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Global Food Safety and
Technology Forum (GFSTF) 2016

Date
3 – 5 Feb 2016

Abstract

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) hosts the Global Food Safety and Technology
Forum (GFSTF) in Hong Kong to enhance synergy among all food safety stakeholders to embark
on science-and-technology driven collaborative initiatives. GFSTF invigorates interactive and
pragmatic exchanges among the industry, government and academia on how to enhance
global readiness and technical competence in tackling food safety problems. Corporations in
the food and beverage as well as catering related industries convene at GFSTF to look into the
most staggering food safety challenges in the industry sharing session. The academic sharing
session that followed engages research experts to explore how scientific and evidence-based
innovations could help address the most imminent challenges faced by the industry.
Joined by over 40 speakers and over 250 attendees from worldwide, this first edition of GFSTF
sees active participation from the government, industry and academia in the presence of
Mrs. Cherry Tse, Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Food), Prof. Sophia Chan, Under
Secretary for Food and Health, and Dr. Constance Chan, Director of Health, The Government of
the Hong Kong SAR, and representatives of consulate generals.

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