OMICS Group Conferences successfully hosted its premier 3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Food Processing & Technology during July 21-23, 2014 at Hampton Inn Tropicana, Las Vegas, USA.

This World congress was accomplished by the support of American Celiac Society, USA and Louisiana State University, USA. Food Technology -2014 marked with the attendance of Editorial Board Members of supported OMICS Group Journals, Scientists, young and brilliant researchers, business delegates and talented student communities representing more than 25 countries, who made this conference fruitful and productive.

This 3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Food Processing & Technology was based on the theme “Accelerating new research and innovations in Food Processing and Technology” which has covered the below scientific sessions:

·         Frontiers in Food Science

·         Breaking Innovations in Food and Beverage

·         Food Safety, Food Preservation, Quality Standard and Food Systems Management

·         Food Physical Chemistry

·         Food Processing and Packaging Technologies

·         Current and Future Applications of Probiotic Science

·         Nutrition and Nutritional Management

·         Food and Public Health

·         Industrial Application of Food Technology

·         Nutritional Deficiencies and Nutraceuticals

·         Food Regulatory Affairs and Sensory Analysis

·         Instrumentation in Food Technology

·         Current Trends in Food Technology

·         Food Security and Food Policy

·         Agricultural Biotechnology

·         Fermentation Technology, Bioprocess and Cell Culture

The conference was greeted by the welcome message of honorable Congress Chair Dr. Daniel Y C Fung, Kansas State University, USA and moderated by Annette C Bentley, American Celiac Society, USA.  The support was extended by the honorable guest Ozlem Tokusoglu, Celal Bayar University, Turkey; Gabriela Riscuta,  National Cancer Institute, USA; Mirjana Menkovska, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia and Claus Muss, International Research Group for Preventive Medicine, Austria and below keynote lectures:

• Improved food preservation and shelf life stability by ultrasound processing technologies: Case studies, Ozlem Tokusoglu, Celal Bayar University, Turkey
• Fermented dairy products in cancer risk and prevention, Gabriela Riscuta, National Cancer Institute, USA
• Sugar and fat how bad is that?, Alison Burton Shepherd, King’s College London, UK
• High intense-sweeteners: An overview of non-nutritive (artificial) sweeteners used to reduce calories, Osama Ibrahim, BioInnovation, USA
• Clinical assessment of nutraceuticals in Europe by EFSA, Claus Muss, International Research Group of Applied Preventive Medicine, Austria

OMICS Group International acknowledges the support of below Chairs and Co-chairs for whom we were able to run smoothly the scientific sessions which includes: Osama Ibrahim, BioInnovation, USA; Modesto Olanya, FSIT-ERRC-ARS-USDA, USA;  Mirjana Menkovska, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia; Alison Burton Shepherd, King’s College London, UK; John Tsaknis, Technological Educational Institution of Athens, Greece; Claus Muss, International Research Group of Applied Preventive Medicine, Austria; Tong Zhao, University of Georgia, USA and Angela Zinnai, University of Pisa, Italy.

The Food Technology-2014 also being highlighted for the below International Workshops:

• Rapid methods and automation in microbiology: Past, present and future by Daniel Y C Fung, Kansas State University, USA.
• Functional and innovative food quality & processing by Ozlem Tokusoglu, Celal Bayar University, Turkey.
• Antimicrobial activity of lactic acid bacteria on pathogens in foods by Dilek Heperkan, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.

The Food Technology-2014 also being highlighted for the below international Symposiums:

• Bio-control & antimicrobials for sustainable control of food-borne pathogens - Are we there yet? by Dike O Ukuku, FSIT-ERRC-ARS-USDA, USA and Modesto Olanya, FSIT-ERRC-ARS-USDA, USA.
• Combining technologies for food decontamination and extending the shelf life of fruit and vegetables by Ian Watson, University of Glasgow, UK.
• Wheat technological quality in relation with the composition of gluten proteins-gliadins and HMW glutenins by Mirjana Menkovska, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia.
• Microalgae as a sustainable food source by Ian Watson, University of Glasgow, UK.

This 3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Food Processing & Technology uplifted with more than 50 poster presentations by researchers, students, professors, industry delegates around 20 countries across the globe.

OMICS Group International has taken the privilege of felicitating Food Technology-2014 Organizing Committee Members, Editorial Board Members of the supported Journals and Keynote Speakers who supported for the success of this event and special privilege to Louisiana State University, USA for providing Continuing Education credits to all the participants.

Food Technology-2014 is known for uplifting the future of Food Processing by encouraging students and fellow researchers to present their work through Poster Presentations and Young Research Forum. Students participated with great zeal and the best posters were awarded for their efforts and outstanding contribution to the food science research. The best poster awardees were: Olga Gortzi, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Thessaly, Greece; Tae-Young Kang, Sejong University, Korea; Santiago Gallegos-Tintore, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico; Hiroko Seki, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan; Hyun-Joo Jo, Chung-Ang University, Korea and Mun Yhung Jung, Woosuk University, Republic of Korea. The best Young Research Forum (YRF) awardees were: Emma Loughrill, University of Greenwich, UK; Manuel Krewinkel, University of Hohenheim, Germany; Moras Benjamin, Université de Toulouse, France and Debolina Ghosh, Hathaway Brown School, USA.

We are also thankful to the following exhibitors for their participation and interactive sessions:

• ACO Polymers, USA
• QualySense AG, Switzerland

Last but not the least OMICS Group International Conferences wishes to acknowledge with its deep sincere gratitude to all the supporters from  the Editorial Board Members of our Open Access Journals, Keynote speakers, Honorable guests, Valuable speakers, Poster presenters, students, delegates and special thanks to the Media partners and Collaborators for their promotion to make this event a huge success.

With the enormous feedback from the participants and supporters of 3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Food Processing & Technology, OMICS Group Conferences is glad to announce its 4^th International Conference and Exhibition on Food Processing & Technology (Food Technology-2015) from August 10-12, 2015 at London, UK.