The Saudi Society for Food and Nutrition is set to launch the 4th Saudi Conference on Food and Nutrition which will be held in Riyadh between 19-21/11/1427H corresponding to 10-12/12/2007 under the theme “The future of food and nutrition in light of new advancements” This will be a continuation of devoted work by the College of Food Science and Agriculture during the last conferences.

FDA Notifies Consumers that Tomatoes in Restaurants Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak

Current Information Suggests Outbreak is Not Ongoing

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) studied the ability of sending some of its staff to Universities in the Netherlands in a step aiming at diversification and broadening chances of selection for candidates and utilizing Netherlander experiences in the field of food safety via specific short courses.

 

Two food safety lectures are going to be held at the SFDA headquarter. The first one is entitled "Components of Plant Production Affecting the Quality and Safety of Food and Feed" while the second one will be on "Evaluation of Pesticide Residues - Estimation of maximum residue limits MRL". The two lectures will be presented by Dr. Ambrus Árpád, DDG Hungarian Food Safety  Office.

          Food Sector participation in the Hygienic Control of Food
                     in the Holy Places   during the Hajj Season

Officials in the EU and New Zealand have agreed on a common strategy for maintaining meat and dairy exports in the event of a serious animal disease outbreak.

The deal, now awaiting final endorsement by the European Commission, sets down several safeguards and practices to be followed by New Zealand after an outbreak is discovered.

The Indonesian government is currently reviewing its laws on artificial sweeteners and will consider banning them from food if expert evidence suggests they present health risks, according to a report.

"We may remove artificial sweeteners, such as Aspartame Saccharin and Cyclamate, from the Health Ministry's decree ... about allowable food additives," Husniah R.T. Akib, head of the country's food and drug authority (BPOM) told the Jakarta Post.

The III Hispano-French Conference on micro and nanotechnologies was held recently in Donostia-San Sebastian, one of the participants being AZTI- Tecnalia which presented part of its research carried out within the framework of the European GOODFOOD - Food Safety and Quality Monitoring with Microsystems programme.

In these days, Jeddah municipality conducts an extensive research to identify the requirements for launching a microbiological and chemical laboratory for food products. "This SR 40 million project has been approved by His Excellency Secretary Eng. Adil Faqhih. It is going to be founded in the municipality" reported Dr. Mohammed Abduasalam, Secretary Advisor. He maintained that the lab will be concerned with examining and analyzing food produce such as beverages, sodas, legumes, meat, and fish, crustaceans, eggs and all kinds of canned foods.