Beirut Arab University Wins the Third Place in “Innovations in Food Control”
15 March 2014Beirut Arab University won the third place in the “Innovations in Food Control” Competition organized by the Ministry of Economy and Trade. The competition was held among universities in Lebanon at the Chamber of Trade, Industry and Agriculture in Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The official ceremony which was held on the occasion of the “World Consumer Rights Day”, was attended by the Minister of Economy and Trade, Mr. Alain Hakeem, and Deputy Director General for Economy, and Director of Consumers’ Protection, Mr. Fouad Fleifel.
The project aimed at activating the cooperation between the Higher Education and Applied Education Sectors, in other words the public sector and the productive organizations. This is achieved through a comprehensive project based on a practical innovative method, which aims at improving the food quality and safety for the consumer.
Groups of students from relevant majors participated in the competition representing Agricultural Sciences, Nutrition and Food Technology at different universities, namely the American University for Technology, Beirut Arab University, USEK, Global University, Lebanese-German University, LAU, LIU, Manar University in Tripoli and Haigazian University.
The BAU team consisted of students from the Nutrition Department at the Faculty of Health Sciences Rawan Kaoush, Mouda Atrash, and Sawsan El Samerai. They presented a study entitled “Reporting Food Poisoning” via mobile-phone applications under the supervision of Dr. Adel Amara, the Safety and Control Food Supervision Dept.
This application helps consumers to report cases of food poisoning to the Food Control Authorities by easily entering personal data and information on the food item, the time of consumption, the symptoms and the food institution name and address. When the Food Control Authority receives the information, it can be saved to review, monitor and verity cases and hence take the adequate procedures.