CSIRO’s FIESTA 2012 workshop

CSIRO is once again hosting the International Nonthermal Food Processing Workshop - FIESTA 2012, supported by the Nonthermal Processing Division of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST).

The workshop will be held in Melbourne’s Bayview Eden Hotel from 16 to 17 October. In addition, a focused short course on innovative food processing technologies will be run on 15 October. The course will include a tour of CSIRO’s $40m food processing pilot plant.

The workshop’s theme this year will be ‘Innovative Processes for Sustainable, Safe and Healthy Foods’.

The workshop offers opportunities for nonthermal and other innovative technologies in adding value to foods and enabling the sustainable manufacture of healthier food products, such as reduced salt, fat and sugar, that benefit the Australian and international markets.

To reflect the year’s theme, sessions will address innovative technologies for such topics as: a sustainable future; a safe supply chain; sensory aspects, human health and nutrition; and processing and commercial development challenges.

Travel assistance grants are available. Applications for these grants are now open.

For more information, see the workshop’s website: www.innovativefoods2012.com.