14-16 April 2008
The South African Society of Dairy Technology (SASDT) is holding its annual symposium at the Champagne Sports Resort, Central Drakensberg, from 14-16 April. Join the cream of South Africa’s dairy technologists for an informative and not-to-be-missed three days in the mountains.
Provisional programme
Monday, 14 April
14:00 SASDT AGM council
19:00 SASDT council dinner
Tuesday, 15 April
Session 1 : IDF Mini Sessions
09:45 Bertus de Jongh, CEO of Mposa
10:15 Etienne Terre’Blanche, MD of MPO
10:45 Edu Roux, SANCIDF
Session 2: Dairy Technology
12:00 Lars Wagner, ALMA – Soft cheese innovation
12:30 Hans-Uwe Peterson, Danisco Germany
13:00 Questions and answers
13:15 Lunch
14:00 John Jensen, GEA Filtration Systems, Denmark – Filtration technology
14:20 Jurgen Bouter, CSK Food Enrichment, Netherlands
14:40 FOSS, Sweden
15:15 Delene Koekemoer, Crest Chemicals SA
15:25 Christos Economakis, SIG Combibloc Obeikan FZCO, Dubai
16:00 Rutger von Rooijen, DSM Holland
16:30 Questions and answers
17:00 Surprise social activity sponsored by Anchor Bio-technologies
19:30 SASDT annual merit awards and post-graduate student awards
Wednesday, 16 April
Session 3: Research – Student Reports
08:00 Angela Parry-Hanson, University of Pretoria – Acid-adapted Escherichia coli: A true survivor
08:15 Marleen van Aardt, University of Pretoria – Chromatographic quantification of key UHT milk flavours
08:30 Student speaker, Free State University
08:45 Student speaker, Free State University
09:00 Questions and answers
Session 4: Research
09:45 Prof Garry Osthoff, Free State University – Yeast as enzyme source for accelerated ripening of cheddar cheese
10:15 Prof Hettie Schönfeldt, Pretoria University – Sampling for representative nutrient values for labelling puposes
10:45 Antoinette Booyzen, Dept of Health – Food safety in South Africa update
11:15 Prof Lourens Ersamus, Pretoria University – CPL: Health aspects for humans/feeding cows and usage for farmer
11:45 Dr Helene Coetzee, consultant – Regulation 2581: Update and how it affects processors
12:15 Rolf Uys, AIB International – International developments in food safety. Can South Africa keep up?
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Paul Bhaskare, Westfalia Separator SA – ECO and separation for low dairy capacities and standardisation of milk
14:15 International speaker, Chr Hansen
14:45 Joachim Safferling, BK-Giulini Gmblt, Germany – Dairy protein protection in thermal processes
15:15 Prof Hettie Schönfeldt, Pretoria University – Advantages/ disadvantages of homogenised milk
15:45 International speaker, Chr Hansen
16:15 Fionna Nuttal-Smith, Danisco SA
16:45 Questions and answers
17:00 Closure
For bookings and more information, contact Yvonne Steyn at 012 804 0818.
