Thank you for the wonderful comments on Ms Ruth retirement

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 8:19 AM Ariyo Oluwaseun <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dear Mrs Ruth,
>
> You will be greatly missed.  You created an indelible mark and handle the
> food composition like life. Your zealousness is contagious, and I thank you
> for all you have done. Enjoy your retirement.
> You are welcome on board, Bridget.
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021, 7:15 AM Alaa Aburub <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Ms. Ruth,
>>
>> We will miss you, wishing you a good time.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Eng. Alaa Abu Rub
>>
>> Health Minister Advisor
>> for Governance
>> Ministry of Health
>> State of Palestine
>>
>> Mobile: 00970 562402224
>>
>> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>> www.moh.ps
>> Skype: aiaburub
>> Facebook: alaa abu rub
>> Linkedin: alaa abu rub
>>
>>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 9:04 PM
>> *From:* "Charrondiere, Ruth (FAORLC)" <[log in to unmask]>
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Subject:* retirement
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to say good bay. I will retire in May 2021 and my last
>> working day will be on 30 April. I will return to our house near Lyon in
>> France and take my time to enjoy life.
>>
>>
>>
>> It has been a great honor for me to serve as global INFOODS coordinator
>> for the last 10 years and a pleasure each time I met someone from the
>> ¨INFOODS family¨. It was not easy to follow Barbara Burlingame as global
>> INFOODS coordinator as she had done so much for the food composition
>> community before me.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like to thank each of you for your contribution to food
>> composition and INFOODS. I know that many of you have done a great job in
>> advocating food composition, or teaching it in courses or universities,
>> analyzing foods, publishing food composition data in journals or FCT/FCDB,
>> contributing to the development of guidelines or new tools, or simply used
>> these data. And these efforts have paid off. Since its creation in 1984,
>> INFOODS has done a great contribution to the advancement of food
>> composition data in terms of knowledge, standards, quality and
>> availability. And thus contributed to better nutrition. I would also like
>> to express my happiness for all the friendships which were created in these
>> past years, they mean a lot to me.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also would like to sincerely thank FAO for hosting the global INFOODS
>> coordinator and the INFOODS website. Without FAO funds and support, I do
>> not know where INFOODS would be today….certainly, many of the newer
>> guidelines and FCT/FCDB would not exist. It is true, one can always do more
>> and better. However, there is a time when to appreciate what was done, and
>> it was a lot.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am also pleased to announce that FAO intends to continue its support to
>> INFOODS and a new ad interim global INFOODS coordinator has been appointed:
>> Bridget Homes here in copy. She is leading the dietary assessment group and
>> knows about the importance of good and sufficient food composition data.
>>
>>
>>
>> I wish you a great continuation in your work and a lot of success in
>> bringing food composition forward
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Ruth
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S. The INFOODS website will soon be updated and will then also include
>> the videos of the recent FAO/INFOODS webinars
>>
>>
>>
>> U. Ruth Charrondiere, PhD
>>
>> Nutrition Officer
>>
>> INFOODS coordinator
>>
>> Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
>>
>> FAO of the UN
>>
>> Dag Hammarskjold 3241
>>
>> Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
>>
>> Tel. +56-2-29232105
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
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