Tue, 2 Aug 2022 17:00:12 +0200
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Dear friends and colleagues,
I hope this email finds you well. Please find below some news and
information that may be of interest.
*1. NEW FAO Food Composition Officer: FAO Food and Nutrition Division* have
recently appointed *Dr Fernanda Grande* to work in the Nutrition Assessment
team, as the new Food and Nutrition Officer, dedicated to food composition.
Fernanda is a nutritionist and skilled food composition researcher with a
Ph.D. in Applied Human Nutrition from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
She has over 13 years of experience in compiling, reviewing and publishing
food composition data in compliance with FAO/INFOODS guidelines and
standards. She has extensive experience contributing to the development and
update of 12 national and international published FCTs and databases and 2
FAO/INFOODS guidelines. She has been working most recently on the Ethiopian
FCT and a Global FCT for FAO. Please join me in congratulating and
welcoming Fernanda! J Fernanda can be contacted directly at:
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We will be further strengthening our food composition team in the coming
weeks – more news soon!
*2. UPDATES to the FAO Infoods website: Broken links? New FCTs? *
We are in the process of updating the FAO Infoods website:
https://www.fao.org/infoods/infoods/en/
We are keen to identify and fix any broken links. If you identify a broken
link or know of a FCT that is available on a new link, please let us know.
Additionally, we are keen to ensure we have all the food composition
tables/databases listed on our website:
https://www.fao.org/infoods/infoods/tables-and-databases/en/
If you are aware of a FCT that is missing from the website please let us
know so that we can update the directory. Please contact us directly:
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*3. UPDATES to the FAO Infoods listserv:*
We are in the process of carrying out some updates to the list of people
included in the listserv. Unfortunately the last few requests have not yet
been made. If you need to update your personal details please contact us
directly, rather than emailing the listserv. Thank you.
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*4. NEW roster of consultants in preparation for nutrition analysts: FAO
Food and Nutrition Division* are preparing a roster of consultants to work
on the analysis of nutrition data, including calculating nutrient losses.
Please see the link and reference here. Please note the closing date for
receiving applications is approaching *- **05 August 2022**.*
*DATA ANALYST - NUTRITION (2202068)*:
https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2202068&tz=GMT%2B02%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FBerlin
Finally, I would like to thank all of you who take the time to respond to
queries that come through via the listserv – it is fantastic to see such an
active community J
Thank you for your interest, and best wishes to all,
Bridget Holmes
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*Please remember not to reply to the listserv address unless your reply
concerns all. Thank you.*
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