Mercedes Careche WEFTA Award winner 2019

Mercedes Careche, Research Professor at ICTAN, leader of the group Quality and Safety of Fish and Aquaculture Products, QUALIFISH, has won the Scientific Award from the West European Fish Technologists Association (WEFTA). An annual award is given to a WEFTA scientist who has contributed significantly and outstanding to the fields of seafood processing, seafood product development, seafood analytical methods, seafood safety, applied seafood science, seafood technology, seafood nutrition, aquaculture or consumer studies related to seafood. The WEFTA award winner 2019 was announced at the WEFTA conference dinner on Wednesday 16^th October 2019 by Heidi Nilsen, chairperson of the WEFTA award committee.