Establishment of the facility was aided by a generous gift of food processing equipment and laboratory hardware from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The equipment became available when all federal research programs related to the fish processing industry were eliminated in late 1978.

Inasmuch as the Laboratory has a substantial quantity of specialized pilot plant and laboratory equipment, as well as professional expertise, it can provide a unique R & D service to the fish processing and food industries, and to governments at any level, either through short-term arrangements or by extended contracts. In addition, the Laboratory's special facilities and on-going contracts with industry will offer excellent opportunities for graduate training and research. Shown in the photograph below (left to right) are: Dr. Robert Ackman, Dr. Tom Gill, President J. Clair Callaghan and Dr. E. Graham Bligh. Drs. Ackman and Gill are also former employees of the Halifax Fisheries Laboratory and are well-known for their respective expertise in fish oils and fish muscle proteins.

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH ALUM NI BREAKFAST

All CIFST members who are graduates of the Univer­sity of Guelph are invited to the First Annual University of Guelph Alumni Breakfast to be held on Monday, June 2, 1980, at 7 a.m. at the Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel. For further details please contact Dr. W.R. Usborne, Depart­ment of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2Wl.

CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA 8th International Congress of Essential Oils

This congress will be held at Cannes, France, from October 12 to 17, 1980. Those who wish to participate are requested to contact the Congress Secretariat, 8th Interna­tional Congress of Essential Oils, 7, rue Gazan-06130, Grasse, France.

World Frozen Food Congress Included in this conference are three days of papers

and seminars, given from June 23 to 26, 1980, in Monte Carlo, Monaco. For further details, contact WFFC'80 Organis,er, Hanover Communications Ltd., 2 Harewood Place, London WIR 9HB, England.

Canadian Dietetic Association Conference The theme for this meeting will be 'Decade With a

Difference.' It will be held June 16-19, 1980, in London, Ontario. For more information contact Eleanor Brown, Publicity Chairman, Canadian Dietetic Association, c/o Brescia College Department of Home Economics, 1285 Western Road, London, Ontario.

Can. Inst. Food Sci. Technol, J. Vo/. 13, No. 1, January 1980