CASJ Food Safety Newsletter
Back to CAS,Jamaica Home Page
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
The fourth edition contains the following articles:
A Letter from the Editor
Advances in Nanomaterials
Food Allergens
Omics Technology
Food Security
Chemfest Highlights
The fifth edition contains the following articles:
A Letter from the Editor
Campylobacteriosis
The 2018 outbreak of escherichia coli
Listeria outbreak
Salmonellosis
Food Safety Workshop
Food & agro processing technology programme
ACS student engagement initiatives
Very amazing products
Word Search - Microbiological Hazards
The sixth edition contains the following articles:
A Letter from the Editor
Herbal tea hazards
Mineral oil hydrocarbons
Foodborne illness
Peanut butter recall
Meet our graduates
Denbigh Agricultural Show highlights
Student engagement
SERMACS 2022 highlights
Word Search - Pesticide Residues in Foods I and II
The seventh edition contains the following articles:
A Letter from the Editor
Transformation of Food Waste into an Edible Oil
Fats & Health
Female pioneers in chemistry
ACS student engagement
Commonwealth Science Congress
Chemical Society of The Gambia
Unravelling the palate puzzle
Blockchain technology in the Food Industry
Food safety crossword puzzle
CAS Conference Announcement
The eigth edition contains the following articles:
A Letter from the Editor
Cassareep
Biofilms and their significance in the Food Industry
Food Packaging: Cans
Potential applications of Coffea Arabica Fruit
Science Outreach: STEM Week, Lister Mair Gilby
New CAS Fellows, The UWI, Mona
Word Search: Mushrooms
Deadline for the next Newsletter is 1 May 2024.
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 22nd December 2023