CASJ Food Safety Newsletter
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A note from the Editor, Dr Andrea Goldson-Barnaby
"In November 2019, Professor Dasgupta asked me to serve as
editor for the Food Safety Newsletter, having previously
had the opportunity to work with him during the planning of the
21st General Meeting and Conference of The
Caribbean Academy Sciences (CAS) held in
November 2018 in Kingston and as a speaker at
a Food Safety Forum in April 2019.
The latter was in collaboration by CASJ with
The National Agricultural Health and Food Safety
Coordinating Committee (NAHFSCC),
the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture(IICA) and
the Pesticide Research Laboratory (PRL).
The first edition contained the following articles:
Coronavirus and food safety
Impact of Climate Change on Agro-processing in the Caribbean
Food recalls: are they increasing?
From fruit vendor to fruit science journal author
The ackee fruit
The second edition contains the following articles:
A Letter from the Editor
Food Safety - Aspects for closer examination
Cyanide in cassava products
Nitrites in processed meats
Honey
Probiotics
The third edition contains the following articles:
A Letter from the Editor
Mangroves
Why Does Grandma Put Her Bread in the Freezer?
Phosphates in meats
Fermented foods
The Iodine value of Coconut & Corn oil
Word Search for Food Colourants
Deadline for the next Newsletter is 1 December 2021.
Feedback and enquiries about submission of articles can be sent to:
Andrea Goldson-Barnaby, PhD
Lecturer and Programme coordinator,
M Sc Food & Agro Processing Technology,
Department of Chemistry,
The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
andrea.goldson03@uwimona.edu.jm
Last update 31st July 2021