January 26, 2017        Location: Hong Kong

The Food Safety Consortium (FSC) held its second Management Committee Meeting to update Committee Members our efforts to facilitate the advancement of food safety. In 2016, FSC actively involved in international conferences and exhibitions; organized the Global Food Safety Technology Forum (GFSTF) and industry exchange sessions to enhance the communication and collaboration among the industry, academia, government, and other food safety stakeholders.

To foster global collaboration, FSC also established a joint center with European partners to advance food safety technology development globally and accelerating the translations into the industry. Technology development projects will be developed by the joint center to address food safety challenges with cutting-edge and applied technologies.

In the meeting, committee members and advisors also discussed the strategies for FSC to take lead in food safety related technology developments and to become a communication channel with the public and media about food related news.

Networking session provided the opportunity for cooperate members to share their insights and difficulties in food protection. After receiving the feedbacks from industry, FSC can further formulate its long-term development directions.

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