BACKGROUND

Name:                   Zahara Merican

Qualifications: 
 
bullet Bachelor of Science ( Honours), Universiti Malaya
bullet Masters of Science ( Food Science), University of California at Davis
bullet Course on Food Policy Management- Mananga Agricultural Management Centre, Swaziland
bullet Laboratory Quality System Auditing, passed with " Special Commendation"
bullet ISO 9000 Quality System

 
WORK EXPERIENCE
 
bullet Present Position: Principal Research Officer, Technical Services Centre, MARDI
bullet Food Technologist, Food Technology Research and Development Centre, Ministry of Agriculture   ( MOA) 1970- 1974
bullet Senior Research Officer, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute ( MARDI), MOA, 1974- 1992
bullet Principal Research Officer 1993- present

 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
bullet Food quality, food standards, food safety and regulations
bullet Food fermentation
bullet Food preservation and quality improvement
bullet Food microbiological analysis and laboratory accreditation

 

  
ACHIEVEMENT
 
bullet Malaysian Institute of Food Technology Meritorious Award 1989
bullet Fellowship of Malaysian Institute of Food Technology, 1991
bullet ASEAN Science and Technology Meritorious Service Awards, 1995
bullet Bintang Kesatria Mangku Negara ( KMN) 1996
bullet Khidmat Cemerlang MARDI, 1998