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The scientists specialised in food are welcome to join the conference and present their work in food chemistry and related disciplines, food authenticity, traceability, safety & quality, as well as risk assessment, foodomics and nutrition.
Food safety, quality and nutrition are closely linked to food security, disease and malnutrition. The globalization of food trade, a growing world population, climate change and rapidly changing food systems have an impact on the safety and quality of food and hence on public health.
To understand and to tackle the health impact of unsafe and unhealthy food, scientists, risk assessors, governments and industry should have access to correct food data obtained by metrological sound measurements. Food is a complex biological matrix containing thousands or more organic and inorganic substances. The development and validation of novel analytical approaches capable of coping with a large panel of chemical contaminants or substances of nutritional value in complex food matrixes is extremely challenging.
The purpose of the 8th International IMEKOFOODS conference is to welcome scientists whose work is focused on food chemistry & metrology, nutrition, food safety & quality, risk assessment, food authenticity, etc. The coming together of these scientists contributes to the consumers protection, which is the ultimate goal in relation to food quality & nutrition, where the metrology plays an important role.
Joris Van LOCO - chair of IMEKO TC23, Scientific Director at Sciensano, Belgium
Nives OGRINC - chair of the 8th IMEKOFOODS conference, Head of Research Group ISO-FOOD Center – JSI, Slovenia
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IMEKO TC23 - Metrology in Food and Nutrition The Technical Committee 23 (TC23) of IMEKO, the International Measurement Confederation, was founded in 2006 and it is dedicated to Metrology in Food and Nutrition. The aim of this important milestone is to strength the links between food consumption and Metrology to allow the spread of metrological principles and concepts into food and nutrition area by an international organization supported by a host of outstanding metrology experts. Found out more about IMEKO TC 23 on its website: https://www.imeko.org/index.php/tc23-homepage |
