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Promoting Food Security through Value-added Processing of Lesser-known Indigenous Fruits

In Nigeria and other African countries, there are hundreds of little-known indigenous crops that contribute to food security and play vital roles in the nutrition of the people, particularly the rural populace. Among these is a wide variety of wild indigenous fruits and vegetables that enrich the diet of the rural populace.

Report of the First Africa Food Security and Adaptation Conference UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, 20-21 August 2013

The conference brought together experts across the divide that put up cases ranging from combating climate change, droughts, food production and food security in general.

2013 World Food Prize Honours Three Laureates

 

Introduction

The 2013 World Food Prize will be jointly shared by Dr Marc Van Montagu (Belgium), Dr Mary-Dell Chilton (USA) and Dr Robert Fraley (USA). The Award will be presented at the 2013 Borlaug Dialogue and Symposium to be held in Des Moines, Iowa, USA on 16-18 October 2013.

 

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IUFoST Scientific Information Bulletin (SIB)

 

FOOD FRAUD PREVENTION

John Spink, PhD
Summary
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.

 

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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.

World Congress

 

Mumbai, India

 

October 23-27, 2018

 

Register at www.iufost2018.com