Prof Dr Ida Idayu Muhamad from Food and Biomaterial Engineering Research Group (FoBERG) under the Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering UTM is obliged to the fully sponsored invitation from the Ministry of Regional Municipalities & Water Resources, Oman to deliver her keynote speech at the Food Safety & Municipality Conference 2018 (FSMC 2018) which was held at the Sheraton Grand Hall, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The topic for her presentation entitled “Active-smart packaging with antimicrobial and spoilage indicator for managing food safety and quality”.
The conference focused in food safety and quality system which is one of the main pillars of municipal work that aims to protect consumer health and safety and public health. The system is currently facing a number of changes and challenges at the local, regional and international levels such as the emergence of modern technologies in the fields of food industry and preservation, commercial fraud, changing consumption patterns and increasing cases of food-borne and water-borne diseases as well as their impacts on the fields of tourism, trade, business, education, health, etc. Indeed, such challenges need to be addressed through developing of human resources working in the control authorities and providing them with the latest technologies and equipment to control hazards level in foods. Various media and modern social media play an important role in raising the awareness in society about the significance of food safety and quality and maintaining of municipal achievements.
