Final
report on the 2nd MASIAFOODS meeting
Beijing, December 03-07, 2002
Submitted by
Regional Center
Coordinator, Prof. Yuexin Yang, NEASIAFOODS Regional Center
Under
the joint sponsorship of FAO and INFOODS, the 2nd MASIAFOODS meeting
was held by Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center of Disease
Control and Prevention (INFS, Chinese CDC) in Beijing, China, from Dec. 3 to
Dec. 7 2002. More than fifty participants,
from
The Opening Ceremony was chaired
by Prof. Yuexin Yang, from INFS, Chinese CDC. Opening Addresses were given by
Dr. Gamal M. Ahmed from FAO and Prof. Fangquan Mei from Chinese Food and
Nutrition Consultant Committee. A welcoming speech was made by Dr. Xiaoguang
Yang, Vice Director of Chinese CDC. A speech for introduction remarks by Prof.
Yang finished the ceremony.
Six invited presentations were
given:
˛
Role and trends of
international data by Ilho Cho (FAO)
˛
US food composition
data: Current status and future plans by Joanne M. Holden (Research Leader,
NDL, USDA)
˛
FCD: New challenge,
new application by Prof. Yiyong Cheng (Vice Director, Chinese Nutrition
Society)
˛
Activities of FCD in
ASEANFOODS by Dr. Prapasri Puwastien (Technical Coordinator, ASEANFOODS )
˛
A past look of
MASIAFOODS by Prof. Guangya Wang (Previous Coordinator, MASIAFOODS)
˛
MASIAFOODS in the
future by Ilho Cho (FAO)
Seven representatives from member
countries introduced their respective situations and the development of FCD
activities in their countries or areas.
According to FAO suggestions, a
discussion was chaired by Joanne M. Holden, Ilho Cho and Dr. Prapasri
Puwastien, including development of work plans and some needs of this regional
system. The final report was discussed by member from each country and FAO as
follows:
The membership confirmed that
Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety (INFS), Chinese CDC should continue as
the
Confirmation of New Coordinator for MASIAFOODS
Professor Yuexin Yang (from INFS,
Chinese CDC) was confirmed as the new Coordinator for MASIAFOODS.
Membership
In the 1995 Establishment Meeting of MASIAFOODS, four members of China, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong were included in the system. At this meeting, 3 other members - Japan, Mongolia and Macao joined MASIAFOODS, totaling 7 members.
According to the criteria made in
the informal meeting (April 2002, Shanghai, China), seven contact
Institutes/points were identified and confirmed (except Japan) by their
governments. The contact institutes/points and contact persons were listed in
the following table.
The Contact
Institutes and Contact Points of MASIAFOODS
|
Country |
Contact
Institute |
Contact Points |
|
China |
Institute
of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Preventive and
Control |
Prof. Yuexin
Yang Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety Chinese Center of Disease Preventive and Control 29 Nanwei Road, Beijing 100050, China Tel: 86-10-63131246 E-mail: MASIAFOOD@yahoo.com.cn |
|
Japan |
Japanese
Society of Nutrition and Food Science |
Dr. Tadashi
Noguchi Laboratory of Nutritional Biochemistry Department of Biological Chemistry College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chunbu University 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai 487-8501, Japan Tel: +81-568-51-6149 Fax: +81-568-52-6594 E-mail: noguchit@isc.chubu.ac.jp |
|
Korea |
National
Rural Living Science Institute, Institute of Agricultural Science and
Technology, Rural Development Administration |
Dr. Hye-Kyung
Chun Agriproduct Science Division National Rural Living Science Institute Rural Development Administration 88-2 Seodun-dong Suwon Gyonggi-do, 441-853, Korea Tel:82-31-299-0500 Fax: 82-31-299-0568 E-mail: chunhk@rda.go.kr |
|
Mongolia |
Mongolian
University of Science and Technology |
Mrs. Gombosuren Enkhtaivan Department
of Food Processing and Services, School
of Food and Biotechnology, Mongolian
University of Science and Technology P.O.
Box 46/520. Ulaanbaatar 46 Tel:976-11-324590-2909 Fax:
976-11-324121 E-mail:
rem104e@yahoo.com |
|
Taiwan |
Food
Industry Research and Development Institute |
Dr. Weiguang Fu Food
Industry Research and Development Institute P.O.Box
246, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan Tel: 886-3-522-3191-
303 Fax: 886-3-521-4016 E-mail:
fwg@firdi.org.tw |
|
Hong Kong |
Food
Research Laboratory, Food and Public Branch, Food and Environmental Hygiene
Department |
Dr. Ka-sing
LEUNG 4/F
Public Health Laboratory Centre 382 Nam
Cheong Street, Shek Kip Mei, Kowloon, Hong
Kong Tel:
852 23198439 Fax:
852 27764335 E-mail:
ksleung@fehd.gov.hk |
|
Macao |
Center
for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Services, Government of Macau SAR |
Dr. Chi Ho Tang Coordinator
of Environmental and Food Hygiene, Center
for Disease Control and Prevention P.O.Box
3002, Macau SAR Tel:
(853) 533523 Fax:
(853)533525 E-Mail:
tch@ssm.gov.mo |
The name of MASIAFOODS was
reviewed and revised to NEASIAFOODS, acronym of “Northeast Asia Food Data
Systems”, to reflect the appropriate geographical location of members.
Work plan during 2003 to 2004
Members reviewed the list of
committees and the proposed chairpersons and decided to divide into two groups
and to focus work plans for the next two years on the following areas:
Group I:
Terminology, nomenclature and data compilation:
Members: China, Korea, Mongolia, Hong Kong and Macao
Leader: Prof. Yuexin Yang
Objectives: To develop guidelines for terminology, data
handling, nomenclature
To increase understanding and harmonization of terminology
and data handling for each country
To
implement the guidelines of INFOODS terminology
Member: China, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Leader: Dr. Weiguang Fu
Objectives:
To collect and integrate the current analytical methods
To provide guidelines for good laboratory practices and
quality control technique
To prepare the standard operating procedures (SOPs) or
protocols for common
nutrient analysis
To organize and conduct a proficiency testing for regional
members, if possible.
It was recommended that all
working groups should define specific tasks and respective timelines, including
the timetable for interim reports of progress to Dr. Yang, Regional
Coordinator. The members of each group
should communicate to provide input for the development of the Action Plan.
Then, each group leader will report each group’s detailed Action Plan and
timetable to Dr. Yang before March 1st, 2003.
While specific members will focus
on each of the activities of the working group, all communication should be
sent to all members to keep everyone informed. Human Resource Development such
as trainings, workshops, seminars, etc., could be included in the activities of
each group as necessary. The meeting recommended that all members kindly inform
the Regional Coordinator of training programs and workshops available in the
member countries.
It was agreed that biennial
meetings of the regional center would be held, with the location of the meeting
to be rotated among the members. Members
emphasized the importance of FAO and UNU financial support for the biennial
meetings, in particular, the 3rd NEASIAFOODS meeting.
It was proposed that the third
NEASIAFOODS Meeting would be held in Korea, in tentatively April to May, 2004.
Dr. Hye-Kyung Chun was nominated as organizer of the meeting.
The NEASIAFOODS group recommends
that some representatives of other regional centers be invited to attend the
third NEASIAFOODS meeting and to be supported by FAO and UNU.
The meeting participants called
upon FAO to provide valuable advice and assistance to this regional network
system to achieve objectives. It was recognized that reaching a fully
functional regional systems would take several years and will require detailed
step by step work. It is necessary that the regional work should be harmonized
to the extent possible within membership and with other INFOODS regional
systems, such as ASEANFOODS. Another important discussion point was the need to
make governments recognize the importance of food composition data as an
integral part of nutrition research, economic development, trade, nutrition
policy and food safety.