Food Safety Without Borders: IUFoST Graduate Student Paper Competition

Food Safety has been identified as a Global Public Good that requires local solutions in close collaboration between the public and private sectors, based on globally applicable principles. Food science and technology students have the unique opportunity to make a difference to food safety in their country or region through the Food Safety Without Borders IUFoST Graduate Student Paper Competition.

In keeping with IUFoST’s Vision to Strengthen Global Food Science and Technology for Humanity, food science and technology students at the graduate level were invited to submit academic papers addressing a food problem present in indigenous foods of their country/region in a marketable way with the objective of enhancing global food safety. The finalists participated in the IUFoST 17th World Congress of Food Science and Technology held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 17-21 August 2014.

Eligibility

Food science and technology students enrolled in MSc/MS or PhD programs were eligible to enter. Papers with senior co-authors were acceptable, however, most of the substantive work and contribution of the paper must be directly attributable to an author who met the eligibility criteria above. Each graduate student submitted an abstract and an academic paper prepared under the guidance of an academic supervisor.

Academic Paper Submission Requirements

To be considered for the Competition, the academic paper must address in a marketable way a food safety issue arising from an indigenous food from the student’s country or region. It must include sufficient data to support claims and/or conclusions; not have been published elsewhere; and not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

The paper should be no more than 2500 words or 5–6 printed pages, including all images, figures, tables, and references.

Awards

The final decisions are shown below: