Press conference on CityU’s research on a new rapid food testing system

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Event:   Press conference on CityU’s research on a new rapid food testing system
Date:     21 September 2018 (Friday)
Time:    11:00am
Venue:  Innovation Commons (FY-302), Run Run Shaw Library, CityU
              (Media representatives please gather at the Library entrance on 3/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building)

A new system for testing food safety developed by an interdisciplinary research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) can rapidly detect contaminants commonly found in food. The system takes just a few minutes to detect contaminants with concentrations of less than 0.2 parts per million (ppm).

The project was selected as a “Demonstrative Project of Innovative Development for Marine Economy under the National 13th Five-Year Plan” and received a grant worth RMB20 million from public and private organisations.

The leader of the project Dr Roy Vellaisamy, Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will introduce the research and there will be a demonstration afterwards.

Media enquiries: Eva Choy, Communications and Public Relations Office (Tel: 3442 9325 or 9787 7671)