Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Ambassador

Marta Montero-Calderón, PhD(link sends e-mail)
Tenured Professor
Postharvest Laboratory and Biosystems Engineering School
University of Costa Rica
Costa Rica

M.Sc. Gisela Kopper(link sends e-mail)
President
Asesorías Agroalimentarias S.A.
Costa Rica

Ambassadors' Report

As GHI Ambassadors to Costa Rica, we have promoted and informed many colleagues about GHI’s mission and activities, including:

  • 2016 GHI meeting at FOOD 2016. 4th International ISEKI Food Conference (ISEKI: Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge into the Food Chain” Association), Vienna, Austria. Participant: Marta Montero-Calderón, GHI Ambassador To Costa Rica
  • 2016 Sensibilization of Biosystems Engineering students at the University of Costa Rica, about global harmonization of food safety regulations and GHI organization. Speaker: Marta Montero-Calderón, GHI Ambassador To Costa Rica
  • 2015 GHI meeting at IFT 2015. Institute of Food Technologist, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Participant: Marta Montero-Calderón, GHI Ambassador to Costa Rica
  • 2016-present: Member of the Costa Rican Food Lost and Waste Reduction Network (FDA: Red Costarricense contra las pérdidas y desperdicio de alimentos).
  • GHI Meeting MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY. October 6, 2015. Participant: Gisela Kopper, GHI Ambassador to Costa Rica
  • GHI Meeting FOZ DE IGUAZU. 16th World Food Congress, IUFOST, August 5-9, 2012. Gisela Kopper, GHI Ambassador to Costa Rica

Publications

Kopper, G., Mirecki, S., Kljujev, I., and Stojanovski, S. (2013). Addressing Food Safety at the Primary Production Level. In: Food Safety Management: A Practical Guide for the Food Industry. Mortarjemi, Y. and Lelieveld, H. (eds). Elsevier.

Kopper, G. and Ariosti, A. (2011). Food packaging legislation: sanitary aspects. In: Ensuring Global Food Safety: Exploring Global Harmonization. Boisrobert, C., Oh, S., Stjepanovic, A. and Lelieveld, H. (eds). Elsevier.