Annual Report 2006 - International Nut and Dried Fruit Council
Annual Report 2006 - International Nut and Dried Fruit Council
Annual Report 2006 - International Nut and Dried Fruit Council
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PROJECTS FOR 2007Projects for 2007AcknowledgementsThe INC, through its CongressCommittee, will organise the XXVI World<strong>Nut</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Dried</strong> <strong>Fruit</strong> Congress in Madrid,Spain, in May 10-12, 2007 to be hosted byJordi Martí, member of the INC Board ofDirectors.UN PROGRAM: the INC will improvethe current Database with a new softwaresystem to display statistical results withgraphs <strong>and</strong> charts in a more professional<strong>and</strong> accurate way, <strong>and</strong> to improve searchcapabilities in scientific regulations <strong>and</strong> scientificstudies.The INC Scientific & GovernmentAffairs Committee will represent the INCin different meetings: the EFSA meeting inParma Italy <strong>and</strong> Brussels for labelling <strong>and</strong>nutrition claims, in Food Miles for reductionof CO2 in our sector, will actively participateto the MRL determination by EU<strong>and</strong> global harmonization, active lobbyingin the dispute USA/EU for compulsoryaflatoxin tests in Europe or voluntary testsin USA, inter-sectorial activity with FRU-COM, participation in Codex Committeemeetings for Aflatoxin levels discussions.The INC will publish new informativebrochures <strong>and</strong> will translate the existingones into different languages for distributionto all INC members.The INC will actively participate in internationalspecialized food exhibitions, seminars<strong>and</strong> conferences in order to promotethe INC activities <strong>and</strong> database, <strong>and</strong> toincrease underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> goodwill of thenut <strong>and</strong> dried fruit industry.The INC will sponsor the 2007 <strong>Nut</strong>s &Health Symposium at UC Davis-California,organized by the INC-NREF <strong>and</strong> theUSDA WHNRC.The Cracker magazine will start publishingstatistics on dried fruits <strong>and</strong> peanuts, inaddition of the statistics on tree nuts publisheduntil now.The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Nut</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Dried</strong> <strong>Fruit</strong><strong>Council</strong> or INC thanks to the INCmembers for their contributions <strong>and</strong>support which allows the INCFoundation to develop activities onnutrition research, scientific <strong>and</strong> technicalissues, promotion, underst<strong>and</strong>ing<strong>and</strong> goodwill of the nut <strong>and</strong> dried fruitindustry worldwide. Those activitiesprovide its membership with newopportunities for increasing global consumptionof almonds, Brazil nuts,cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans,pine nuts, pistachios, walnuts, peanuts,apricots, dates, figs, prunes <strong>and</strong> raisins.The INC also thanks this year CongressCo-chairman in Montreal, the Sponsors,<strong>and</strong> the loyal advertisers to The Crackermagazine, the official voice of the nut<strong>and</strong> dried fruit industry worldwide.Other special thanks go to all individuals,companies <strong>and</strong> organizations thathave collaborated in a direct or indirectway to the achievement of the INCgoals.w w w . n u t f r u i t . o r g44Inter national <strong>Nut</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Dried</strong> Fr uit <strong>Council</strong> Foundation www.nutfr uit.orgCalle Boule 2, planta 3 · 43201 REUS, Spain · Tel.: +34 977 331 416 · Fax: +34 977 315 028 · E-mail: inc@nutfr uit.orgInter national <strong>Nut</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Dried</strong> Fr uit <strong>Council</strong> Foundationwww.nutfr uit.orgCalle Boule 2, planta 3 · 43201 REUS, Spain · Tel.: +34 977 331 416 · Fax: +34 977 315 028 · E-mail: inc@nutfr uit.org
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