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June 2008, Issue #2

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IN THIS ISSUE
bullet Elsevier at IFT, 2008
bullet New Journal: Journal of Functional Foods
bullet Meet the Editor: Fereidoon Shahidi, Journal of Functional Foods
bullet IFT Finalists of the George F. Stewart International Research Paper     Competition
bullet IFT Fellows Announced
bullet IFT 2008 National Leadership Election results
bullet IAFOST Fellows Announced
bullet Upcoming conferences
bullet Featured Special Issues
bullet More Special Issues
 
 
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Journal of Functional Foods will have a strong focus on applied research and functional foods product development and commercialization.

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Waste Management for the Food Industries

Waste Management for the Food Industries
By Ioannis Arvanitoyannis
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-373654-3, 2008

Understand the impact of the food industry on waste production and concerns in this innovative reference. For the first time, nine separate food industry categories are thoroughly investigated in an effort to help combat the already acute problem food industries are faced with.

Wine Science, Third Edition

Wine Science, Third Edition
by Ron Jackson
ISBN 978-0-12-373646-8, March 2008

Covering the three pillars of wine science -- grape culture, wine production, and sensory evaluation, this bestseller includes coverage of grape anatomy, physiology and evolution, wine geography, wine and health, and the scientific basis of food and wine combinations.

What Can Nanotechnology Learn From Biotechnology?

What Can Nanotechnology Learn From Biotechnology?
Social and Ethical Lessons for Nanoscience from the Debate over Agrifood Biotechnology and GMOs
Edited by Kenneth David and Paul Thompson
ISBN: 9780123739902, February 2008

This groundbreaking book details the lessons to be learned from the controversy over genetically modified foods, and how those lessons can be applied to developing nanotechnologies, particularly agricultural and other food-related applications.

Gluten-Free Cereal Products and Beverages

Gluten-Free Cereal Products and Beverages
Edited by Arendt and Dal Bello
ISBN: 978-0-12-373739-7, May 2008

The latest work on the development of gluten-free products, including a description of the disease, the detection of gluten and the labeling of gluten-free products, as well as exploring the raw materials and ingredients used to produce gluten-free products.

 
 
NEW JOURNAL: JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS

JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODSElsevier is delighted to announce the launch of the Journal of Functional Foods. Published quarterly, the journal will be launched in collaboration with the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, as the official scientific journal of the Society. The first issue will appear in late 2008.

Journal of Functional Foods will have a strong focus on applied research and functional foods product development and commercialization. The journal will cover the fields of: plant bioactives; antioxidants and ageing; dietary fibre, prebiotics and functional starches; probiotics and probiotic functional foods; functional lipids; bioactive peptides; vitamins, minerals and botanicals and other dietary supplements; functional beverages and food products; nutritional aspects of disease prevention and treatment.

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Prof. Fereidoon Shahidi
Meet the Editor of Journal of Functional Foods

Meet Prof. Fereidoon Shahidi
at the Elsevier booth # 1803

Tuesday: July 01, 12.00 am - 1.00 pm

 
 
IFT FINALISTS OF THE GEORGE F. STEWART INTERNATIONAL    RESEARCH PAPER COMPETITION

The International Division Paper Competition Committee has identified the five Finalists of the George F. Stewart IFT International Research Paper Competition (named in honour of George F. Stewart, 1967-68 IFT President), which has three cash prizes sponsored by Elsevier, and free one-year personal subscription to one of Elsevier’s food science journals for each finalist.

Our congratulations go to the five Finalists:

Shin-Joung Rho, Department of Biosystems and Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea; Saehun Mun, Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea; Yong-Ro Kim, Department of Biosystems and Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea: 
“The association of large-ring cyclodextrin with surfactants. An isothermal titration calorimeter study”

Hugo S. Garcia, Instituto Tecnologico de Veracruz, Mexico; Ramiro Baeza, Instituto Tecnologico de Veracruz, Mexico; Jose J. Espinoza-de-los-Monteros, Instituto Tecnologico de Veracruz, Mexico; Gerardo Valerio, Instituto Tecnologico de Veracruz, Mexico:
“Glucose/glycerol co-fermentation for production of 1,3-propanediol with Lactobacillus reuteri”

Sang-Ho Yoo, Department of Food Science & Technology and Carbohydrate Bioproduct Research Center, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Seol-Hee Kim, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Mi Hyun Joo, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea:
“Structural identification and antioxidant properties of major anthocyanin extracted from Omija (Schizandra chinensis) fruit” 

Ying Li, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada; Loong-Tak Lim, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada:
“Electrospinning of zein protein nanofibers”

A.M. Chuah, National Food Research Institute / University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; T. Kuroiwa, National Food Research Institute / University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; S. Ichikawa, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; I. Kobayashi, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; M. Nakajima, National Food Research Institute / University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan:
“Formation of biocompatible nanoparticles via the self-assembly of chitosan and modified-lecithin”

All five finalists will be recognized at the International Division Luncheon and will be receiving certificates of recognition.

More information available at: http://www.ift.org/divisions/international/paper_competition

 
 
IFT FELLOWS ANNOUNCED

The following Elsevier editors and editorial board members have been elected as an IFT Fellow, a unique professional distinction conferred for outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of food science and technology.

  • Vijay K. Juneja
    Editor, International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Rakesh Singh
    Editor, LWT - Food Science and Technology
  • Richard Linton
    Editorial Board, Food Microbiology
 
 
IFT 2008 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ELECTION RESULTS

The 2008 IFT National Leadership came to an official close on April 10.

Congratulations to the following individuals who will take office on September 1, 2008:

President-Elect: Marianne Gillette.

Board of Directors: Barbara Blakistone, John Finley, Russ Flowers, Julie Ruder

Nominations & Elections Committee Members: Ellen Bradley, MaryAnne Drake (editorial board, International Dairy Journal), Scott Lineback

 
 
IAFOST FELLOWS ANNOUNCED

The following Editors and Editorial Board Members have been newly elected as Fellows of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFOST). The presentations and official recognition will be made at the Opening Ceremony and a special session of the next IUFOST World Food Congress to be held in Shanghai in October this year. Our congratulations go to them all:

Paul Colonna (Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cereal Science)
Piotr Lewicki (Editorial Board Member, Journal of Food Engineering)
John Mitchell (Editor, Carbohydrate Polymers)
Pingfan Rao (Editorial Board member, Food Hydrocolloids)
Fidel Toldrá (European Editor, Trends in Food Science and Technology)

 
 
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
54th ICoMST – International Congress of Meat Science and Technology

54th ICoMST – International Congress of Meat Science and Technology
10-15 August 2008, Cape Town, South Africa

This event, themed The Role of Science in the Growing Demand for Red Meat, is an international forum for the exchange of scientific information, technology and experiences between academic and industry researchers. Selected, peer-reviewed papers from the Congress will be published in a special issue of Meat Science

More information

 
21st International ICFMH Symposium – Food Micro 2008:

21st International ICFMH Symposium – Food Micro 2008:
“Evolving Microbial Food Quality and Safety”

1-4 September 2008
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Scotland

Food Micro 2008 Aberdeen aims to build on the success of previous FOOD MICRO meetings by covering all aspects of Food Microbiology and the very latest scientific developments in the field. Selected, peer-reviewed papers from the symposium will be published in a special issue of International Journal of Food Microbiology

More information

 
Third European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research: A Sense of Innovation

Third European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research: A Sense of Innovation
7-10 September 2008
University of Hamburg, Germany

More information

 
First European Food Congress

First European Food Congress
Food Production - Nutrition - Healthy Consumers
4-9 November 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia

The First European Food Congress will bring together food and nutrition professionals from academia and industry throughout Europe and from non-European food related societies to review, exchange and disseminate knowledge and experience in current food science, technology, policy and nutrition.

Abstracts are invited by 11 July 2008 for oral and poster presentation at the congress.

For further information visit www.foodcongress.eu or contact foodcongress@event-logistics

 
Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium 8th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium
26-30 July 2009
Florence, Italy
 
6th NIZO Dairy Conference 6th NIZO Dairy Conference
Dairy ingredients: Innovations in Functionality
28-29 September 2009, Papendal, The Netherlands
 
 
FEATURED SPECIAL ISSUES

Trends in Food Science & TechnologyNovelQ - High Pressure Processing
Edited by Marc Hendrickx
Trends in Food Science & Technology, Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 287-348 (June 2008)

The current issue of Trends in Food Science and Technology brings together a number of state of the art reviews on challenging research areas in the specific field of high pressure thermal processing of foods (the specific basic high pressure research focus of NovelQ is on high pressure high temperature processing) including contributions on (i) microbial spore inactivation, (ii) effects on nutrients, (iii) effects on texture, (iv) effects on color and flavor aspects, (v) process modeling and (iv) process impact evaluation tools. The reviews have been written by key experts in the field, all partners of NovelQ.

bullet View the special issue on ScienceDirect


International Dairy Journal

Milestone Achievements In Dairy Science Research And Their Current And Future Industrial Applications
Edited by Phil Kelly
International Dairy Journal, Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 675-778 (July 2008)

A Millennium Symposium reflecting on 60 years of developments in Dairy Science & Technology was an event organized at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada on June 29, 2006, to mark the retirement of Paul Jelen as Professor of Food Science from active duty at the University of Alberta. Invited speakers from academia and research institutions around the world who undertook major reviews of developments in many fields of Dairy Science did so in recognition of Paul's multi-faceted contributions as an academic member of the Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics for 33 years.

 
 
SPECIAL ISSUE ROUND UP

View a list of all Food Science Special Issues published between January and June 2008

 

 
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