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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES • TELEFAX 9291288 • TRUNKLINE 9818500 Locals 2531, 2532, 2507 • e-mail: [email protected]Name of
Extension/Public Service
(The name of the service being offered)
Basic Sensory Evaluation Seminar-Workshop
Objective
(Description of the service being
provided; History of service provision)
Sensory attributes of food are very essential parameters to measure and ensure the quality of food, especially among food industries. At the end of the activity, participants are expected to conduct discriminatory, acceptability, and preference tests, as well as be able to analyze data and make conclusions based on the result of the sensory evaluation test.
The seminar-workshop was initially packaged for a particular food industry in 2011. Faculty experts from the Department of Food Science and Chemistry served as the resource persons utilizing the Department’s laboratory facilities.
Duration/Date Two days Target
Beneficiaries
Food service providers, food manufacturers and/or industries, the academe and other individuals who want to engage in the food business Cost of
Participation
Minimum of PhP 2,500, depending on the arrangements with clients Office in Charge Office of Extension and Community Service
Department of Food Science and Chemistry College of Science and Mathematics
University of the Philippines Mindanao Office Profile
Degree granting or non-degree
granting
Purpose of creation Location in the hierarchy
(Background of the office providing the service
i.e. Number of personnel
and Key personnel providing the service)
The Office of Extension and Community Service (OECS) is a unit under the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. As a unit mandated to conduct training, continuing education and community outreach programs, the OECS can serve as a broker, coordinator and organizer of a particular training program in partnership with academic or non-academic units from within or outside the University.
The Department of Food Science and Chemistry (DFSC) is one of the three departments of the College of Science and Mathematics. This is the home unit of the BS Food Technology program of UP Mindanao. DFSC provides the resource persons coming from its roster of faculty experts.
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES • TELEFAX 9291288 • TRUNKLINE 9818500 Locals 2531, 2532, 2507 • e-mail: [email protected]Awards/recognition received by the office
(The awards given by or received by the office offering the service, if any)
None
Official website and Social media accounts
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none
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Contact details (The contact details of the head of the unit offering the service: fax, telephone, email, snail mail, map)
Prof. Virginia P. Obsioma, PhD Chair
Department of Food Science and Chemistry College of Science and Mathematics
University of the Philippines Mindanao Mintal, Tugbok Disrict
Davao City
Tel. no.: (082) 293 0312
E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Michael A. Gatela
Director
Office of Extension and Community Service University of the Philippines Mindanao Mintal, Tugbok District
Davao City
Tel. no.: (082) 293 0494 E-mail: [email protected] Other Remarks
