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Foreword by the Dean

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim…

Assalamualaikum W.B.T. and greetings,

First of all, I would like to convey my heartfelt
appreciation to the FOOD 2019 Editorial Board for
their efforts in producing the annual report for the
Faculty. The publication of this annual report is an
effort to record the Faculty’s achievements
throughout the year in a single documentation.
Although certain contents are already displayed in
the Faculty’s official website, the display is
temporary ("transient") and often removed or
updated in due course. Putting those contents and
memories in book form will ensure their long-
lastingness, thus becoming a future source for
reminiscence. Annual publications/reports such as
this are still being published by several
entities/activities in UPM such as for the graduation
ceremony, research prospectus of the
faculties/University, and activity highlights of the
year. Not only this annual report contains the
research profile of the Faculty's lecturers, but it also
serves as the parting gift for our final year students
before they graduate and leave the Faculty. I
sincerely hope that they will cherish this as part of their fond memories of the Faculty as much as
we cherish them and their four-year stay here. I also hope that this annual report could enhance
the Faculty’s standing and visibility, locally and internationally, by the dissemination of the
achievements, awards and accolades of the Faculty members.

The highlights of this year’s report are of course the second International Food Research
Conference organised by the Faculty in August 2019 which was attended by over 200 local and
international participants, and the Malaysia’s Research Star Award (Crème Journal Award)
received by the International Food Research Journal from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher
Education for excellence in scientific journal management of the Faculty. All these and many more
are carefully presented herein for your pleasant perusal.

Finally, I must again applaud the initiative taken by the Students’ Union of the Faculty (FOSTECH)
and its Advisor to re-publish this annual report after several years of unfortunate absence.

With that, I wish you all a happy reading!

PROF. DR. NAZAMID SAARI