Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development - North AmericaEU edition | Asian edition

Headlines > Business

News in brief

Engineers highlight sustainability of food processes

28-Oct-2008

Related topics: Business, Food safety and labeling

The role of food engineers in areas such as health and wellness and sustainability will be discussed at an industry conference next year.

The 2009 Conference of Food Engineeering (CoFE'09) will cover topics such as sustainability of the US Food System - from field to table and beyond.

Other issues include dehydration technologies, extrusion processing, alternative thermal processes, nanotechnology applications in foods and food safety and security.

Plenary speakers already lined up include Stephan Palzer, of the Nestlé Research Centre, and Paul Singh, Distinguished Professor of Food Engineering at the University of California-Davis.

The 10th annual conference, organized by members of the NC-1023 Food Engineering Committee , is in Columbus, Ohio, from April 5-8.