Despite having good nutritional profile, close to 30-tonnes of okara (豆渣), the residue left after the production of soybean products, are discarded as food waste in Singapore.
Freshwater clam (Corbicula fluminea) and the microalga Chlorella have been successfully cultured in Taiwan. The hot-water extract of freshwater clam and that of Chlorella have been commercialised as an essence with health claims for domestic consumption and export to Japan.
Food science and technology students were invited to be part of the solution to world hunger. In keeping with IUFoST’s aim to strengthen the role of food science and technology in securing the world's food supply and eliminating world hunger, the Food Science Students Fighting Hunger IUFoST Product Development Competition encouraged undergraduate students to use their knowledge and skills to develop innovative food products to fight hunger.
Food Fraud – and the focus on prevention – is an important and evolving food industry focus. Even though the vast majority of these incidents do not have a health hazard in some ways they are more dangerous because the substances and actions are unknown and untraceable.The types of food fraud stretch the traditional role of food science and technology to include criminology, supply chain traceability and other control systems. The food authenticity and integrity testing will be the most complex actions and their value should be assessed in terms of the contribution to prevention. This Scientific Information Bulletin (SIB) presents an introduction, review of incidents, the fundamentals of prevention which then provide insight on the optimal role of Food Science and Technology.
See IUFoST SIBS below for the complete Food Fraud Prevention Scientific Information Bulletin.
2017
Congratulations Prof. Dr. Purwiyatno Hariyadi
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Puwiyatno Hariyadi who has been elected to the position of Vice-Chair of the CODEX Alimentarius Commission.
Dr. Hariyadi is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST) and Senior scientist, SEAFAST Center; Professor, Dept. Food Science and Technology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.