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] >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following >> link: >> https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following >> link: >> https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the InFoods-Food-Comp-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/scripts/wa-fao.exe?SUBED1=InFoods-Food-Comp-L&A=1