April 16, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laurie Jacobson, Outreach Specialist
Dairy Products Technology Center
805-305-5056; ljacobso@calpoly.edu
Cal Poly Establishes Working Relationship with Food Science Australia
Cal Poly officials have signed an agreement for the university’s Dairy Products Technology Center to work with Food Science Australia, Australia's leading food, health and nutrition research organization.
The agreement, signed April 8, calls for Cal Poly and the Australian agency to host student and staff exchanges and work together on research, grant applications, subcontracting and workshops.
“This is consistent with our efforts to reach out to the world and to provide Cal Poly students and staff with more global experiences and perspectives,” said Phil Tong, director of the Dairy Products Technology Center. “We are very fortunate to engage another world class organization in dairy science and technology.”
The Australian agreement follows an announcement in December that the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences will begin hosting Chinese dairy science students in 2009 as part of a joint master’s degree program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
For additional details about the agreement with Food Science Australia, contact Laurie Jacobson with the Dairy Products Technology Center at 805-305-5056 or ljacobso@calpoly.edu.
About the DPTC
The Dairy Products Technology Center, established in 1986, is a program within Cal Poly’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences that conducts education, research and outreach activities to provide solutions to help manage risk, facilitate innovation and defend equity in the dairy foods industry and related business sectors. For more information visit, www.dptc.calpoly.edu.
About Food Science Australia
Food Science Australia is a joint venture of the government of the state of Victoria and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, the national government body for scientific research in Australia. Established in 1997, the venture aims to turn research into innovative solutions for the food industry in Australia and worldwide. For more details, visit www.foodscience.afisc.csiro.au/.
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