/macdonald/taxonomy/term/4975/all en /macdonald/channels/event/food-authenticity-seminar-series-developing-advanced-analytical-techniques-combat-food-fraud-353914 <h2>Developing Advanced Analytical Techniques to Combat Food Fraud</h2> Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:24:32 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1599705 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/food-authenticity-seminar-series-look-digital-traceability-351570 <h2>Navigating the Supply Chain: Digital Traceability as a Pillar of Food Authenticity Management</h2> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 20:10:26 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1506793 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/how-can-use-plastics-agriculture-become-more-sustainable-351432 <p>It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics—12 million tons are used every year. But what about the environmental consequences? An international team of authors, including şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ Department of Bioresource Engineering Professor <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/jan-adamowski">Jan Franklin Adamowski</a> and Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Associate Professor and Chair <a href="/foodscience/staff-and-research/stephane-bayen">StĂ©phane Bayen</a>, addresses this question in a recent study.</p> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:30:12 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1495021 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/food-authenticity-seminar-series-fighting-food-fraud-data-349498 <p>The adulteration of food for economic gain is a global phenomenon and rising in severity due to the globalization of the world’s supply chain and the economic crisis caused by the invasion of Ukraine.</p> Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:47:57 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1371513 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/stephane-bayen-appointed-chair-department-food-science-and-agricultural-chemistry-349686 <p><img alt="StĂ©phane Bayen" src="/macdonald/files/macdonald/stephane-bayen-2023.png" style="float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-left:10px; height:304px; width:200px" />Professor <a href="/foodscience/staff-and-research/stephane-bayen">StĂ©phane Bayen</a> has been appointed as the new Chair of the <a href="/foodscience/">Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry</a> effective September 1, 2023 until June 30, 2028. Dr. Bayen received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the National University of Singapore in 2005.</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:12:12 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1384543 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/take-look-inside-montreal-restaurants-basement-farm-349679 <p>A restaurant in Montreal's Southwest borough is taking a more direct interpretation of "farm to table," growing much of their produce in the basement, refurbished with cooling, lighting, and humidity systems.</p> <p>CafĂ© Monk co-owners Peter Simard and Eric Pineault call the refurbished bunker Ferme Fortuna. Since building the farm during the pandemic, when produce prices were spiking and stock was unreliable, they've used the farm to supplement the menu and sell the surplus to nearby restaurants.</p> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:13:04 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1384449 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/experts-whos-cancer-research-agency-list-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-349126 <p>Aspartame, used in products such as diet sodas and chewing gum, will soon be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm. (<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/">Reuters</a>)</p> Wed, 19 Jul 2023 15:21:42 +0000 charly.blais@mcgill.ca 1369220 at /macdonald