Holland, CSIRO Australia, observing that the US EPA had estimated paper products and plastics to comprise 48% of US municipal wastes in 1988, most of this 85 million tons being disposed of in landfills, 14% incinerated and 13% recovered through composting or recycling. He saw the only way to tackle this problem was to increase the amount of packaging film that is recycled. However, for recycled packaging, a virgin film layer should always be used between any recycled material and the foodstuff.as a safety factor. He also described a .laminate film method that is not dependent on pressure gradients but uses solubility gradients, with advantages in calculating the migrants that transfer to foods.
OFFICERS MEETING,
The Officers of IUFoST met in Ire| land for our midyear meeting. A lengthy discussion ensued regarding the need for funding to secure the future of IUFoST. After the discussion which was led by our Treasurer, Prof. F.E. Escher, we concluded that we should propose to our Executive Committee a new class of membership of "Individual Associate Membership." This will be discussed further at forthcoming meetings. We also discussed a number of potential areas to increase our revenue that will be explored over the next few months. Our problem centers on our extremely low membership fees. Our fee structure was designed to make it possible for adhering bodies with shortages of funds, FEBRUARY
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particularly foreign dollars, to pay our fees and be active members of IUFoST. In order for us to balance our budget we would require most of our adhering bodies to pay for three or more voting delegates rather than one or two. The requirements to give us full member status in ICSU were explored. As we are now only associate members it is our wish to have full member status as soon as possible. We met with the President of ICSU, Prof. J. Dooge, for dinner on the Saturday evening and were supplied with further guidance for our application. Your help is needed. Support of all National Academy's of Science will be needed and most helpful. If any of our readers find it possible to lobby with their Academy of Science we would be pleased to supply any backup information you may require. This should be done by the end of May. Your help would be appreciated.~
TWENTY YEARS OF FOOD ENGINEERING
Originally a benedictine abbey, later transformed PROF. J.F. DIEHL, EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT into one of the oldest schools of brewing technology and now a second campus of the Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan has been developed as one of Germany's leading centers of food science and technology in the last two decades. A festive colloquium to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Chair of Food Engineering and Dairy Technology was held on June 2 and 3, 1994. Holder of the chair since its creation in 1974 is Professor Heinz-Gerhard Kessler, long-time member of the German National Committee for IUFoST. Twenty-five doctoral dissertations, close to 300 diploma thesis and numerous original publications in scientific journals attest to the academic productivity of Professor Kesslers' institute. Ultrahigh temperature (UHT) pasteurization, membrane separation, spray drying, fouling and antifouling, foaming and foam stabilization, processing of highly viscous fluids, reaction kinetics of proteins and vitamins in heated dairy products are some of the areas investigated. Close contact to industry has been a strength of this institute from the beginning. Its annual 2 or 3 day seminars are attracting up to 200 participants from
From left to right: Back row--J.P. Meyers, O.R. Fennenza, P.A. Biacs, F.E. Escher Front row - - R.L. Hall, D.E. Hood, ].C.I. Dooge, E. yon Sydow
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