The University of Malta to highlight the impacts of climate change on food safety for World Food Safety Day
The University of Malta news service, Newspoint, will mark World Food Safety Day this year, by highlighting an ‘eye-opening’ project in which the university is a partner. The 3-year-old Project PROTECT, being led by University College, Dublin, is examining foodborne microbial responses to climate change. For its part, the University of Malta’s Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, led by Professor Vasilis Valdramidis, is looking at, for example, the growth of different microorganisms in response to changing atmospheric conditions and the effect of increased global temperatures on food preservation.
The university has produced a short video to explain their research.
For more information: https://www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/news/2021/05/PROTECT-world-food-safety-day
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The University of Malta to highlight the impacts of climate change on food safety for World Food Safety Day
The University of Malta news service, Newspoint, will mark World Food Safety Day this year, by highlighting an ‘eye-opening’ project in which the university is a partner. The 3-year-old Project PROTECT, being led by University College, Dublin, is examining foodborne microbial responses to climate change. For its part, the University of Malta’s Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, led by Professor Vasilis Valdramidis, is looking at, for example, the growth of different microorganisms in response to changing atmospheric conditions and the effect of increased global temperatures on food preservation.
The university has produced a short video to explain their research.
For more information: https://www.um.edu.mt/newspoint/news/2021/05/PROTECT-world-food-safety-day
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