Visit of Dr. John I. Pitt from CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences - Australia

• Grant number: 11/01673-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: May 08, 2011
• End date: May 28, 2011
• 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). Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento (São Paulo - Estado). Campinas , SP, Brazil

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, cocoa, brazil nuts and other; (ii) fungi identification, visiting farms and meetings with public and private sectors. Besides that the Workshop on Fungi and Mycotoxins in food will be carried out for Institutes, Universities, food companies, students and others and it will have a multiplier effect on Food Mycology and Mycotoxin knowledge in Brazil. (AU)