Visit of Dr. John Ingram Pitt from Food Science Australia - Australia

• Grant number: 09/07809-4
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: August 01, 2009
• End date: August 22, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Science
• Principal Investigator: Marta Hiromi Taniwaki
• Grantee: Marta Hiromi Taniwaki
• Visiting researcher: John Ingram Pitt
• Visiting researcher institution: CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences , Australia
• Host Institution: Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL). Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Campinas

Abstract

Dr. Pitt is an authority on fungi and mycotoxins in foods. The objectives of his visit are: i) to continue the research projects on: fungi, mycotoxins in coffee and cocoa, fungi identification, visiting farms and meetings. Besides that the Workshop on Fungi and Mycotoxins in food will be carried out for the public and private sectors, it will have a multiplier effect on Food Mycology knowledge and application in Brazil. (AU)