Prof Ngeow (first row, second from right) with some of the participants at Food Safety and Rapid Testing Workshop
The Centre for Research on Communicable Diseases (CRCD) and the Centre for Extension Education hosted the Food Safety and Rapid Testing Workshop at the UTAR Sungai Long Campus on 12 October 2017.
According to CRCD Chairperson Prof Dr Ngeow Yun Fong, the main objective of the workshop was to raise awareness about food safety among the public as well as the medical practitioners. She said, “UTAR has launched projects related to food hygiene. Through today’s workshop, we hope to collaborate with other universities to work on other research projects in an effort to further promote food safety and hygiene.”
There were two talks at the first session of the workshop. Kuan Chee Hao from the Department of Agricultural and Food Science of UTAR Faculty of Science spoke on “Epidemiology of Food Contamination with Drug Residues”. Kuan’s talk focused on the husbandry management, veterinary drugs, effects of antibiotic residues in food, and the authorities monitoring food safety in Malaysia as well as some case studies on food contamination in the country.
The subsequent talk was “Rapid Detection in China” by Yan Yiyong, the Research and Development Deputy Director of Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology Co., Ltd, China. In his talk, he provided a brief overview of international standards and demonstrated rapid detection of antibiotics in food. Yan emphasised, “Food standards are tremendously important in that standards set by the authorities will help to ensure the food are safe for consuming.”
Following the talks were the roundtable discussions and presentations for sharing and exchanges related to food safety and rapid testing. Present at the workshop were invited guests from Management & Science University, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Universiti Selangor. The workshop also saw the presence of members from UTAR Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and Faculty of Science as well as researchers, academics and medical practitioners.
From left: Prof Ngeow presenting souvenirs to Kuan and Yan
Yan demonstrating the devices used for rapid testing
Participants at the roundtable discussion
Some workshop participants presenting ideas related to food safety and rapid testing
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