Dean Emeritus Daghir Chairs Session at
IFT 2007 Annual Meetings

Dean Emeritus Daghir

Dean Emeritus Nuhad Daghir of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, who attended the International Food Technologists Annual Meeting in Chicago (July 28-August 2), was invited to chair a session there, on the "Management of Food Storage, Handling and Distribution during Crisis." The international event attracted 24,000 participants, who came from 75 different countries.

Also attending from AUB was Assistant Professor Zeina Kassaify of the Nutrition and Food Science Department, who delivered two papers, "Food Safety Issues during Crisis in the Middle East Region" and the "The Effects of Nisin as Inhibitor of Listeria Monocytogenes in Kashta at Refrigeration Temperatures." Because he was unable to attend the meeting, Professor Raja Tannous of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science delegated Dean Daghir to present his paper entitled "The Role of Professional Associations and NGOs in Addressing Food Issues during Crisis." The two-hour session was well attended by a variety of people from the scientific community, as well as from various government and non-government organizations based in Washington, DC.

In the Sensory Evaluation session of the meeting, Assistant Professor Ammar Olabi of AUB also presented a paper, which was entitled, "Persistence of Context Effects after Training and with Intensity References."