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At Vitafoods Europe 2013, visitors interested in the functional foods market in Eastern Europe should not miss the keynote presentation by Russia’s head of Food Safety Center, Viktor Tutelyan.
Taking place on Thursday 16 May from 12.00-13.30 in the Seminar Theatre, Professor Tutelyan’s speech will provide an overview of how regulatory challenges affect Eastern European markets, particularly the Customs Union comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Prof Tutelyan’s presentation will be enriched by his more than 50 years’ experience in issues relating to botanicals, health claims, product safety and the role of functional food and supplements in nutrition and health policies. He will share his view on the ‘diet of the future’ in which functional foods and dietary supplements play a key part.
A renowned scientist in toxicology and nutrition, Prof Tutelyan has worked for the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences for the last 50 years. He is an appointed expert of the World Health Organization (WHO) in food safety, a member of Codex Committee on Food Additives and Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food, chair of WHO’s Collaboration Center in monitoring food contamination and a Board member of the Institute of Life Sciences.
His keynote presentation will also cover recent findings in nutrition science, highlight relations between nutritional deficiencies and non-communicable diseases, and address the role that governments should play in promoting healthy diets and lifestyle.
The presentation is open to the public, and has been coordinated in association with international food regulatory and policy consultancy EAS Strategic Advice.
“Victor Tutelyan is Russia’s top regulator in safety and quality of foods,” said Alexey Petrenko, General Manager of the EAS office in Moscow. “His presentation at Vitafoods is a rare opportunity to hear one of the leading fooTest running, chaussures, montres cardio gps et habits sports