Dr. Mohamed Ahmedna's research into peanut allergies and value-added peanut products is going to be in local and international spotlights next week. WGHP, the Triad's Fox affiliate, was at Carver Hall last week for an interview with Dr. Ahmedna that is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. on July 19. But Dr. Ahmedna is going to have to set a VCR or DVD to record the program if he wants to see it, because the week of July 16-20 he will be in New Orleans: one of the moderators of a symposium at the Institute of Food Technologists' (IFT) annual meeting.
Ahmedna's symposium will focus on the "Status and prospects of value-added nutraceuticals from underutilized food industry byproducts," and he will also be presenting some of his own research - in collaboration with Drs. Goktepe and Yu - into underutilized peanut skin by-products at the session. A complete overview of the symposium is at http://ift.confex.com/ift/2005/techprogram/session_4344.htm.
The IFT is the world's leading professional association of food scientists, and its annual meeting attracts about 20,000 participants from higher education, government agencies and private industry. The organization's Web site is an interesting source for breaking news in the food industry and nutritional issues. Point your browser to http://www.ift.org/cms/, and then point your eyes at the "Daily News" section on the left.
One of Dr. Ahmedna's students, Djaafar Rehrah, is one of the five national finalists for graduate student papers on product development. Rehrah will be presenting "Optimization of extrusion parameters and consumer acceptability of a peanut-based meat analog" at the IFT conference.
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