MIFT 10th National Food Science and Technology Competition

Penang, 18 March 2017 - Students from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) School of Industrial Technology undergoing the course in Food Technology have succeeded in getting a 'major slice of the pie' at the Malaysian Institute of Food Technology (MIFT) 10th National Food Science and Technology Competition 2017 which was held at Taylor's University from 17 - 18 March 2017.

Among the winning entries for undergraduate categories are Impromptu Oratory (2nd), a newly introduced award - Individual Food Bowl Quiz Top Scorer (2nd) and two Food Bowl Quiz Teams which secured the 1st and 3rd place for the Food Bowl Quiz category. The winning Food Bowl Team will represent Malaysia at the 15th ASEAN Food Conference at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam on 14-17 November 2017.

Meanwhile, for Post graduate categories, the winning entries are Oral Presentation (2nd), Poster Presentation - Food Science Category (3rd), Poster Presentation - Food Technology Category (2nd).

The school also acknowledged the best effort by the innovative, creative and dedicated Food Product Development Team at this competition.

According to Professor Azhar Mat Easa, Dean of the School of Industrial Technology, the participation of students is aimed at providing them to be competitive at an international level.

The competition was participated by 12 universities which included Taylor’s, Monash, UCSI, UPM, UKM, KTAR, UTAR, UMT, UMS, UiTM, UniSZA and USM with over 100 participants competing for prizes in different categories.

List of winners from USM as follows:

2nd place for Postgraduate Oral Presentation (Kuan Yau Hoong)


3rd place for Postgraduate Poster Presentation - Food Science (Nurul Nadiah Ismail)


2nd place for Postgraduate Poster Presentation - Food Technology (Tan Chek Chuan)


2nd place for Impromptu Oratory (Kuan May Yin)


2nd place for top scorer in individual Food Bowl Quiz (Tee Pei Ying)


1st place for Food Bowl Quiz (Beh Yeow Hong, Lim Yi Ting, Wong Pei Ying, Nur Fatin Ishak)


3rd place for Food Bowl Quiz (Choo Sai Mun, Foo Chi En, Tee Pei Ying, Sharyn Wong) 

YouTube links to see our students in action at MIFT 10th National Food Science and Technology Competition:
Impromptu Oratory - Kuan May Yin  [YouTube link: https://youtu.be/G_UbphrQnhM]
Impromptu Oratory - Chang Pooi Yoong  [YouTube link: https://youtu.be/BfN-U99opIE]
Postgraduate Oral Presentation - Kuan Yau Hoong [YouTube link: https://youtu.be/S1mrsQD875o]
Innovative Product Development [YouTube link: https://youtu.be/K_zyP-rJnvo]