Food and Health: The Continuing Search for Connections
Richard Hall
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008 at 4:00 pm – Cardinal Room, Memorial Union
Richard L. Hall is the former Vice-President of Science and Technology for McCormick & Company and currently serves as a consultant to the food and flavor industries. He speaks widely on the issues of food safety, toxicology, and nutrition. Hall is a past president of the International Union of Food Science and Technology and of the Institute of Food Technologists, where he organized the food safety and nutrition information program. He is also a past president of the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association, in which he played a key role in organizing a program to review the safety-in-use of flavor ingredients. Hall is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of more than ninety scientific and professional articles and books. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University.Cosponsored By:
- College of Human Sciences
- Food Science and Human Nutrition
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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