Tomato Day, Parma (Italy) 17 October 2007

The first results of the LYCOCARD project will be presented to the Industry during the Tomato Day conference organised by AMITOM and held within the Cibus Tec exhibition in Parma (Italy) on 17 October 2007.

One of the three major themes of the day of conferences will be “The opportunities to promote tomato products for their health benefits” with the following programme:

The Lycocard project: First results and opportunities for the industry
Volker Bohm
University of Jena, Germany

Maria Jesus Periago
University of Murcia, Spain

David Cameron
Caledonian Science Press, UK

Promoting the health benefits of tomato products
Gwen Young
President of the WPTC Tomato & Health Commission, USA

The other topics addressed during the conference are:
- The outlook for the European Tomato industry after the reform of the Common Market Organisation
- The valorisation of Wastes from Mediterranean Agrofoods Processing

For further information, contact Sophie Colvine at AMITOM or log on to the Fiere di Parma website.