Food processing: KU workshop begins today

KARACHI: The microbiology department of Karachi University is organising a two-day workshop on food processing  today.

It is called “The Phase-II of Workshop on Canned Foods :Principles of Thermal Microbiology and Process Control” and is being held  with collaboration of US Department of Agriculture FAS, University of Idaho, Pakistan Society of Microbiology and  American Society of Microbiology and the microbiology department.

The course is designed to meet new legal requirements in international markets for training of supervisors in food processing facilities that thermally process foods in hermetically sealed containers, such as  metal tins, glass jars, pouches and semi-rigid containers with flexible closures.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 28^th, 2012.