Future collaboration between Australia and India for development of functional foods to be explored
26 Mar 2008 | Bernie Goldie
The National Centre of Excellence in Functional Foods (NCEFF) will conduct a two-day workshop at the University of Wollongong on 27 and 28 March to develop a set of proposals for future collaborative research between Australia and India.
The Federal Government has invited the NCEFF to host this special workshop. About 20 prominent researchers/organisations in functional foods from both countries will be attending the workshop.
The NCEEF is a partnership between UOW’s Smart Foods Centre, CSIRO Centre for Human Nutrition, Food Science Australia and the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria.
The workshop is being hosted by the NCEFF and the Smart Foods Centre on behalf of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science and Research. It has been established under the Federal Government’s International Science Linkages Program and is designed to facilitate the exchange of research ideas and opportunities between leading Australian and Indian researchers and organisations in the field of functional foods.
UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, and the Director of the India and the Americas Section (International Science Branch of the Federal Government’s Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Mr Justin Withers will present a joint official welcome to workshop participants at 9.15am tomorrow.
Other workshop events will include presentations by the Head of Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre, National Institute of Nutrition (Dr Kalpagam Polasa) and the Director of the NCEFF at the University of Wollongong (Professor Linda Tapsell); R&D perspectives on functional foods; regulatory and industry perspectives; and R&D perspectives on functional foods.
Media please note
Best photo/filming opportunity: A morning tea break is being held from 10.15am to 10.30am on Thursday 27 March which would provide media opportunities for interviews. The workshop is being held at the McKinnon Dining Room, Level 2, McKinnon Building (Bldg 67).
For further information contact either Louise Abrams (Business Development Manager, Smart Foods Centre) on (02) 4221 5121 or 0402 092 363 (m); or Professor Linda Tapsell (Director of the NCEFF) on (02) 4221 3152 or 0419 449 912 (m).
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