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GC team shares expertise in food authenticity in Vietnam

皇冠体育app Government Chemist team was invited by IAEA to attend the Asia-Pacific Technical Regional Cooperation Project Meeting in Vietnam

Meeting attendants

Selvarani Elahi, Deputy Government Chemist, was invited by Simon Kelly of the International Atomic Energy Agency to attend the second coordination meeting of the IAEA Asia-Pacific Technical Regional Cooperation Project RAS5081 鈥淓nhancing Food Safety and Supporting Regional Authentication of Foodstuffs through Implementation of Nuclear Techniques鈥�. 皇冠体育app meeting was held during 20 鈥� 22 November 2019 in Vietnam and hosted by the .

Selvarani gave a presentation on the , highlighting the benefits, to the 19 Member countries of this project, in joining this one-stop-shop for food authenticity testing and food fraud mitigation in the global fight against food fraud.

皇冠体育appre was a unanimous decision by the members attending the meeting to support the affiliation of the project to the Food Authenticity Network with the creation of country-specific pages. Discussions are in progress with IAEA to explore funding options for the creation of national web-pages for Member States in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Published 30 January 2020