Miss Lau Lee Kwan Vivian, Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology Bureau (Food Branch) of the HKSAR (3rd from right); Dr Lam Tai-fai, Council Chairman of PolyU (3rd from left); Prof. Wing-tak Wong, Acting President of PolyU (2nd from right); Prof. Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU (2nd from left); Prof. Raymond Wong, Dean of Faculty of Science of PolyU (1st from right); and Prof. Chen Sheng, Head of Department of Food Science and Nutrition of PolyU (1st from left), officiated the launch of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition.
An award-winning food project on the AkkMore™ formula, which has been further developed into a low-calorie ice cream was presented by Dr Gail Chang, Research Assistant Professor of FSN (3rd from right) and her team.
Dr Kevin Kwok, Associate Head of FSN presented his project on modernised and sustainable mariculture at a demonstration farm.
To celebrate the inauguration of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, an International Conference on Food and Human Health was held at PolyU last week.
PolyU has established the Department of Food Science and Nutrition (FSN), which is Hong Kong’s first UGC-funded academic department specialising in Food Science and Nutrition.
Based on the key pillars of Food Safety, Food Technology, Human Nutrition, and Chinese Medicine, FSN is dedicated to providing professionally crafted trainings to nurture food specialists. It also focuses on addressing health-related issues and pursuing impactful research to promote innovative and sustainable development that benefits the world and mankind.
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| 信報 | 理大成立食品科學系 | 20 July 2023 |
