Sensory Forum Fun event postponed

SAAFoST Northern Branch

Sensory Forum "Fun" Event Postponed


Due to everybody’s hectic end year calendar the Sensory Forum team has decided it would be best to rather postpone our last event for this year to the beginning of next year and start off with fresh air and loads of fun.

“The Amazing Race – the Sensory way!”

Venue: Botanical Gardens Pretoria
Date: Wednesday 9th February 2011
Time: 13:30 for 14:00 till 16:00

More confirmed details will follow early January, so please diarise this date so long and do not miss it! For any urgent queries, please contact Lorraine Geel at lorraine@consumersinfocus.co.za
or
call 082 570 7258.

The Sensory Forum Team would like to take this opportunity however to thank every one of you for your support during this year and wish you all a wonderful Christmas time and a very prosperous 2011!



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CMB Consultants for Innovation Management
@ ewklibrary.com

Invitation to the SAAFoST Sensory Forum – 8th September 2010 -- SENSORY TOOL event

Presentation of FIZZ Sensory and Consumer Test Management Software

A computer tool which allows for speedy sensory test session planning and organization, that provide automated data collection and storage, and also assist with result computation can make life for sensory staff much easier.

Come and link up with other members of the Sensory science community and get some information about the FIZZ Sensory and Consumer Test Management Software presented by André Arbogast of Biosystèmes.

The presentation will:

1) Introduce and describe the various FIZZ versions

2) Show practical examples of data collection

3) Show examples of analysis of results

4) Explain how data is managed using the FIZZ database


Limited space available so RSVP now!


Venue:

McCormick South Africa
317 16th Road
Midrand

Date:

Wednesday 8 September 2010

Time:

10:30 for 10:45 till 12:30

RSVP:

“FIZZ software” to lorraine@consumersinfocus.co.za ,

no later than 2 September 2010

(include your name, company details and contact number)

For more information you can also contact Lorraine Geel at 082 570 7258

Come meet up for a cup of tea, meet up with some other sensory professionals in a practical and informative way.

Invitation to the SAAFoST Sensory Forum 8th September 2010 -- practical event

The practical application of sensory in the Food industry -

Lets have Fun exploring your senses!

In the food, fragrance and cosmetic industries, the sensory panel is the company’s single most important tool in research and development and quality control. The success or failure of the development process depends on the criteria and procedures used during development.

During this event we will explore the use of sensory at different stages in the development process. We will also do some fun activities to determine our sensory acuity. Taste acuity is only one aspect, but equally important is the ability to distinguish and describe a particular sensory characteristic using your other senses.

Come and link up with other members of the Sensory science community and enjoy some practical tests used for panel selection and training, put together by Renate Singh (Pepsico South Africa) and Jeanine Sainsbury (McCormick South Africa) and assisted by Riette de Kock (University of Pretoria).

Limited space available so RSVP now!

Venue:
McCormick South Africa
317 16th Road
Midrand

Date:
Wednesday 8th September 2010


Time:
8:15 for 8:30 till 10:30

RSVP:
“Practical event” to lorraine@consumersinfocus.co.za , no later than 2nd September 2010

For more information you can also contact Lorraine Geel at 082 570 7258
Come meet up for a cup of tea, meet up with some other sensory profession in a practical and informative way.


Placed on behalf of Lorraine Geel
Consumers in Focus

Reminder: SAAFoST Northern Branch Lecture -- 31 August 2010

“State-of-the-Art Sensory and Consumer Research”

Speaker: Dr Chris Findlay, Compusense Inc., Guelph, Canada


The quality of sensory and consumer research data is continuously improving as new methods are developed and old techniques are refined. This means that the State-of-the-Art is a moving target and we must review Best Practices on an ongoing basis.

Three examples will be presented:
1. Applying immediate feedback for descriptive panel training and calibration;
2. Improving consumer data collected over the internet;
3. Segmentation of consumer liking of high-fatigue products using sensory design and balanced incomplete blocks.

In each of these areas, current research has led to significant advances in methodology that make the results of sensory research more valuable.

Date:
Tuesday 31 August 2010

Venue:
Department of Food Science, University of Pretoria, Old Agricultural Building (Building no 34), Lecture theatre 2-35.

Address: University of Pretoria, Main Campus, Hatfield.

Directions: Click Here for a map; please make use of the Prospect Street entrance (Parking available in H 15).

Programme:
17:30 for 18:00: Arrival & drinks
18:00 to 19:00: Welcome, presentation, questions
19:00 onwards: Dinner

Cost:
R60 per person for dinner.
Full time students R30-00
Attendance of lecture only is free but booking is essential.

Booking:
Please book through Marise Kinnear - not later than Friday 27 August
By e-mail: marise.kinnear@up.ac.za or
fax: (012) 420 2839 (tel: 012 420 3238)

Kindly provide the following information:
Name(s) of all attendees:
Company:
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail:
Number of people for lecture only:
Number of people for dinner and lecture:
Indicate whether any vegetarians are staying for dinner:

Payment method:
Cash only, on the night please.

Cancellation:
If you cannot make it, please cancel by Friday 27 August or, preferably, send someone in your place. Anyone who registers for supper and does not attend will regrettably have to be invoiced.

Placed on behalf of
Lorraine Geel
Consumers in Focus

06 May 2010 : First Sensory Forum Meeting for 2010

Invitation to the SAAFoST Sensory Forum – May 2010 event


“S-W-O-T analysis: Consumers testing versus Trained Panels”


Although sensory testing have been conducted for a long time, many people struggle to understand what the differences are between consumer testing and trained panels and how, when and where each method should be applied.


Come and link up with other members of the Sensory science community and enjoy the “stand-off” between Consumers testing and Trained Panels presented by Lorraine Geel of Consumers In Focus and Christine Leighton, a consultant in sensory analysis, that will lead you to a surprising cooperative conclusion.

Venue:
Bid Food Technologies
Crown National Auditorium
Modderfontein, Longmeadow


Date:
Thursday 6th May 2010


Time:
15:00 for 15:30 till 17:30


RSVP:
lorraine@consumersinfocus.co.za , no later than 28th April 2010
(limited space available)

Please contact Lorraine Geel between 28th April and 05 May 2010 to book if you receive this notice after 28th April 2010.


For more information you can also contact Lorraine Geel at 082 570 7258


Come meet up for a cup of tea, meet up with some other sensory profession in a practical and informative way.

Reminder! Sensory Forum Meeting -- 01 October 2009

"Making Sensory Science Practical"


Sensory testing adds objectivity to subjective feelings.
It is a discipline that has, over thirty--odd years, developed into a structured and formalized discipline.


Join us for this event to meet members of the Sensory Science community and to learn more about the uses of Sensory Science.

Riette de Kock, from the University of Pretoria will present the following case to be considered in small groups, followed by a debate:

"Due to the current economic situation, the R&D team has been tasked to make slight changes to product X. The company is concerned about potential consumer reaction, should the change be noticed.
As a group, discuss or debate how you would approach this case study using sensory evaluation tools. COnsideration should be given to the test method(s), the type of panel/panelist, the test environment, the product sample selection, sample preparation and -presentation."


Venue:

Famous Brands
478 James Crescent
Midrand
1685

Training room 1


(map on website: http://www.saafost.org.za/)



Date:

Thursday 01 October 2009



Time:

13h45 for 14h00 untill 15h30



RSVP:

wvonfint@mweb.co.za before 25 September 2009
Limited space available





For more info, contact
Lorraine Geel
Consumers in Focus
082 570 7258





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CMBlignaut
CMB COnsultants for Innovation Management
@ e-Wise Knowledge Library
cmblignaut@ewklibrary.com
http://www.ewklibrary.com

SAAFoST Food Safety Symposium in September 2009

The following message was received from the SAAFoST Secretariate:



"Dear Members,


Please set aside the following dates for next month's food safety round up:

i) Friday 11 September - in Pretoria or
ii) Wednesday 15 September - in Cape Town

The one-day programmes will cover critical safety issues that all technical food professionals have to be aware of and that keep them awake at night, such as:
mycotoxins, pesticides, adulteration, water quality, auditing, ethics, looming legislation, risk assessment and food poisoning. The two scientific programmes will differ slightly because of speaker availablity but both will put Hollywood horrormovies in the shade and will offer the normal teriffic, unbeatable SAAFoST value that members have come to expect .

All you have to do is keep your chosen date open and wait for further information. It will be circulated to all SAAFoST Members in due course.

Watch your mail!


SAAFoST National Secretariat,
(031-368 8000)"


For any non-SAAFoST members reading this -- contact the SAAFoST secretariate to find out more about joining the Association ..... and attend! Food safety is a concern to everyone in the Food Industry -- as well as to everyone in the field of Sensory science / Sensory evaluation / Consumer evaluation / Consumer science .... and more.


Posted by:
CMBlignaut
CMB Consultants for Innovation management
@ e-Wise Knowledge Library
cmblignaut@ewklibrary.com