Upcoming Events
Consumer Food Decisions and GLP-1-Based Medications
May 7, 2024
Virtual, Event
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Canadian Nutrition Society: Pre-Conference – Food for Health Workshop
May 2, 2024
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
AI in Food, Nutrition and Health: Technologies, Use, Opportunities and Challenges
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Re-Engineering Foods for Health: An Opportunity to Engage in Research
April 26, 2024
Virtual, Event
Discussions around processed foods continue and there is general agreement that the mechanisms underlying associations with health outcomes require elucidation
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IAFNS Food Packaging Safety and Sustainability Committee Spring Meeting
April 25, 2024
Virtual, Event
The IAFNS Food Packaging Safety & Sustainability Committee will convene its Spring 2024 Committee Meeting on April 25, 2024.
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A New Era in Obesity Treatment: GLP-1-Based Medications and Beyond
April 24, 2024
Virtual, Event
GLP-1-based medications and other new generation anti-obesity drugs appear to be promising strategies to address the decades-long, population-wide struggles with overweight.
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Past Events
Experimental Biology 2016
April 1, 2016 – April 5, 2016
San Diego, CA, USA
IAFNS work was presented in multiple EB2016 sessions.
2016 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting & Expo
March 13, 2016 – March 17, 2016
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Two sessions presented IAFNS-sponsored work.
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2016 Winter Tox Forum – The Role of Systematic Reviews in Toxicology
February 8, 2016 – February 10, 2016
Washington, DC, USA
IAFNS presented a session on “The Role of Systematic Review in Toxicology—The Rigor, Resources, and Tools Required, and Implementation Considerations for the Toxicology Community.”
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Metal Dietary Exposure Screening Tool Webinar – JIFSAN
January 12, 2016
Washington, DC, USA
This webinar provided a demonstration of the Metal Dietary Exposure Screening Tool (MDEST) developed by the IAFNS Technical Committee on Food and Chemical Safety.
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EPA Workshop on Advancing Systematic Review for Chemical Advancement
December 16, 2015 – December 17, 2015
Arlington, Virginia, USA
This workshop featured presentations on the ongoing Systematic Review on caffeine being done by IAFNS.
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