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All the above are obtainable in English/Fran~ais from: IDF General Secretariat Square Vergote, 41 B- 104Q Brussels, Belgium Telephone: +32 2 733 98 88; Telefax: +32 2 733 04 13 Telex: 046 63818 or from your National Committee.

Forthcoming IDF Events

I D F S e m i n a r on M i l k Prote in: D e f i n i t i o n and S t a n d a r d i z a t i o n

2 2 - 2 4 J u n e 1994, A r h u s , D e n m a r k

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

Day 1. Milk Protein Definition • Present milk protein definition

Results of the 1993 IDF Symposium clarifying nature, nutritional value and analytical determination of total milk protein and protein fractions.

• Implications of changing milk protein definition (like subtracting non- protein-N or urea-N from total-N) for - - Animal breeding and artificial insemination records - - Milk payment to farmers - - Analysis of milk, milk products and mixed products - - In-plant monitoring of milk processing - - Competition with other proteins (data to be provided on composi-

tion and properties of vegetable proteins) - - Labelling including nutrition labelling - - Legislation - - Laboratory control by local authorities and customs

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• Industry viewpoints Debate opened by representatives of different viewpoints.

• Conclusion Summary of the advantages and disadvantages of a change in protein definition

Days 2 and 3: Protein Standardization • Technology

Methods of protein standardization • Products

Effect of protein standardization on the properties of milk and milk products

• Legislation IDF is considering draft standards covering concentrated and dried milks. These draft standards propose that the protein content of milk products may be adjusted (within limits imposed by practical constraints and a minimum protein content in the solids-not-fat) by the addition and/or withdrawal of milk constituents in such a way as not to alter the whey protein to casein ratio.

• Consumers Nutrition value. Attitudes towards price and the natural image or products, and on waste management

• Economics Effects on the milk producer, quotas, and price of protein

Further information from: IDF General Secretariat 41 Square Vergote B- 1040 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 733 98 88 Fax: +32 2 733 04 13 Telex: 046 63818 IDFFIL

IDF-DKNC Frederiks All6 22 8000 ,~rhus C Denmark Tel: +45 861 32611 Fax: +45 861 32693

1994 4-9 March I 1-14 March March

May

24-26 May

Microbiological Week, Brussels (Belgium) Chemical Week, Wageningen (The Netherlands) Fouling and Cleaning, Cambridge (UK), Conference (Joint sponsorship) Protein Definition Symposium Standardization of the Protein Content of Milk, Seminaro, Denmark Dairying in Central and Eastern Europe. 3rd IDF Consultation, Warsaw (Poland)

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6-8 June 1 4 - 1 7 September 18-22 September

1995 14-18 March 28 May-1 June September

September 11-15 September end 1995 or early 1996 1995 1995 1995

1996 undetermined

Nutrition Week, Helsinki (Finland) 78th Annual Sessions, Adelaide (Australia) XXIVth International Dairy Congress, Melbourne (Australia)

Analytical Week Mastitis, 3rd IDF Seminar, Tel-Aviv (Israel) Heat Treatment and Alternative Methods, Vienna (Austria) Membrane Processing, Prague or Budapest, Seminar 79th Annual Sessions, Vienna (Austria) Significance of Antibiotics and Sulphonamides in Milk. Seminar, Kiel (Germany) Cheese ripening. Seminar, Qu6bec (Canada)* Products from Ewe's and Goat's Milk, Seminar Hygiene Week

80th Annual Sessions, South Africa

*Tentative