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the scottish food advisory committee of the food standards agency is holding an open meeting in edinburgh on wednesday 6 july 2011. agenda items to be discussed will include: task force on farming regulationannual report of the chief scientistfuture food safety official controls delivery the agenda can be viewed via the link below.

the agency is commissioning a number of surveys of microbiological and chemical contaminants in food, as well as a trial of visual post-mortem inspections in pigs, and a study to investigate the effect of processing on pesticide residues in food. to find out more about the levels of certain microbiological and chemical contaminants in food, the agency is commissioning surveys of: acrylamide in uk retail productslead in cattle, sheep, free range and organic chickens, and eggs from uk farms in areas of high geochemical leadenvironmental chemicals in composite food samples that are representative of the uk diet the content and pattern of ergot alkaloids and ergot sclerotia in uk cerealslisteria monocytogenes and other microoganisms in pre-packed ready-to-eat sliced meats from small to medium-sized businessesnorovirus in shellfish two other research projects being commissioned by the agency are: to investigate whether the visual post-mortem inspection of indoor fattening pigs can be extended to outdoor fattening pigs.

incidence of food allergies and intolerances is on the rise in europe, and there are big gains to be made by companies who provide products that are safe and enjoyable for sufferers. some challenges remain, however, such as appropriate labelling, and future threshold levels. foodnavigator has lined up a team of experts to explore the issues in manufacturing foods for allergy and intolerance sufferers at its conference on allergen-free foods, taking place in london on 31st march (see www.

australia’s internationally acclaimed celebration of food and wine, the melbourne food and wine festival returns in 2011, from 4 - 14 march. each year, the festival unveils a world-class program of events over two weeks - a true expression of melbourne’s infamous love of food and wine that captures the attention of food-lovers in their hundreds of thousands. entering its 19th year, the festival’s prestigious reputation attracts the world’s biggest culinary and wine personalities to its door to participate in a program that also showcases victoria’s own celebrated chefs, restaurateurs, winemakers, sommeliers, producers and artisans.

the 19th melbourne food and wine festival (4 -14 march) invites fun-loving foodies to prime their tastebuds and clear their diaries as the countdown begins to australia’s preeminent celebration of food and wine. in five weeks the festival will bring food and wine to the streets across 11 delicious days, from chinatown to footscray to dandenong, and from the high country to the mornington peninsula in a year that celebrates heritage and tradition.

while christmas tends to add a few extra kilos, those who’ve overindulged can start 2011 on a positive note by heading to the ginger flower & food festival (from january 20 to 23) at buderim ginger’s sunshine coast’s ginger factory, for some free low-fat cooking demonstrations by one of australia’s leading low-fat recipe gurus, annette sym. accomplished author of the best-selling symply too good low-fat recipe cookbook range, annette will conduct free low-fat cooking presentations daily over the four-day festival to show visitors how easy it is to replace fat, sugar and salt-laden ingredients with healthy alternatives without sacrificing flavour.

the welsh food advisory committee of the food standards agency is holding an open meeting in cardiff on thursday 20 january 2011. agenda items to be discussed will include the strengthening of food law enforcement and charging principles for areas other than meat enforcement. the meeting will be held at the food standards agency, southgate house, wood street, cardiff, cf10 1ew.

nutraingredients-usa.com will host the first virtual conference and expo dedicated to weight management, showcasing the latest trends and strategies in weight management for the food, beverage and dietary supplements industries. the live one-day event called weight management 2010 virtual conference and expo will be taking place tomorrow, thursday november 4. the conference will cover key topics from high-profile industry personalities from nestlé, unilever, the federal trade commission, packaged facts, new-york university, université catholique de louvain and university of sussex.

it included presentations from rspo members such as unilever, wwf germany, oxfam as well as german retailer rewe group. approximately hundred participants – mostly representatives from the european food industry - attended the seminar. oil palm has emerged as the world’s most important vegetable oil source and is essential to meet the food demands of the growing world population that by 2040-2050 will grow to 9 billion from 6.