Upcoming Events
A Taste for Change: Sodium Reduction Challenges and Opportunities in Food Service
March 23, 2023
Virtual, USA
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IAFNS Research Gaps Dialogue on Erythritol
March 30, 2023
Virtual, Event
Invitation-only dialogue aiming to identify knowledge gaps and prioritize research, to resolve questions about a potential relationship between dietary erythritol and human health.
Nutrition Health & Wellness Regulation: Essentials to Know in 2023
April 4, 2023
Edison NJ, USA
With an active food, nutrition, and health landscape it is important to understand nutrition opportunities, science and regulatory trends, and this underscores the importance for innovators, researchers, scientists, and regulatory professionals to work closely in partnership at this Institute for Food Technologists (IFT) conference.
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Dietary Sweetness & Body Weight: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?
April 20, 2023
Virtual, Event
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Food for Health Workshop 2023 – Advancing Foods Systems Sustainability
May 4, 2023
Virtual, Event
IAFNS is pleased to partner with the Canadian Nutrition Society and offer this pre-conference workshop.
The 2023 Food for Health Workshop, Advancing Foods Systems Sustainability, aims to provide an overview of the relevance and important of food systems, while considering diverse perspectives of multiple stakeholders (government, academics, industry, health care professionals, consumers) to consider the ideas that will help to advance the sustainability of food systems.
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Past Events
2023 SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
March 19, 2023 – March 23, 2023
Nashville, TN
IAFNS funded research will be presented at the 2023 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting and ToxExpo will take place March 19–23, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Live Microbe Data and How to Submit to the Global Branded Food Products Database
February 27, 2023
Virtual, Event
Food manufacturers can now include information on the amount of beneficial live microbes present in food products, specify the level (low, medium or high) of microbes and optionally indicate the microbe species. These data will support research on associations between beneficial live dietary microbes and health when linked to biomarkers of health and data on health outcomes.
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Roundtable on Sustainable Food Packaging
February 22, 2023
Virtual, Event
The Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) is hosting a virtual roundtable on sustainable food packaging.
This event will bring together stakeholders from food companies, retailers, manufacturers, academic institutions, and government regulators to share sustainability initiatives and goals.
Food Policy Impact 2023
February 7, 2023 – February 8, 2023
Washington, DC
Food Policy Impact is sponsored by the D.C. Section of the Institute of Food Technologists and in partnership with ASN.
The Value of Live Dietary Microbes: Probiotics, Fermented Foods, and Beyond
January 25, 2023
Virtual, Event
This webinar is an IAFNS, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and American Society for Nutrition collaboration. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is an accredited CPE provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) and CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 CPEU for completion of either the live or recorded viewing of the webinar.
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