Institute for Collaborative Research Launches Canadian Food Safety and Science Series Featuring McGill University Fellows

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Newswise – Montreal / Washington DC. – The Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutritional Sciences (IAFNS) is launching a series of free webinars featuring scientific updates and research presentations from McGill University in Montreal.

The series, which will include other leading Canadian universities, aims to elevate food safety, nutrition and product science through a range of interesting and important topics of interest to Canadian and American audiences.

Please join us as we share new understandings and discoveries in the science of food safety and nutrition across North America. Food Safety and Science in Canada webinar series kicks off with McGill University researchers

Food security and scientific research at McGill University September 28, 2021 (9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.ET)

The subjects: Food microbiological safety, Food chemical safety, Antibiotics in agriculture, Antimicrobial packaging, Food toxicology, Nanosecurity, Food authentication

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The following presentations will be included in the September 28 McGill University webinar:

Sustainability meets technology: natural polymers in functional antimicrobial food packaging

Dr Yixiang Wang

Assistant Professor, McGill University

Relevance of nanomaterials in food exposure

Dr Saji George

Associate Professor, McGill University

Replacing Antibiotics in Agriculture – “Are We There Yet? “

Dr Jennifer Ronholm

Assistant Professor, McGill University

New devices for the rapid detection of food contamination and adulteration

Dr Xiaonan Lu

Associate Professor, McGill University

Please join us for this series to learn more about a range of food security, nutrition, product and scientific contributions issues.

And stay tuned as three more webinars are planned this fall and winter with the University of Manitoba, University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University – details to come.

Register here for the McGill University event on September 28 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET.

The Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutritional Sciences (IAFNS) is committed to leading positive changes in the food and beverage ecosystem. The above webinar series was supported by the IAFNS Scientific Steering Board. The IAFNS is a science-driven, 501 (c) (3) nonprofit uniquely positioned to mobilize government, industry and academia to conduct, fund and direct actionable research. iafns.org

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