THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH COLLABORATION
The International Food Research Collaboration (IFRC) recognizes that food research is not well linked globally primarily due to the lack of a coordinating organization. IFRC has a mission of advancing food research by establishing and strengthening international linkages and collaborations that allow us to build on individual strengths and capacities in a synergistic manner.
IFRC is dedicated to improving health and wellness through food research and knowledge transfer, either through policy/regulatory reform or targeted products/technologies. We have adopted a "farm to fork" approach that recognizes that citizen/consumer attitudes and interests influence food production. Finally, we are committed to continued dialogue and involvement with industry, government and the public.
The IFRC is an international research consortium focused on facilitating and executing research underpinning food in order to generate opportunities for collaborative research, knowledge exchange and training among partnering nations, institutions and researchers.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE IFRC
Advanced Foods & Materials Network, CANADA
Advanced Foods & Materials Network
AFMNet's expertise is in the following three areas:
- the structure, behaviour and function of foods and bio-materials - what happens in food and plant-based materials at the molecular and cellular levels;
- functional foods and nutraceuticals - foods and bio-materials for specific health benefits and medical uses;
- regulatory and social issues, such as consumer attitudes, government regulation and public policy.
Foodcon, BELGIUM
Foodcon
Expertise in:
- Market testing new food products & concepts
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State-of-the-art consumer surveys and experiments assessing consumer stated utility of
- production process information;
- new technology information
- product content information;
- risk related information associated with a product/ process/ technology
- Helping business and stakeholders make sense of and utilise research-intensive scientific advances in consumer behavior
foodcon.eu
Nutrigenomics New Zealand, NEW ZEALAND
Nutrigenomics New Zealand
Focus areas for Nutrigenomics New Zealand:
- Determining genetic variants associated with disease.
- Development of a bioinformatics platform to support our genomic technologies.
- Creating a Knowledge base for development of gene-specific foods (creation of food libraries, personalised diets and novel foods).
- Providing information to the public, University students, health professionals and food industry.
- Animal model of human health.
www.nutrigenomics.org.nz
Riddet Institute, NEW ZEALAND
Riddet Institute
The Riddet Institute has expertise in:
- Food biomaterials and bioprocessing;
- Digestive biochemistry and physiology;
- Mathematical modelling of the digestive tract;
- Functional foods and proof of efficacy;
- Personalised nutrition.
riddet.massey.ac.nz
Smart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong, AUSTRALIA
Smart Foods Centre, University of Wollongong
The Smart Foods Centre has expertise in:
- Food based clinical trials and interventions at the whole of diet level (substantiating effects of foods and diet);
- Human calorimetry (measuring energy expenditure and substrate oxidation);
- Clinical dietetics (dietary modelling), dietary methodology (designing and assessing dietary intakes);
- Consumer research on the perceptions of food and related eating patterns.
www.uow.edu.au/health/healthsciences/smartfoods/
Dietitians of Canada, CANADA
Dietitians of Canada
Focus areas for the Dieticians of Canada are:
- Providing evidence-based, trusted advice for Canadians;
- Developing standards and tools to sustain the dietetic profession;
- Speaking for dietitians on the design of health systems for Canadians; provincially and federally.
www.dietitians.ca
EuroFIR (European Food Information Resource Network), E.U.
EuroFIR (European Food Information Resource Network)
Focus areas for EuroFIR are:
- Strengthening the scientific and technological excellence in food databank systems and tools in Europe;
- Identifying and providing new information for missing data for nutrients and biologically active compounds for all food groups including traditional foods and ethnic foods;
- Training a new generation of European scientists in the development, management and application of food databank systems;
- Communicating with all user and stakeholder groups to develop food databank systems for the benefit of European food and nutrition research;
- Disseminating and exploiting new scientific and technological knowledge to create a sustainable and durable body.
www.eurofir.net
NuGO (The European Nutrigenomics Organisation: linking genomics, nutrition and health research), E.U.
NuGO (The European Nutrigenomics Organisation: linking genomics, nutrition and health research)
Focus areas of NuGO are:
- Train European scientists to use post-genomic technologies in nutrition research
- Develop and integrate genomic technologies for the benefit of European nutritional science
- Facilitate the application of these technologies in nutritional research world-wide
- Create the world-leading virtual centre of excellence in nutrigenomics
www.nugo.org
MoniQA (Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the Food Supply Chain), E.U.
MoniQA (Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the Food Supply Chain)
Aims and goals of MoniQA are:
- Make food safer by harmonising methods for food analyses;
- Establish long-lasting cooperation amongst leading research institutions, industrial partners, and the small- and medium-sized businesses that dominate European food manufacture and retail in order to ensure food quality and safety for consumers;
- Implement joint research programmes and promoting exchanges of researchers to develop solutions that will be well accepted by consumers, manufacturers, and regulatory bodies as well as other groups involved in the food chain;
- Investigate the food quality and safety implications of new processing technologies, to identify future research needs.
- Develop and provide reference materials for food analysis
- Develop testing protocols and validate food analytical methods
www.moniqa.org
The Food & Nutrition Delta, THE NETHERLANDS
The Food & Nutrition Delta
The objectives of The Food and Nutrition Delta are:
- Create networks and platforms to develop new technologies in order to enhance new business development in the food industry, with special attention to small and medium-sized enterprises;
- Develop innovative, new or enhanced food products that fulfill consumer needs and expectations;
- Combine these products with recommended changes in lifestyle and eating patterns so as to have a positive impact on public health and quality of life, and to enhance the competitive edge and market position of the food industry.
www.foodnutritiondelta.nl
Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization (ANSTO), AUSTRALIA
Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organization (ANSTO)
Aims and goals of the Bragg Institute are:
- To manage and develop advanced analytical instruments based on neutron, X-ray and synchrotron radiation sources, and 'solve problems no one else can', using our unique research expertise;
- To use our unique research tools to provide innovative solutions to potentially beneficial problems;
- To promote collaboration with other research institutes through access to our specialised facilities;
- To encourage and support the development of research and technical staff, and students, in the pursuit of excellence in science;
- To provide expert scientific and technical advice in the neutron, X-ray and synchrotron radiation fields.
www.ansto.gov.au/research/bragg_institute
Kagawa University, Faculty of Agriculture, JAPAN
Kagawa University, Faculty of Agriculture
The Faculty of Agriculture has international-level strength in:
- pure and applied research in bioscience and biotechnology.
- pure and applied research in rare sugars (Rare Sugar Research Center)
- pure and applied research in phytogenes research (Gene Research Center)
- applied research in chemical biology (Chemical Biology Research Center)
www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC), AUSTRIA
International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC)
The principal tasks of the Association are:
- To contribute to the advancement of cereal science and technology in all its aspects, including research and technology transfer.
- To validate and standardise test methods in cereal science and technology as well as in related fields.
- To relate the results of scientific and technological research to the more efficient utilisation of cereals
http://www.icc.or.at/
Employment Opportunity
GCC Job opportunity
For more information contact:
Charity Parr-Vasquez, PhD
charity.parr@afmnet.ca
519 822 6253 x56514
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