Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Exposure to acute and long term harmful components of foods: Can advance separation processes offer a credible remedy?

2^nd International Conference on Food Safety and Regulatory Measures

June 06-08, 2016 London,UK

Nikos Mavroudis

Northumbria University, UK

Keynote: J Food Process Technol

Abstract:

Harmful compounds such as biogenic amines, naturally appearing toxic compounds (e.g. cyanogenic glucosides, oxalates, allergens), heavy metal and herbicide residues are typical cases of harmful compounds given that could either harm human health following a long term exposure or lead to acute cases of food poisoning. The present communication is discussing the possibilities of deploying advanced and sustainable separation processes for selective removal of contaminants from the food chain with particular emphasis on industrial chromatography.

Biography :

Nikos Mavroudis is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Food Science and leads the Laboratory of Food Engineering & Separation of Actives (FoESA) in the Dept. of Applied Sciences in Northumbria University at Newcastle. Previously, he was a Research Scientist and Project Leader for Unilever R&D for 9 years and has been responsible for developing the separation expertise within Unilever R&D Vlaardingen, the Netherlands. His research interests are focused on Food Security & Food Safety, particularly relevant is his interest on remediation using sutainable separation technologies, on bacterial flow cytometry and surface decontamination. He has published 10 research articles in peer review journals and 12 patents/patent filings and his work has attracted 351 citations excluding self-citations.

Email: nikos.mavroudis@northumbria.ac.uk