Technical Reports

MIFT – IUFoST CONFERENCE
FOCUS: FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
22 & 23 March 2005
Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur Programme (pdf file - 119k)

Food Processing: Heat-Formed Compounds Including Acrylamide and  Food Safety (.ppt file - 1.5Mb)
Dr. David Lineback, President-elect, IUFoST, USA

Safety of Genetically Modified Food Crops (.ppt file - 4.5Mb)
Dr. Ruud Valyasevi

Perspectives to improve the global nutrition situation: National development, international trade and role of food trade in solving nutrition problems (.ppt file - 102k)
Prof. John Lupien,  Adjunct Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, USA

Gaining a Competitive Advantage in Sensory Information (.ppt file - 1.2Mb)
Dr. Herbert Stone, President, IFT and President, Tragon Corporation, USA

EU Food Labelling Regulations (.ppt file - 340k)
Prof. J. Ralph Blanchfield, MBE, Chair, IFST  External Affairs, UK

Recent developments in regulation of food safety and primary products in Australia and New Zealand (.ppt file - 55k)
Prof. Ken Buckle, Professor of Food Science and Technology, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Codex and WTO updates on biotechnology, functional foods, food quality and safety (.ppt file - 100k)
Prof. John Lupien, Adjunct Professor of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, USA

Major causes of food borne diseases in Europe (.ppt file - 732k)
Prof. Dr. Ing. Dr. h.c. Walter Spiess, Past President, IUFoST, c/o University of Karlsruhe, Germany

HACCP Application in Ready-to-serve meals with fresh components (.ppt file - 3.4Mb)
Prof. Dr. Ing. Dr. h.c. Walter Spiess, Past President, IUFoSt, c/o University of Karlsruhe, Germany

BSE/vCJD – the European Ongoing Story (.ppt file - 1Mb)
Prof. Ralph Blanchfield

IUFoST SHANGHAI SYMPOSIUM (IN CONJUNCTION WITH FI ASIA/CHINA)
Opportunities and Challenges for Today’s Global Food Industry
March 1-3 2005

Shanghai Programme (pdf file - 81k)

Benefits of food science information to the innovation process (pdf file - 1.7Mb)
Dr Jeremy Selman, General Manager, International Food Information Service, UK

Business Innovation for Chinese food industry: Hong Kong case study (pdf file - 190k)
Mr Leo Yuen, Hong Kong Food Science and Technology Association, Hong Kong

New trends in food protection, preserving food against spoilage and pathogens with natural solutions (pdf file - 2.8Mb)
Mr Stephane Constant, Vice President, Food Safety and Protection, Danisco Specialties

Emerging processing technologies for new product development (pdf file - 2.1Mb)
Dr Jason Wan, Senior Research Scientist, Food Science Australia, Australia

Development of new test methods for the Chinese food industry (pdf file - 680k)
Prof Shi Xianming, School of Food Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Keynote Presentation: International Trends in Functional Food Development (pdf file - 3.3Mb)
Dr Mary Schmidl, Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota, USA

Safety considerations and evaluations on functional foods (pdf file - 276k)
Prof Wang Yin, Vice Director, Institute of Functional Food Research, Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, China

Functional food from traditional experience to modern production (pdf file - 1Mb)
Prof Cherl-Ho Lee, Korea University, Korea

Advantages and disadvantages of food products with special health benefit (pdf file - 728k)
Prof Dr Hans Steinhart, Director, Institute of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Germany

Functional properties of probiotics and prebiotics, a Chinese research perspective (pdf file - 1Mb)
Dr Liu Zhenmin, R & D Manager, Junyao Dairy Group, China

Functional food ingredients from tea and other plant sources (pdf file - 1.7Mb)
Assoc Prof Tu Youying, Department of Tea Science, Zhejiang University, China

FiCEE/IUFoST Berlin Conference, May 25 and 26, 2004
"Challenges of Entering the Expanded European Marketplace"

Final Berlin Programme

The following reports from the Berlin Conference are available online in MS Power Point (.ppt) format

European Food Safety Authority: Progress to date and future prospects - (110k)
Dr. Geoffrey Podger, Executive Director, EFSA, Belgium

Impact of EU food related legislation on SME in the new EU Member States - (890k)
Prof. Arpad Somogyi, Prec-Accession Adviser, EU Twinning Project Food Safety Office, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hungary

EU legislation on food additives - (950k)
Dr. Michael Knowles, Director, Science and Regulatory Affairs, Europe, Eurasia and Middle East SBU, Coca-Cola, Belgium

EU hygiene legislation with regard to food ingredients and food additives - (250k)
Prof. Andras Sebok, General Manager, Campden & Chorleywood, Hungary

Requirements of major retailers with respect to auditing standards / The role of third party auditing under market developments - (130k)
Ms. Carole Payne, EFSIS Ltd., UK

Microbiological Risk Assessment - (4.9M)
Dr. Edda Bartelt, Federal Institute of Risk Assessment, Germany

Risk assessment of biological active substances in herbs and spices - (1.4M)
Prof. Dr. Herbert Buckenhüskes, Germany

Advantages and disadvantages of food products with special health benefits - (2.9M)
Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Steinhart, Director, Institute of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Germany