1. 17 th IUFoST World Congress Food Safety Without Borders Graduate Paper Competition

2. Food Safety Without Borders Graduate Paper Competition In keeping with IUFoST’s Vision to Strengthen Global Food Science and Technology for Humanity, the paper must address in a marketable way a food safety issue arising from an indigenous food from the student’s home country or region with the objective of enhancing global food safety.

3. Determination of imperative parameters to enhance the food safety and quality of Indonesian indigenous sugar (Arenga pinnata Merr) Inneke Victor- Canada WINNER, Food Safety Without Borders Graduate Paper

4. Irrigation water as a source of antibiotic resistance and pathogenic E. coli on irrigated lettuce Matthew Aijuka- South Africa 1 st Runner Up – Food Safety Without Borders Graduate Paper

5. Development of real-time PCR combined with immunomagnetic separation (IMS) for the detection of low concentrations and sanitizer-injured Salmonella spp. on mung bean sprouts Qianwang Zheng- Singapore 2 nd Runner Up, Food Safety Without Borders Graduate Paper

6. Identification of Hazards and Critical Control Points for Mosa (an indigenous maize based street vended snack) Processing in South- West Nigeria Olotu Ifeoluwa - Nigeria 3 rd Runner Up, Food Safety without Borders Graduate Paper