IUFoST Events
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IUFoST Food Safety Conference held in conjunction with Fi Asia/China 2009
June 23-25
Shanghai, China
The IUFoST Conference on Food Safety (June 23-24) will give you the latest findings on Food Safety issues, DNA Barcoding, digestive health, probiotics and prebiotics with innovative case
studies and ground-breaking presentations from the top names in the
industry.
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IUFoST Regional Group Events
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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.
Bogota, Colombia (13-15 May)
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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23-25th of June
NZIFST Annual Conference
"Food Elements: Putting the Pieces Together"
Christchurch Convention Center,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Register now at http://www.nzifst.org.nz/events/annual-conf.asp
15th IUFoST World Congress of Food Science and Technology
22-26 August 2010
Cape Town, South Africa
Although the 2010 Congress is still a long time away, we invite all members of the
global food science and technology community to diarise these dates and
make every effort to join us in Cape Town.
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Past Events
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IUFoST teamed up with its regional group EFFoST and Adhering Body GeFFoST at a major fair in Cologne, Germany in March to answer questions related
to the IUFoST Distance Education program, Food Security/Food Safety issues and the 2010 IUFoST World Congress. The booth was visited by
former students of German universities and visitors interested in international scientific affairs.
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| Publications |
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. IUFoST Dispatch: 'Safety Foremost'
International Food Ingredients Journal Safety Foremost is the second in the IUFoST series in IFI Journal focused on the global food industry. The authors, Yasmine Motarjemi of Nestle Foods and Leo Gorris of Unilever, argue that food safety has become so complex and relevant that we need to rethink training and education on a global level. Editor's note: Nestle, Mars, Unilever, Ajinimoto and Progastronomia Foundation founded the Industry Council for Development (ICD) in response to WHO calls for industry assistance. IUFoST will be partnering with the ICD in various initiatives.
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seamlessly between destinations and the world changes minute by minute,
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to date with our actions and activities. This
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Interview with the President
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 by Jim McIntyre
Recently returned from Ghana, IUFoST President Geoffrey Campbell-Platt sat down to talk about Africa, education and food security. While abroad, Professor Campbell Platt found a number of his former students in prominent roles within the field of food science and technology in Ghana, including Dr. Tano-Debrah,Head, Nutrition and Food Science Department at the university. The Ghanaian Broadcasting Corporation featured a live interview with the IUFoST President on global Food Security and the Ghanaian print and radio media talked with him about IUFoST and its leadership role in Food Security, Food Safety and how education is a cornerstone of IUFoST activity.Read the complete interview
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IUFoST Helps Frame G20 Global Food Security Strategy
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IUFoST's presence and advice requested
At the request of the United Kingdom Parliament's Food Security Meetings, at which the UN Special Adviser on Food Security Dr. David Nabarro, Prof. Sir David King, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf and other leaders spoke, IUFoST prepared a submission " Improving the Utilization of Agricultural Raw Materials to Reduce Food Insecurity" and helped to guide the Group of 20 governments as they find ways to combat food insecurity. The article was prepared by Dr. Walter Spiess, with contributions by Dr. M.S Swaminathan, Dr. Colin Dennis, and Dr. Patrick Wall, Dr. David Lineback and Prof. Campbell-Platt. It focused on the contributions that food science and technology make toward global food security.The IUFoST Food
Security Task Force
has begun its work. To become involv ed and to volunteer to be an
activist for IUFoST nationally, just register your interest with your
Adhering Body and us. We invite and encourage each of our Adhering
Bodies to nominate one or more 'activists' from among your membership
to serve in this IUFoST group and therefore to involve you in this crucial work of
global importance.
Please provide your
representative/activist name(s) to IUFoST c/o v.mcintyre@iufost.org so
we can provide you with access to the
Food Security members' only area. For more information please visit the working groups section of our website.
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Journal Update: The World of Food Science
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Food Security is the focus of the sixth and current issue of
'The World of Food Science'.
Click on the cover page below to read more
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Distance Education - Call for Mentors
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Ten to Fifteen Food Industry Participants Needed
The IUFoST Distance Education project is ready for initial testing!! Dr. Donald Mercer has volunteered to test the delivery of a module in sub-Saharan Africa using the introductory food dehydration module. To conduct the test, we need to identify 10 - 15 mentors who in turn will identify employees of the food industry to participate in the test. Dr. Mercer will be the primary instructor and the mentors, most of whom will be faculty members of food science and technology departments in SSA, will work with the industry participant and provide feedback on the operation of the process. Thus far seven mentors have volunteered but there is still room for another five to eight. The test will be conducted within the next two weeks. If you would like to be a mentor, please email IUFoST Distance Education Chair, Dr. Daryl Lund at dlund@cals.wisc.edu. |
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Kenya - Kenya Union of Food Science and Technology (KUFoST) How we can work together: The
year 2008 was a bad one for Kenyans as the country was still feeling
the effects of the post-election violence, which affected everyone all
over the country and had dire repercussions for the agricultural sector. About one
third (nearly 10 million) of Kenyans are food insecure and are facing
starvation due to a number of reasons: 1) There was little food
production in the grain basket region of the country - the Rift Valley
- since that was the epicenter of the post-election-violence. Secondly,
for those who produced, they did not realize sufficiently high yield as
inputs came late and were too expensive.
The areas spelled out in the IUFoST President's message on Food Security will be our focus:
1) "IUFoST
initiates efforts in ICSU (International Council of Science) to work
with other international unions to promote health and well being
through inter-disciplinary effort and projects"
2) "The sub-Saharan Africa based IUFoST Distance Education pilot project"
3) Use of "IUFoST case studies in using Food Science and Technology to improve nutrition and promote national development"
These
are areas in which we could collaborate, as well as promote
training, internships and mentoring of young food scientists and
fostering exchange. I see a win-win situation.
We could also
benefit from technical assistance to study Kenya's food systems in
terms of safety, laws, and enforcement of those laws. We do not have a
strong consumer movement. As an example, tonnes of aflatoxin infested maize in
the storage of National Cereals and Produce Board of Kenya was
destroyed at a time when millions of Kenyans faced starvation.
Prof.
Ruth Oniang'o, President, KUFoST, Fellow, International Academy of Food
Science and Technology and Member, IUFoST Food Security Task Force
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Canada - Meeting of the two CIFSTS: In
February, representatives of China (CIFST Secretary-General Meng Suhe,
Executive Vice-President Shao Wei and Vice President and IUFoST
Governing Council member, Pingfan Rao) met and discussed food safety
and cooperation with President-Elect Janice Baker of Purina, Carol Ann
Burrell, Executive Director and Past President Anne Goldman
of their 'sister' CIFST in Canada. Anne Goldman and colleagues gave
them a tour and overview of ACCE's activities. The CIFST China
delegation also visited the University of Guelph and met with
Doug Goff, Professor in the Food Science Dept and associate of the
Guelph Food Technology Centre, with research scientists and other
officials of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Quiang Liu, Elsayed
Abdelaal, John Shi and Mansel Griffiths, the head of Canadian Research
Institute for Food Safety.
One
major outcome of CIFST China's visit with IUFoST in Canada and meetings
in Minneapolis, USA with Dr. Mary Schmidl, IUFoST Scientific Council
Chair, is the establishme nt of the IUFoST International Expert Panel on
Food Safety, This has come about In response to CIFST China 's urgent
request to IUFoST and following a series of meetings that began in
October at the IUFoST world congress in Shanghai. The IUFoST
International Expert Panel on Food Safety will deliver expert resource
to China and eventually to other countries throughout the Union. More
information will follow as the Panel and its first activities are
confirmed later this month.
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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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