The 5th International Congress “Food Technology, Quality and Safety – FoodTech 2024,” was held from October 16-18, 2024, in Novi Sad, Serbia.

This congress served as a global platform for food scientists, industry professionals, and enthusiasts from across the world to convene and discuss the future of food. The goal was clear: to advance the transformation of our food systems into sustainable, safe, and secure networks for the future.

This year, organizers emphasized the important intersection between science and technology, illustrating how current research and innovations in food science are vital precursors to the technological breakthroughs meant to redefine our food industry. By embracing the motto “Science Today, Technology Tomorrow,” they highlighted the significance of today’s scientific achievements in guiding the development of tomorrow’s food technology.

The full programme of the event is available here.

THEROS, through its partners OCS, SEAB & ICCS summited an abstract entitled “An integrated toolbox for improved verification and prevention of adulterations and non-compliances in organic and geographical indications food supply chain“. The abstract authors were Ms. Dimitra Tsiakou, Ms. Εlena Κrikigiann and Ms. Svetlana Vitomirović.

The abstract is available within the congress proceedings here (page 249 of the pdf).

Ms. Svetlana Vitomirović attended the event in person, and delivered the homonymous presentation. Her presentation is available here.

The presentation was delivered as part of Session 1 – Projects’ results presentation on the 17th of October. Within the same session, ALLIANCE (THEROS sister project), was also presented by Ms. Maglavera Stavroula (University of Thessaly).

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