Focus on food: from safety to health - the 2017 Cross-Strait Food Health Seminar was successfully held in Jinjiang
Food safety and health are people's demands for life, and food safety and health issues have always been hot issues in society. From June 15th to 18th, the Cross-Strait Food Health Seminar, a branch venue of the 2017 Straits Science and Technology Experts Forum, was grandly held in Jinjiang, Fujian, co-sponsored by the China Society of Food Science and Technology, the Fujian Society of Food Science and Technology, and the Taiwan Society of Food Science and Technology. Nearly 300 representatives attended the meeting, including nearly 40 representatives from Taiwan's universities, research institutes and industries.
The opening ceremony was hosted by Professor Ni Li, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Fujian Society of Food Science and Technology and Professor of Fuzhou University. Chairman Rao Pingfan, Deputy Secretary-General Guo Yong of the Chinese
Society of Food Science and Technology, Professor Lu Tingzhang, Director of the Institute of Food Science and Technology of National Taiwan University, Chen Chuqing, Director of the Medical Health and Life Sciences Project of the United Nations Office for Project Services and other leaders attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches.
This conference invites well-known experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait in the fields of food science, nutrition and health, and medicine. It will be held through a series of conference reports, academic seminars, company visits, and experience exchanges. On the basis of joint discussions on hot topics such as food safety crisis management, modernization of traditional food, and food science frontiers in the previous three sessions, this year’s theme is focusing on food—from safety to health, in order to jointly promote the development of the food health industry on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Chen Keji, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sun Luxi, honorary professor of the Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Liu Xiumei, technical consultant of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, Pan Ziming, honorary professor of National Taiwan University, Zhou Liping, professor of Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhu Yanhua, director of the Product and Process R&D Center of the Taiwan Food Industry Development Institute Experts such as Gu Huaiyu, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University, and Lin Zhenxin, a professor at the Department of Food Science at Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Taiwan, successively gave conference reports on hot topics from food safety to health.
Focus on food safety and health to help industrial upgrading
With the goal of "food safety and health", this conference will conduct dialogue and communication on topics such as dual-use food and drug resources and functional foods, Red Yeast Rice and health foods, and food processing technology. The topics are rich, the old and new elements are passionately colliding, and the report content is exciting. Diverse.
At the conference, Academician Chen Keji introduced the current status of plant and microbial natural resources and their health care functions, and conducted an in-depth analysis of the many effects and preparation development of natural resources such as Red Yeast Rice, green tea, ginkgo, garlic and kudzu root. Finally, he concluded that the development and application of natural resources need to be "derived from nature and scientifically verified." Only by focusing on benefit and safety assessment and strengthening preparation supervision can natural resources be used to their maximum effect. Professor Gu Huaiyu took the example of understanding the meridians described in traditional Chinese medicine from the perspective of modern medical testing technology, and shared his experience on the "dialogue between traditional medicine and modern science".
Professor Sun Luxi explained to us the current situation and prospects of Taiwan’s health food industry. Professor Zhou Liping, Professor Pan Ziming and representatives from the industry gave vivid explanations on the birthplace of Red Yeast Rice, the application of Red Yeast Rice in health care functions and the development process of Red Yeast Rice production. In addition, focusing on the theme of food and safety, the discussion also includes non-specific analysis technology, the application of extrusion technology in the food industry, and the development technology of health food, etc., closely linking testing with raw material management and process technology. to ensure food safety.
The report by expert entrepreneurs conveyed a message - traditional food needs technology to lead. This seminar provides an academic discussion platform for exchanges and cooperation between the food and health industries on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and encourages all food circles to rationally use scientific and technological power to promote the sustainable development of the food and health industry.
Connect with international regulations and implement industry foundations pragmatically.
At this meeting, Researcher Liu Xiumei, technical consultant of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, gave an in-depth interpretation of the International Codex Alimentarius and introduced that during more than ten years of participation in the meeting, the Chinese delegation adhered to the Codex Alimentarius Commission’s "protecting consumer health and maintaining The concept of "Fair Food Trade Principles" has its growth process and role in the formulation of food-related standards and application guidelines, as well as the discussion and coordination of related production specifications. Therefore, she believes that the Codex Committee should strengthen the functional system between countries and promote the transformation of Codex documents into government national policies. National policies must be formulated by managers, and management training must be strengthened. At the same time, the construction of a food health and safety standard system must be explored to On the premise of the application and progress of functional foods, with the goal of serving a healthy China, to ensure the health of the people and promote the common development of the food and health industries on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, this is also the positive response of experts and scholars in the food science and technology field to General Secretary Xi Jinping’s clarion call to build a world economic power. Response is an important reflection of new concepts and new designs in food science and technology innovation in the new era and new situation.
Strengthen exchanges between Fujian and Taiwan and promote new developments in food health
More than ten expert reports throughout the day opened up new ideas in food safety to health research. The participating representatives had a lively discussion on the contents of the entire report. They expressed their opinions on the issues involved in the report, and a hundred schools of thought contended, fully tapping the cross-strait academic groups. resources, with the help of the Straits Science and Technology Expert Forum, we have strengthened cross-strait connections and cooperation, promoted the modernization of Chinese cuisine, accelerated the development of the cross-strait food industry and its integration with the health industry. At the meeting, the Institute of Food Science and Technology of National Taiwan University signed a talent training cooperation memorandum with Shanghai Tongyuan Health Technology Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Grape King Enterprise Co., Ltd. respectively. The Institute of Food Science and Technology of Fuzhou University, Honorary Professor Pan Ziming of National Taiwan University, and Diyuan Hong of Gutian County Quchang signed a three-party cooperation agreement on the "Screening and Application of Monascus Fungus with Special Functions in Fujian and Taiwan".
The food industry is a basic industry that protects people's livelihood. It has now become the largest industry in my country's national economy. Academicians, experts and scholars, and friends from the business community on both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered together for in-depth exchanges, allowing colleagues on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to have A perspective that truly observes, understands and objectively evaluates food safety and health on both sides of the Taiwan Strait; it is of great significance in promoting the diversified and healthy development of health food and its application; and Fujian and Taiwan have the same food culture tradition, and seek common development and use of high-tech It is our common hope that technology will open up new developments in functional foods and promote the vigorous development of food on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in the direction of modernization. The convening of the conference provides an effective communication platform for political, industry, academic and research personnel in the food industry on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
On the morning of June 17, more than 80 experts and entrepreneurs in the red yeast industry participated in the "Red yeast development seminar". At the meeting, everyone spoke freely and discussed the development prospects of the red yeast industry. They believed that it is not only necessary to strengthen academic and industrial The intensity of docking requires both sides of the Taiwan Straits to leverage their respective strengths, complement each other, and jointly carry forward the traditional Red Yeast Rice.
This meeting is a successful warm-up for the 2018 Oriental Red Yeast International Academic Symposium to be held in Fuzhou. Everyone hopes that next year’s meeting will become the starting point for new development of the red yeast industry, break through bottlenecks, seek broader development space, and strengthen the understanding of Red Yeast Rice. Strengthen the promotion of koji-related industries and knowledge, improve academic research, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation between enterprises to inherit and promote red koji.
The food industry is an important economic pillar of Fujian Province, and Quanzhou Jinjiang is an important food industry area in Fujian Province. On the afternoon of June 17, conference delegates visited Anji Food Co., Ltd. and Fujian Maidu Food Development Co., Ltd. in Jinjiang. During the visit, participating representatives and food industry experts put forward many suggestions on the development of the food industry in Fujian Province.
