
people can build a general understanding as a basis for further study
using the textbooks listed at the end of the book.
The book is designed for people starting to work in food product
development in the food industry, and for students in an introductory
food product development course. It features numerous think breaks, project breaks, and up-to-the-minute
examples and case studies from industry, to widen the reader's
knowledge of product development across the food industry - consumer,
food service, industrial, primary agricultural/marine, and through the
whole of the food chain.
The Institute's objectives include the fostering of education, and
promotion of the understanding of foods. We hope that this book will
contribute to that, and that it will encourage readers to work in this
multidisciplinary, creative and ever-changing area of technology -
Product Development. |
IUFoST Academy Fellows in the News
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Beirut Arab University (BAU) awarded Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director
of the Library of Alexandria and Fellow of the International Academy of
Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), an honorary doctoral degree,
honoris causa, in Arts, at the annual graduation ceremony that was held at the Debbieh campus on Thursday, 25 June 2009. This is the
second honorary degree granted by the BAU; the first one was granted to
late Prime-minister of Lebanon, Rafiq El-Hariry in 1994.
It is worth mentioning that Dr. Serageldin holds 22 honorary doctoral
degrees, the last one was granted to him by Université Laval in Quebec,
Canada, in August 2008 and this will be the first honorary doctoral
degree Dr. Serageldin receives from an Arab University.
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IUFoST's Handbook Highlights Food Security Case Studies
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Using Food Science and Technology to Improve Nutrition and Promote National Development: Selected Case StudiesThis IUFoST Handbook highlights successful applications of research and development in improving nutrition and promoting national development in developing countries. Edited by Gordon Robertson and John Lupien, the Handbook is available to readers through the IUFoST website. More chapters are needed! Please contact Ediior Gordon Robertson at gordonlrobertson@gmail.com re submissions.
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The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) is the
global scientific organisation representing over 200,000 food
scientists and technologists from more than 65 countries. It is a
voluntary, non-profit federation of national food science organisations
linking the world's food scientists and technologists.
Website: www.iufost.org
Email: secretariat@iufost.org |
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