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AACC to meet in Portland, Oregon

St. Paul, MN (May 27, 2003) – The world’s largest gathering of grain-based industry professionals will convene at the 88^th American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) Annual Meeting, September 28 - October 2, 2003, at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR.
 
Created for food and grain industry professionals in the areas of product development, QC/QA, and R&D, the program explores such topics as advances in food security, biotechnology in the grain industry, functional foods and ingredients, health and nutrition, structure and function of food components, quality enhancements, and much more. Factors that impact the product development process, such as understanding software simulation and process modeling and integrated product development process, will also be discussed.

Hot topic forums provide the latest information on acrylamides, crop biosecurity, fortification, obesity, and pharmaceutical crops.

"The AACC Annual Meeting is the primary education and networking event for professionals working in the grain-based foods industry around the world,” said Khalil Khan, AACC 2003 Technical Program Planning Committee Chair. “Nearly 300 cutting-edge technical papers highlight the latest innovations in research and application,” Khan said. 

The AACC Annual Meeting Exhibition features more than 225 companies that supply the ingredients, instruments, equipment, and services necessary for the work of the grain-based food industry.

Members of the media are invited to attend annual meeting events and complimentary registration is available. The American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) is an international organization of nearly 3,500 grain scientists and other professionals who study the chemistry of cereal grains and their products or work in related fields.

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