Chronica - Acta Horticulturae

items of a healthy daily diet. These products are
important sources for the economy of many
countries. Global trade is demanding higher
standards in the form of quality control. Many
countries are not yet well qualified to ensure
adequate quality standards to produce and supply
safe fresh fruits and vegetables, thus capacity
building is advocated in response to these
concerns.
ISHS, the National Center for Agricultural
Research & Technology Transfer of Jordan and
the Technical University of Munich, Germany
had the privilege to organize this joint
symposium on May 7-11, 2006. More than 50
participants from 17 countries participated in
Field trip to farmers with Eurep GAP and
HACCP certifications.
Participants of the symposium.
three lively sessions, one on Food Safety
Programming and Standards, another on
Quality Measurements and Analysis and the
third one on Quality Management and
Improvement. The presentations of the participants
focused on strengthening the capacities
of both public and private sectors to develop
and implement quality assurance as well as
food safety programs for fresh fruits and vegetables,
providing a clear understanding of the
quality concept supporting the implementation
of quality and safety assurance, and on applying
the principles of pre- and post-harvest management
to maintain the quality and safety of fresh
fruits and vegetables.
A well organized and highly interesting field trip
brought the group to the Jordan Valley with its
unique location at the lowest point on earth.
High standards of fresh fruit and vegetable
packaging were demonstrated for overseas
export markets.
The success of this symposium demonstrated a
demand to organize more regional conferences
and workshops in the future with special topics
under the ISHS guidance and experience involving
local and international experts from
science, commerce and government institutions.
CONTACT
W.H. Schnitzler and Muien Qaryouti
Dr. Abdel Nabi Fardous, Director General, The
National Center for Agricultural Research &
Technology Transfer (NCARTT), Jordan, email:
Fardous@ncartt.gov.jo, web: www.ncartt.gov.jo
Prof. W.H. Schnitzler, Center of Life Science,
Vegetable Science, Technical University of
Munich, Freising, Germany, email:
whs@wzw.tum.de
Dr. Muien Qaryouti, Director of Irrigated Agricultural
Research Program, The National Center
for Agricultural Research & Technology Transfer
(NCARTT), Jordan, email: qaryouti@ncartt.gov.jo,
web: www.ncartt.gov.jo
FROM THE SECRETARIAT
New ISHS Members
ISHS is pleased to welcome the following
new members:
NEW ORGANISATION
MEMBERS:
Italy: Isolcell Italia spa
NEW INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS:
Argentina: Mr. Carlos Gonzales Vera, Ramon
Guzman, Antonio Olivares, Dr. Carlos Sala;
Australia: Wilfred Bright, Ms. Lucia Grimmer,
Glenda Johns, Ms. Noraisha Oyama, Mr. David
Roberts, Mr. Gino Russo, Mr. Malcolm Taylor,
Mr. Ned Waters, John Wilkie; Austria: Prof. Dr.
Gerhard Bedlan; Belgium: Dr. Pietro Brunetti,
José Cocquyt, Mr. Michel Ruttens, Mr. Frederik
Van Herreweghe, Mr. R.S. Zaidi; Belize:
Anthony Romero; Botswana: Mr. Adam Arbi;
Brazil: Mr. Sergio De Carlos, Ms. Sabiene
Wenceslau; Canada: Mr. Matthew Bamsey, Mr.
Richard Denis, Ms. Maria Derkacz, Mr. David
Lepine, Mr. Joel Schraven; Chile: Ximena
Antiguay, Robert Golembeski, Mr. Alexander
Kaufmann, Daniela Ramirez Diaz, María José
Ms. Rioseco, Mr. Rafael Rodriguez; China: Prof.
Dr. Xiuxin Deng, Prof. Dr. Yongchen Du, Prof.
Kaiyun Guan; Cyprus: Mr. Philokypros
Andreou, Mr. Stavros Terzian; Denmark: Ms.
Janni Bjerregaard Lund, Carsten Sorensen;
Ecuador: Mr. Miguel Mascaró; Egypt: Dr.
Mahmoud Zaki; France: Mr. Theodorus
Houtenbos, Ms. Letizia Kulandaivelu, Dr.
Philippe Lobit, Dr. Richard H. Markham, Heon
Song, Dariusz Swierczynski; Germany: Mr.
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