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production and employing 60,000 people. Food processing and beverage firms across Canada will be able to lease space and equipment in the new building on a short-term basis to carry out research projects. This will be especially useful to small and medium-sized enterprises which have limited funds for research and purchase of research equipment. Most of the 1,300 Quebec firms in the food and beverage manufacturing field fall into this category. As a development tool for the food in- dustry, research activity will focus on new and improved processes of new products. Agricultural products in- volved are milk, meats, cereal grains, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables. Flavours and aromas as food com- ponents will be other areas of study. There will also be scientific expertise and equipment to deal with such bio- technology subjets as modification of bacterial cells and use of enzymes. The centre will have the latest in equipment and technology including 30 controlled-atmosphere rooms. Four pilot plants, including one for dairy pro- ducts, will simulate manufacturing conditions. An industrial engineering laboratory will have the capacity to design and manufacture equipment prototypes useful to the food industry. New Publications "Food Safety - it's all in your hands" - revised publication Food borne illness affects half a million Canadians each year. Most could have been prevented with proper handling of food. The revised booklet from Health and Welfare Canada gives eight examples of how food poisoning can happen and how it can be prevented. A pull-out poster called "Recipe for safe food handling" is in the center of the publication. It is ideal to mount on a refrigerator, cupboard or bulletin board. For a free copy of the publication write to Educational Ser- vices, Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, K1A 187. New publications - Food Advisory Division Pickles and relishes #1742/E focuses on the different types of home prepared pickles and relishes as well as the ingre- dients necessary for successful pro- ducts. Pickle problems are discussed and a buying guide for quantities of food needed is included. xxxii / Affaires de I'Institut Jams, jellies and other preserves #1753/E gives instructions on how to make jam, jelly, marmalade, conserves, preserves, fruit butter, freezer jam and sugarless jam, without the addition of pectin. To obtain a free copy of these publications write to Communications Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OC7. IN-TOUCH - infant nutrition newsletter IN-TOUCH is a quarterly publication of the Infant Nutrition Institute, established by the H. J. Heinz Com- pany of Canada Ltd. Its purpose is to promote infant nutrition education among health professionals and the general public. To be placed on the mailing list to receive the newsletter, write to Or. D. L. Yeung, Infant Nutri- tionist, H. J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd., 250 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario M4W 1G1. Home drying of fruits and vegetables publication A new, 37-page booklet on home dry- ing has just been published by the Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Summerland, British Columbia. This priced publication gives detailed, step by step directions for drying fruits and vegetables, and making fruit leathers. Instructions are included for building a home dryer and also for solar drying methods. It is available in Canada through bookstores or by mail from the Canadian Government Publishing Center, Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, K1A 059. Price $2.95. Catalogue number A73-173911982E, ISBN 0-660-11152-7. New Books Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition Edmund Renner W. Gmb. H, VoIkswirtschaft-licher Verlag, 1983 450 pp. OM 160 Methods in Food and Dairy Microbiology Leo R. Diliello AVI Publishing Company, Inc. 142 pp. $36.50 Advances in Drying: Volume 2 Arun S. Mujumdar Hemisphere Publishing Corp. 301 pp. $55 Food Oils and their Uses: Second Edition Theodore J. Wiess, Ph.D. AVI Publishing Company, Inc. 302 pp. $35.00 U.S., $38.50 elsewhere Sustainable Food Systems Dietrich Knorr, Editor AVI Publishing Company, Inc. $27.50 U.S., $30.50 elsewhere Handling, Transportation and Storage of Fruits and Vegetables Volume 2: Fruits and Tree Nuts A. Lloyd Ryall, MS. and W.T. Pentzer, M.S. AVI Publishing Company, Inc. $55 U.S., $60.50 elsewhere R&D at the CFTRI: Three Decades M.R. Raghavendra Rao, K.R. Bhat- tacharya and J.V. Shanhar Central Food Technological Research Institute 64 pp. $50.00 Extrusion of Foods Vol 1 Judson M. Harper CRC Press 196 pp. $71.50 U.S. $82.00 elsewhere Extrusion of Foods Vol. 2 Judson M. Harper CRC Press 196 pp. $66.00 U.S. $76.00 elsewhere Liposomes Marc J. Ostro, Editor Marcel Dekker, 1983 416 pp. $58.75 U.S. 416 pp. Conferences and Symposia October 2-5, 1983: Eastern Food Science and Technology Conference. "Planning Today for Tomorrow's Foods" Host Farm Resort, Lancaster, Pa. For further information contact: George LoPresti, Conference Chairman, Camp- bell Soup Co., Campbell Place, Box 57 B, Camden, NJ 08101. October 3-5, 1983: Annual Meeting of the National Single Service Food Association. Scottsdale, Ariz. For further informa- tion contact: R.E. Cristo!, Exec. Direc- tor, National Single Service Food Assn., 5775 Peachtree-Dunwood Rd., Suite 500-0, Atlanta GA 30342. 1. Ins!. Can. Sci. Technol. Aliment. Vol. 16. No. 4, 1983
