Poland: QUAFETY project conference in Skierniewice

"Effect of Pre- and Post-harvest Factors on Health Promoting Components and Quality of Horticultural Commodities": this is the title of a conference which will be held in Skierniewice (Poland), next March 23–25, 2014.

The conference is organized by the Research Institute of Horticulture in cooperation with Storage Section of the Committee of Horticultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and EUFRIN-Fruit Quality Working Group, under the auspices of: Polish Academy and Sciences and Polish Society for Horticultural Sciences.

Seven oral and ten poster presentations will be delivered by project participants on various aspects regarding the quality and safety of cut products:

genomics changing
quality management
nutrition value
post-cutting treatments
microbiological evaluation
diagnostic instruments

The market of ready to eat fruit and vegetables is growing thanks to the continued interest of the consumer in convenient products. It has brought new challenges to science and the QUAFETY project, making efforts to find the best solutions and practices. The last results obtained in this project will be presented in Skierniewice in the next days.

More information about Quafety project: www.quafety.eu

More information about the conference: www.inhort.pl/en/effects2014