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IUFoST News and Review 2009
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With 2009 at an end, we thought we would take a moment to look back and highlight some of the projects our friends and colleagues in international food science, technology and engineering community have been engaged in through IUFoST. We also note some recent news items of interest. Most importantly we thank all of you for your generosity of time and effort and dedication to furthering food science and technology for humanity.
Happy New Year!
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IUFoST on YouTube from Brunei
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A dialogue session between representatives from IUFoST, FIFSTA and BDAIST
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
* FIFSTA (Federation of Institutes of Food Science and Technology in ASEAN (Association of SouthEast Asian Nations) is an IUFoST Regional Group.
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8th Simposio
Latino Americana de Ciencia de Alimentos (SLACA) in Brazil
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The 8th
SLACA (Simposio Latino Americana de Ciencia de Alimentos), 8 - 11
November, 2009 in Campinas Brazil was an important event for food science and technology
this year. Under the Presidency of Dra. Glaucia Pastore (member of the
IUFoST Governing Council) and Delia Rodriguez-Amaya (in charge of the
SLACA Scientific Programme and Member of IAFoST Executive Council),
over 1800 were brought together for the high-level scientific
conference, featuring many outstanding speakers from
around the world. IUFoST and IAFoST were well-represented and many
opportunities were presented to discuss plans around ALACCTA (IUFoST
Regional Group for Central and South America), Adhering Body activities
in the coming year for SBCTA (Brazil), AATA (Argentina) and ACTA(
Colombia), to name a few, and progress towards the 2012 IUFoST World
Congress in Brazil. Besides the outstanding scientific programme an d
useful meetings, it was a time to enjoy old and new friends as we
shared the wonderful hospitality of the 8th SLACA organisers. Hosts: Glaucia Pastore, 2nd from left and Delia Rodrigues-Amaya,
3rd from left
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EFFoST Conference and IUFoST Governing Council Meeting, Budapest, Hungary
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The IUFoST Governing Council was invited to meet in
Budapest, Hungary and to participate in the EFFoST (IUFoST Regional group for
Europe) conference - New Challenges in Food Preservation. It was a pleasure to accept the
invitation and to join in the programme that drew all Europe together and
provided many insights into the challenges around food preservation. By any measure, it was another
scientific success for EFFoST.
Mo re about the November 2010 EFFoST conference in Ireland soon.
Pictured from left: Brian McKenna, EFFoST President,
Luis Fernandez, IUFoST President Elect and
Huub Lelieveld, IUFoST Governing Council
Dr. Diana Banati, Chair of the European Food Safety
Authority and members of the
Hungary Society for Food Industry - METE (IUFoST's Adhering Body in Hungary),
welcomed the IUFoST Governing Council and hosted its meeting on the premises of
the Central Food Research Institute in Budapest.
The Governing Council meeting covered many issues and challenges facing the global food science community and continued with its
strategic planning and focus.
IUFoST members will be hearing more about this in the next few weeks. We were glad to visit with Dr. Peter Biacs,( IUFoST President
1995-1999) and his wife Susan, as well as Dr. Joszef Farkas (IAFoST Fellow) who
brought with him many pictorial memories of IUFoST over the years, stemming
from the first meetings in the 1960s.
Our thanks to Dr. Brian McKenna, EFFoST President and
everyone on the EFFoST organizing committee, and also to Dr. Diana Banati and
our colleagues at METE for the
warm welcome extended to the IUFoST Governing Council.
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Preparations for the Congress have now moved into the key phase of preparing the scientific programme. The call for abstracts of papers and posters has been issued and we welcome presenters from both academic and commercial fields to submit their abstracts no later than the deadline of January 31st 2010. The quality and diversity of the scientific program is the key to a successful Congress!
The program will contain numerous world class speakers, among them:
Professor Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government.
Dr Werner Bauer, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Innovation, Technology and Research & Development for Nestlé. Professor Gebisa Ejeta, winner of the 2009 World Food Prize
Registration forms for the Congress are now available and more detailed information on the Congress is also available under the "Frequently Asked Questions" section of the website. In the meantime, any enquiries regarding the 2010 Congress should be addressed to info@iufost2010.org.za.
We look forward to welcoming you in Cape Town in 2010!
Remember too: Call for Nominations for Young Scientists (closes 31 January 2010) and the Call for Nominations for the Global Food Industry Awards (closes 28 February 2010) are located on the IUFoST website.
The Congress Convention Centre: Cape Town, South Africa
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Interview with the President
 by Jim Mcintyre
Recently
returned from Ghana, IUFoST President Geoffrey Campbell-Platt sat down in March 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 |
IUFoST and Japan reaffirm their longstanding partnership
IUFoST and Japan Reaffirm their longstanding partnership
September 2009 saw the opportunity for the IUFoST
leadership
to reaffirm and renew our long relationship with IUFoST founding
member, Japan with the IUFoST-Japan Food Safety and Security Symposium,
meetings with Japan industry and research institutes, with our
colleagues in IUFoST Japan and with hands-on training in Cup-of-Noodle
making.
From left rear: Cherl-Ho Lee and Mrs. Lee, Tomihiko Mori:
Right from rear: Geoffrey Campbell-Platt,
Rickey Yada and Pingfan Rao
Right: IUFoST Japan President, Tomohiko Mori,
Academy Fellow
Katsuyoshi Nishinari
and Academy Founding Fellow and
former IUFoST
Governing Council member, Kyoden Yasumoto.
Read the full report here |
Distance Education Test Project Begins
On July 6, Professor Donald Mercer, University of Guelph-Kemptville initiated 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 modules
through distance education to people working in the food industry in
sub-Saharan Africa. 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. This project continues to be a high
priority for IUFoST and IAFoST.
Participant: Cathan Marday pictured
Reported by Daryl Lund, Chair IUFoST DETF |
IUFoST strikes agreement with Chinese Ministry of Health
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delegation representing the IUFoST International Expert Panel on Food
Safety met with the Chinese Ministry of Health on June 25 to discuss
emerging and established food safety issues facing the Chinese food
community. Mr. Chen Xiaohong, Deputy Minister of
Health, met with the IUFoST delegation in the morning of June 25. He
welcomed IUFoST's support and expert assistance regarding food safety
management issues in China. As a result of these senior level meetings,
the Chinese Ministry of Health has asked IUFoST to join with them in
preparing an annual Food Safety Conference, the first to be held in
Beijing in April 2010.
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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 sub mission " 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.
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Book: Global Issues in Food Science and Technology
from Elsevier
Editors: G. Barbosa-Canovas, A. Mortimer, D. Lineback, P. Colonna, W. Spiess, K. Buckle
United Business Media (UBM) Journal:
International
Food Ingredients
 Availabl
IUFoST Dispatch in IFI - Authors: D. Heldman, Y. Motarjemi and L. Gorris, M. Schmidl, G. Robertson, L. Sun Hwang, D. Watson
Available through IUFoST Corporate partner, United Business Media (UBM).
IFI Journal
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Scientific Information Bulletins (SIBS):
Food Allergy
Functional Foods
Organic Food
Water for Food and Farming
http://www.iufost.org/reports_resources/bulletins/
IUFoST Handbook:
Using Food Science and Technology to Improve Nutrition and Promote National Development: Selected Case Studies
This
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 Editor Gordon Robertson at
gordonlrobertson@gmail.com re submissions.
World of Food Science (WFS):
"Food Science and Technology Issues Around the Regions", is the focus of the latest issue of the World of Food Science, the joint IUFoST/IFT electronic journal.
Other issues of WFS in 2009 have included Food Security. The next issue focuses on Food Packaging.Read it here |
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Journals:
International Review of Food Science and Technology 2009
from Wiley-Blackwell
Trends in Food
Science, Special Issue, IUFoST/Fi Asia/China Conference
"Natural and Safe Foods", Volume 20, Issue 9, ISSN 0924-2244, published September 2009, Editors Jason Wan and Rickey Yada
To obtain acopy, please visit the Elsevier site.
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The Textbook of "Food Science and Technology"
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This new comprehensive text and reference book is designed to
cover all the essential elements of food science and technology,
including all core aspects of major food science and technology degree
programmes being taught worldwide. 
21 chapters written by 30 internationally respected contributing authors
Topics
covered include: Food Chemistry, Food Biotechnology, Nutrition, Product
Development, Food Marketing, Numerical Procedures and Food Engineering
The book is edited by Geoffrey Campbell-Platt, Professor Emeritus of
Food Technology at The University of Reading, UK and President, IUFoST
For more information: John Wiley and Sons
Ltd, email: cs-books@wiley.co.uk, online at www.wiley.com/go/campbell-platt
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IUFoST Sponsorships and Endorsements in 2009
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IUFoST provided sponsorship (funding) and/or endorsements for the following events and Adhering Body meetings in 2009
Scientific Meetings:
FERG meeting at WHO,
Switzerland, November 2009 (Sponsored)
Meetings with UK Governing
officials and G20 representatives, UK, March/April 2009 (Endorsed) IUFoST Conference in
conjunction with FiAsia/China Exhibition, Shanghai, China June 2009 (Sponsored) ICN Congress, Thailand, October 2009
(Sponsored) World Food Prize conference and
meetings , USA (Sponsored)
Regional Body, Special Interest
Groups and Adhering Body events:
Cologne Exhibition, Germany, March 2009
(Sponsored) Ghana conference and meetings with Adhering Body and
Regional body representatives, March 2009 (Sponsored) Meetings with CIFST China and Government Talks
February and June 2009 (Sponsored) ALACCTA congress and workshops in Colombia, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Venezuela, Argentina, Panama, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile
and Brazil, (endorsed by FAO and IUFoST) AIFST Convention, Australia (Sponsored)
ISFE event at IFT (Sponsored)
IUFoST Japan Symposium and industry/institute/AB meetings
(Sponsored) 7th Latin American Congress of Food Engineering, Colombia, September 2009 - through
ISFE (sponsored) Innova Conference, Uruguay,
October 2009 (Sponsored) Congress CYTAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2009 (Sponsored) 12th ASEAN Food Conference &
FIFSTA Meeting, Brunei, October
2009 (Sponsored)
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SOCHITAL conference, Chile,
October 2009 (Sponsored)
CITA conference, Costa Rica, October 2009
(Sponsored) ISNFF conference and short courses, USA, November 2009 (Endorsed) SLACA Congress, Brazil (Endorsed)
EFFoST conference and GC Mtg, Hungary, November 2009 (Sponsored)
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The
International
Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) is the
global federation of national scientific organizations representing
more than 200,000 food scientists, technologists and engineers from over 70 countries. IUFoST has four regional groupings: ALACCTA representing
Central and South America, EFFoST representing Europe, FIFSTA
representing the ASEAN region and WAAFoST representing West Africa.
IUFoST links the world's food scientists and technologists.
IUFoST Governing Council 2008-2010: President,
Geoffrey Campbell-Platt (UK), President Elect, Luis Fernandez
(Belgium/Argentina), Past President, David Lineback (USA), Scientific
Council Chair, Mary Schmidl (USA), Secretary-General Judith Meech,
Members: Lucia Anelich (South Africa), Lim Chee Kian (Singapore), Huub
Lelieveld (The Netherlands), Brad McKay (Canada), Glaucia Pastore
(Brazil), Pingfan Rao (China) and IAFoST President V. Prakash (India).
Website: www.iufost.org
Email: secretariat@iufost.org
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