January 2018 Issue

JIFSAN is continuing its work in Asia to strengthen food safety laboratories through participation in a collaborative project between Food Industry Asia and the Asian Development Bank. This program aims to strengthen the food supply chain through training in risk assessment, numerous aspects of supply chain management and laboratory testing.

Keynote Presentation Title: "The analytical and economic challenges of maintaining food safety in a global supply chain"

Those who have come to the the IFSTL know that we always request a "transfer plan", i.e. a structured plan to either deploy a method learned in the training or to propagate the training received. Teddie had planned the latter and had been trying to achieve his goal for over 2 years. Perseverance and networking paid off and Teddie tells us his story.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has tied up with Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP) for training its lab personnel on high-end testing of mycotoxins, pesticide residues and veterinary drug residues in Singapore and at the University of Maryland in the United States.

Interview with Dr. Janie Dubois of the IFSTL by Dr. Rick Gilmore of GFSF.

We had record colds, we had snow, but we also had a fantastic hands-on laboratory workshop on methods for the determination of aflatoxins in food.