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Ninth Conference - Securing the Future

Plenary

The State of the Food Industry

 

Dr. Jennylynd James, Food Consultant/HACCP Coordinator, Toronto, Canada
 
Abstract
 
The food industry has been bombarded by a number of well publicized events over the last fifteen years, from foodborne outbreaks, to bioterrorism. Consumer trends drift from one requirement to the next, complicating food choices in developed countries where the media plays an active role in guiding the public. Trends range from Allergen-Free food, Fair Trade, Organic, Low Carbon Foot print, GMO free, Nutraceuticals, Nutrition labelling and a host of other marketing parameters retailers use to claim a premium price for their offering. How can food producers in small economies enter such an arena and what can they do to survive? Securing a future in food exports could mean adapting products to meet the requirements in the target country and creating a market where none existed before. Food safety and hygiene programs like GAPs in farming, GMPs and HACCP in food processing are now pre-requisites to trading with large supermarkets in North America and Western Europe. New research is needed in extending the shelf life of tropical fruits and vegetables, and creating value added products which would command a higher value. Using traditional Caribbean recipes in new ways to promote good health, and exploring the ready-meal market: chilled and frozen, could open new avenues for food processors in the Caribbean. Overcoming hurdles in storage and distribution of food would be the key to sustainability of new ventures.
 

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Poster Presentations

  • P-9: Logistic Models of the Spread of Contagious Diseases - Davide Batic, Dwight Dunn. Department of Mathematics, UWI, Mona
  • P-10: Logistic Models of Fisheries - Davide Batic, Carlton Henderson. Department of Mathematics, UWI, Mona
  • P-11: Behavioural Response by Sitophilus Spp. to the Olfactory Exposure to Crude Extracts of Four Plant Species - Colleen Ebanks, Dwight E. Robinson. Department of Life Sciences, UWI, Mona
  • P-12: The Effect of Organic and Inorganic Soil Conditioners on the Growth Rate and Yield of Two Varieties of Pepper, Capsicum Chinense, over a Growing Season - Camille C. Marks, Dwight E. Robinson. Department of Life Sciences, UWI, Mona
  • P-13: Examining Drought in Jamaica and the Caribbean using the Standardized Precipitation Index - Rochelle Walters, Michael A. Taylor, Tannecia S. Stephenson. Department of Physics, UWI, Mona
  • P-14: Alternaria Leaf Spot on Pumpkin in Jamaica - L. Thomas1, K. Williams1, P. Coates-Beckford1, P. Tennant, Department of Life Sciences, UWI, Mona, Biotechnology Centre, UWI, Mona
  • P-15: Histopathological Effects of a Sub-Lethal Endosulfan Concentration and Recovery Test Period on the Liver an Gills of the Mosquitofish, Gambusia Puncticulata - Amika Soyini Wright, Dwight E Robinson, Eric J Hyslop Department of Life Sciences, UWI, Mona
  • P-16: The Effect of Nutritional Supplements on Faecal Lipid Contents Following Cocaine Dependency - Natwaine Sherune Gardner2, Andrew Wheatley1,2, Winston De la Haye3, Henry Lowe4, Ajibeke Salako5, Helen Asemota1,2 1. Biochemistry Section, Department of Basic Medical Sciences 2. Biotechnology Centre, UWI, Mona 3. Psychiatry Department, University Hospital of the West Indies 4.Environmental Health Foundation, 5. Awele Foundation
  • P-17: Microbial Community Profiling of Endophytic Bacteria in the Roots of Ly (Lethal Yellowing) Infected and Uninfected C.Nucifera Palms - Mandesa Marian Jackson, Sherline Brown, Wayne McLaughlin Department of Basic Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona
  • P-18: The Characterization and Distribution of Citrus Huanglongbing Disease in Jamaica - Alexandra Patricia Oberheim, Sherline Brown, Wayne McLaughlin. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona
  • P-19: Biopharmaceutical Properties of Tablets Containing Yam (Dioscorea Sp.) Starch as Direct Compression Binders - Alexia C. Harvey1, Amusa S. Adebayo2, Cliff Riley3, Andrew O. Wheatley1,4, Helen N. Asemota1,41. Biotechnology Centre, UWI Mona, 2. Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Roosevelt University, USA, 3. Faculty of Health and Applied Science, University of Technology, 4. Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Biochemistry), UWI, Mona
  • P-20: The Efficacy of Selected Biorationals Against The Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus Hampei Ferrari, in Jamaica - Charmaine Mendez, Hubert Gray, Dwight E. Robinson Department of Life Sciences, UWI, Mona
  • P-21: Contemporary Medicinal Plant Use in Jamaica: It’s Role in Primary Care and Potential Contribution to the De velopment of a Jamaican Nutraceutical Industry -David Picking1, Novie Younger2, Sylvia Mitchell3, Rupika Delgoda11. Natural Products Institute, 2. Tropical Metabolic Research Institute, 3.Biotechnology Centre, UWI, Mona
  • P-22: In-Vitro Assessment of Natural Products from Caribbean Plants as Potential Anti-Tuberculars - Sheena Francis1, Damion Morris1, Mario Shields1, Helen Jacobs2, Edith Sim1, Rupika Delgoda31. Oxford University, UK, 2. Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona, 3. Natural Products Institute, UWI, Mona
  • P-23: In-Vitro Assessements of Cytochrome P450 Enzyme Inhibition: Assessing Potential for Cancer Prevention and for Drug-Herb Interactions - JeAnn Murray, Rupika Delgoda Natural Products Institute, UWI, Mona
  • P-25: Anthocyanin And Essential Oil Profile, And Nutraceutical Properties Of Two Varieties Of Jamaican Red Raspber ries (Rubus Rosifolius) - Theresa Campbell, Camille Bowen-Forbes Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona
  • P-26: Sea Urchins of the Port Royal Cays -Denise Jeanette Henry, Mona K. Webber. Department of Life Sciences, UWI, Mona

 

 

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