AOAC Africa Section

14/03/2023

Two weeks left to register for the 2023 AOAC Africa Conference & Exhibition!

March 29-31, 2023, | Emperors Palace, Gauteng, South

Register today! www.aoac-africa.org/2023-annual-meeting/

02/03/2023

Did you know - The AOAC Africa Section won the 2022 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Section of the Year Award, which recognizes the role AOAC Sections play in advancing analytical excellence in the areas of food safety, food integrity, and public health.

Join us at our annual Conference & Exhibition from 29-31 March at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg South Africa to find out why we're the best!

More information: https://bit.ly/41CtjwA

Thank you to our sponsor: http://separations.co.za/

# foodintegrity

24/02/2023

The 2023 AOAC Student Scientist Awards Call for Applications are now being accepted for four major scholarship Awards.

• AOAC INTERNATIONAL/Eurofins Foundation “Testing for Life” Student Award
• AOAC INTERNATIONAL/Herbalife Nutrition Scholarship
• AOAC INTERNATIONAL/SCIEX Rising Star Award
• The AOAC INTERNATIONAL Inés Cereijo Technical Division on Reference Materials (TDRM) Award

The deadline to submit applications is soon approaching on March 31, 2023.

LEARN MORE: https://bit.ly/41q1oje

AOAC STUDENT MEMBERSHIP IS NOW FREE.

AOAC welcomes full-time undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of chemistry, microbiology, food science and other sciences related to the mission of AOAC. Please encourage your Section student members to join and share with them the ways membership in AOAC INTERNATIONAL has enriched your career.

Submit an application for one of the four major student Scholarship Awards and Join AOAC as a student member.

https://www.aoac.org/membership/join-aoac-info/

This award supports students who are advancing basic or applied science in analytical or molecular testing for food safety, food security, food defense, food authenticity, or health and environmental protection.

21/02/2023

Registration for the AOAC Africa Section Conference & Exhibition is open!

Featuring speakers: Dr Tameka Taylor, US Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Hermogene Nsenginama, Executive Director for ARSO, Prof. Limbikani Matumba from the University of Malawi, Dr DeAnn Benesh, Director Regulatory & Scientific Affairs for Neogen, to name just a few!

Don't suffer from FOMO, register today!
https://www.aoac-africa.org/2023-annual-meeting/

10/02/2023

This year, we are inviting all AOAC Members, Community groups, and other interested individuals to join us for our 4th Conference, with the theme ‘Safe and Sustainable Food Systems in Africa: AOAC Africa's role in in meeting the challenges’.

Registration will open 13 February 2023.
https://www.aoac-africa.org/2023-annual-meeting/

07/02/2023

Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, February 7, at 10 AM ET for a Facebook Live announcement from AOAC INTERNATIONAL. https://www.facebook.com/AOACINTERNATIONAL

24/11/2022

More information coming soon.
www.aoac-ssafrica.org

19/11/2021

Nominate a colleague for the Harvey W. Wiley Award, AOAC's highest honor given to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to analytical method development. Learn more: http://ow.ly/oGLX50GO0LB

12/11/2021

‘Critical gaps’ in African food safety detected: ‘Urgent investment is needed’
The new research, released at the AOAC’s International Sub-Saharan Africa Section’s annual meeting this week, highlighted a ‘continuing lack’ of ISO certified food safety testing laboratories, with only 63% of African labs certified to ISO 17025: 2017 compared to 100% in Europe.
Read more https://bit.ly/3quDnaR

11/11/2021

If more than a third of Africa's food safety laboratories are not accredited and do not have training programmes, what does that mean for ensuring safe and nutritious food on the continent, just as it opens up for potentially quantum increases in food trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area?
The AOAC International Sub Saharan Africa 2021 membership survey, now published, points to urgent action needed from member states and their partners. See all the details here https://bit.ly/3C071XK.
https://bit.ly/3ofY1cc
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