Davis, CA – The Postharvest Technology Center at UC Davis is pleased to host the September 13-18, 2015 III International Conference on Fresh-cut Products: Maintaining Quality & Safety. The conference is organized by Dr. Marita Cantwell under the aegis of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). The conference will present the general topics of: Quality & Product Development, Temperature & Handling Logistics, Preparation & Processing, Packaging & Modified Atmospheres, Food Safety & Sanitation, and Marketing & Consumer Acceptance.
Join us in welcoming the following globally recognized experts in fresh-cut processing technologies and research as our keynote speakers.
Jeff Brandenburg, JSB Group, USA
Packaging fresh-cut products
Jeff Brecht, University of Florida, USA
Temperature and transportation
Giancarlo Colelli, University of Foggia, Italy
The QUAFETY project
Roberta Cook, UC Davis, USA
Marketing trends of fresh-cut produce
Merete Edelenbos, Aarhus University, Denmark
Processing and handling of fresh-cut root vegetables
Charles Forney, Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Physiology and biochemistry of aroma and off-odors in fresh-cut products
Maria Isabel Gil, CEBAS-CSIC, Spain
Preharvest factors and fresh-cut quality of leafy greens
Gustavo Gonzalez-Aguilar, CIAD, Mexico
Nutritional quality of fresh-cut products
Rudi Groppe, Heinzen, USA
Equipment and sanitary design for leafy green process lines
Yaguang (Sunny) Luo, USDA, USA
Sanitation in water wash systems
Latifah Mohd Nor, MARDI, Malaysia
Processing and handling fresh-cut tropical fruits
Anne Plotto, USDA, USA
Sensory quality of fresh-cut products
Elliot T. Ryser, Michigan State University, USA
Cross-contamination and quantifying bacterial transfer during slicing
Brooke Schwartz, Brooke Schwartz Consulting, USA
Commercialization and adoption of new food safety technologies
Trevor Suslow, UC Davis, USA
Preventive controls for microbial quality/ or role of microbial testing
Alessandro Turatti, Turatti, Italy
Innovations in fresh-cut fruit process lines
For more information or to enroll online, please visit the website at fresh-cut2015.ucdavis.edu. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact the Postharvest Technology Center at postharvest@ucdavis.edu or 530-752-6941.
The mission of the University of California Postharvest Technology Center is to reduce postharvest losses and improve the quality, value, and safety of produce available to consumers. Visit at http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu. Postharvest Technology Center, Department of Plant Sciences/MS2, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, Tel: (530) 752-6941, Fax: (530) 752-6941, E-mail: postharvest@ucdavis.edu.
Source: Postharvest Technology Center at UC Davis