Highlights
of current EULAFF activities
Workshop on “Opportunities for new functional food, healthcare and wellness products”
8-9 December 2008 - Gent, Belgium
Journey on “Functional Foods and Biotechnology”
30 September 2008 - Sao Paulo, Brasil
Symposium on “Biocommerce of agricultural crops with health-beneficial traits”
21-23 August 2008 - Lima, Peru
Debate on “Economic valorisation of agro-biodiverse crops”
6-8 May 2008 - Porto, Portugal
Debate on “Traditional knowledge biodiversity and functional foods”
31 March - 1 April 2008 - Mexico City
Lectures on “Traditional medicinal plants and other uses of Amazonian Crops”
3-5 December 2007 - Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Symposium “Biodiversity and intellectual property rights: building a new functional food chain”
22-25 October 2007 - Viña del Mar, Chile
Roundtable “European IPR position on functional foods”
17-19 September 2007 - Barcelona, Spain
Latest News
on Science, Technology and the developing world
PanGenex Provides Update on Dividend Distribution (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
TAMPA, Fla.----PanGenex Corporation , a global nutraceutical and dietary supplement manufacturer and marketer, announced today that the previously announced one for ten stock dividend has been processed. ... more
Global Yoghurt Consumption to Surpass $67 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Yoghurt market. The global yoghurt market is projected to surpass $67 billion by the year 2015, driven by growing consumer desire for convenient and health promoting products. The market is also favored by the increasing popularity of yoghurt as a functional food (probiotic). ... more
Alaska biologists try to ward off feeding of moose (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
HOMER, Alaska - Despite what people may think when they enjoy the sights of Homer's city-dwelling moose population, hay is for horses - not moose. In fact, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Ass... ... more
EULAFF is supported by the European Commission Directorate-General
for Research
European Action on Latin American Functional Foods
The EULAFF project focuses on supporting the functional food sectors in Europe and Latin America. It aims at creating an agri-food chain innovation system for identification and development of novel functional foods, in order to build a sustainable bi-regional functional food sector.