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Thought for the week "Eco11omis1s are expe r1s who will know tomorrow why the thin gs they predicted yesterday didn't happen At Guelph today." Laurence Peter Guelph, Ontario Volume 36 Number 3 Jan. 22, 1992 Inside: For on-campus readers: Weston gives food packaging million-dollar lift A letter from the president about by Owen Roberts that must be used ," s ays Le strategic, pre-competitive research pilot plant addition, for which government funding Office of Research Maguer. ''There are many challen- that will be available and useful funds are now being raised. ges." across the food sector. The re- A competition fo r the chair- Noon-hour concerts ncreas ing Canada's ex port Con s um e r con venie nce is holder's positi o n wi ll be a n- celebrate 25 years . 3 I potential, ensuring the quality search wi ll be conducted in the and safety of the domestic food another important area for food- Department of Food Science's nou nced soon. 0 Women poets were packaging technology, especially feared . 4 supply and caring for the environ- ment will be the multifaceted focus fo r increasingly popul ar prepara- Yo-yo dieting is risky . 5 of the$ I-million George Weston tion methods such as microwaving. Wrapping up the industry chair in food-packaging technol- And, environmentall y. there are Calendar . 7 The food-packaging industry in- the globalization of markets, and ogy, a gift received by the Univer- concerns about the amount of food cludes a complex of suppliers of recent GA TT rulings concerning sity just before Christmas. packaging that ends up as waste. films. containers and olherpackag- ~ERSITY The chair is supported by the W. "There is a need for intelligent Canadian marketing boards. ing mate ri als, all dri ven by lhe Garfield Weston Foundation, the packaging th at reacts 10 it s en- The industry m~ s t adopt ad- needs of food processors and or her gf'GUELPH charitable organization associated v ironme nt by eventuall y vanced technologies 10 ' urvi ve and with George Weston Limited. one biodegrading," says Le Maguer. cuMomers. prosper. says Prof. L1rry Mi lligan. 1 Recycling. !o'l.:1cology. th e trend ' Thechair wil l lead a team chat will At Guelph to report on of the la rgest Canadian-owned vice-president for research. food conglo m e rates. W eston look at al l of these aspect; as well Lmvard :-. minimal processing and ''This is an incredibly complex Phase 3 results in the Foods and its subsidiary Loblaws as the needs of consumers and the the need 10 combat product fi eld ; ' he says. "New ingredients tampering have created new chal- Feb. 5 issue. record sales of $ 10 bill ion a year in distribution system.'' and creal ive packaging will pl ay an lenges and opportunities for pack- North America. This team - whi ch will include essenti al role in lhe compelitive- ag ing technology. "Our hope is that because of this graduate students and postdoctoral ness of Canadrnn food producLS. Packaging guaran1 ees the quality gift, there will be improvements in fellows in training for the food in- And wit h rhe new chair in food- the environment. breakthroughs in and integrity of 1he producl\ made dustry - wi ll concentrate on new packaging technology. U ofG wi ll First-time food qualit y and safety and advan- preservation 1echniques, shelf-life by Canada'' $42-billion food play an cs,.en1i al ro le in coming up ces in the cost effectiveness of modelling and lhe development manufacturing indu:-. try - a sector with the kind of packaging 1he in- enrolments packaging for the food industry and design of packaging ma1eri al. under enonnous pressure because and for consumers," ::.ays Weston Membe rs w ill e n gage in of free trade with the United Stales. dustry needs." 0 vice-president Terry Wardrop, a decline as I 970 graduate of U of G and a member of rhe Univer~iry ·s Senate. planned President Brian Segal says the Winier enrolment is seasonably announcemenl of the chair under- lower than 199 1 fa ll registration. lines the University's leadersh.ip And it's onl y marginally higher position in food research. than enrolment in January 1991. "This is an incredibly encourag- Registrar Arnold Holmes reports ing way to start the new year," he that 13, 155 full- and part-time stu- says. " In the face of a gloomy dents enrolled this month, com- economy, the foundation is show- pared with 13,930 in September ing great fo resight in committing and 13.099 last year at this time. to the kind of research that can New enrolments are down 19 per position Ontario and Canada more cent this winter - 3 18 compared competitively in the global arena." with last January's 393. New part- Packaging technology is becom- tirne enrolment accounts for the ing more and more important. Con- biggest slip. a drop of 34 per cent sumers are demanding food that is to 146 from 199 1's 223. And al- fresher and less processed, but with though there are 20 more new full- less processing, food is more vul- time students than last winter ( 148 nerable to spoilage. That's where compared with 128). there has food packaging technology comes been a corresponding drop in full- in. He takes 1ime transfers from other univer- There's a paradox." say Prof. the cake! s i~i es - 24 compared with 42 in Marc Le Maguer. cha ir o f the January 1991. The number of new De partment of Food Science, Streamers, bal- visa students enrolling this month where the Weston-sponsored re- loons, and a big also fell to 23 from 27. search chair will be located. "The cake made Mert The reductions in new-student in - less you process food. the more it Alcorn's 80th birth- t ake a re in line with the needs packaging to protecl it." day a success. The That means technologies musl be University ·s plans to reduce under- people in the developed to lengthen the shelflife graduate enrolment to fewer th an physics department 12.000 full- and part-time students of lightl y processed foods. Such pul logether the by the fa ll of 1994, says Prof. developments have implications surprise party in Leonard Conolly, associate vice- abroad; the ability to offer stable, honor of lhe part- president, academic. attractive packaged commodities Overall. winter enrolment of full- to the export market could enhance lime employee, Lime students is up 0.8 per cent to product di versification. whose active life 11.388 from 11.246 in January But not all commodities can be shows no sign of 199 I. Part-time e nrolme nt has sold in packages ideally suited for slowing down. See dropped to 1,767 from last year's bolh produc tion a nd export. story, page 8. 1.853. And visa-student numbers " Sometimes the produc 1ion are down to 224 from 253. 0 process determines the packaging RETIRE A MILLIONAIRE"' CIBC23 College St. W., Guelph It's easy. Let OBC show you how. 824-6520 ,.Tmd..?Mart.:ofaBC 2 At Guelph I Jan. 22, 1992 Committee as being in need of better lighting and emergency services, she says. Our people Student Van Egmond is always on the lookout for volunteer walkers and is panicularly in need of women rig h1 Prof. Tammy Bray. Nutrilional Prof. Michael Nightingale, now. Anyone wishing to become a volunteer should Sciences, was an in vited speaker at director of the School of Hotel and Speak call her at Ex t. 4845 or drop by Room 2 l 2A in the the Heinz Institute of Nutritional Food Administration, has been Universiry Centre. Scie nces' Inte rn a ti ona l Sym- elected a member of the Ontario To obtai n the assistance of a wa lker. call Ext. 2245 posium on Mate rnal and Infant Tourism Education Council . or use any campus emergency phone. Nu rrition a t Ha rbin Med ical The 72nd annual Conference of by Scott Uni versity in China this Fal l. She Research Workers in Animal Dis- Massey spruces up also lectured at Beijing Medica1 ease, held in Chicago. was dedi- McNichol A cleaner and more spac ious Massey Coffee Shop is University ·s school of publ ic health cated to professor emeritus Don and at the Sun Yat-sen University Barnum, Veterinary Microbiol- the r~s ult of recentl y completed renovations. says of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou. ogy and Immunology, in recogni- Emergency phone Stephen Potter, president of the Campus Co-operative. Volun teers sta rl ed th e renova1i ons at the end of last The OAC diploma judging team, tion of his contributions to the field The University's emergency phones may now be used semesre r and comple ted !he m throughout the consisting of OAC '92A students of veterinary microbiology. to call Lh e Campus Safewalk program. Christmas holid ays. The changes include removal of Scott Bennett, Tom Benschop, Prof. George Bubenik, Zoology, Program co-ordinator Stephanie Van Egmond says the front wall, repainting and new counrers. The menu Scott Rathwell and Jeff Stephens, gave two lectures at the medical Lhi s should bring in call s from parking lots, areas she has also been changed lo provide more variety for the placed first in the dairy cattle school of the University of Con- has concerns about. If you're calling from a parki ng vegetarian pala1e and fo r those who like a horne- division of the intercollegiate live- cepcion.