DOST CHIEF TOURS JUSTICE HEAD TO FOOD INNOVATION CENTER IN CAGAYAN VALLEY | (Top photo) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario G. Montejo tours Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to the DOST Food Innovation Center (FIC) at the Cagayan State University-Carig Campus Tuguegarao City recently. The visit was one of the activities during the Cagayan Valley leg of “Science Nation: Agham na Ramdam” in which Sec. de Lima was appointed as one of the Science Ambassadors of the region. A hub of innovation and technical support services for the processed food industry, the FIC features a processing and packaging equipment, research and testing laboratory and technology information system. The facility also provides training, consultancy, packaging and labeling services. Other photos show some of the products developed with assistance from the FIC. “Science Nation: Agham na Ramdam” is a DOST nationwide roadshow highlighting the Department’s various programs. Included here are FICs that will help raise the quality of local products to make the products more competitive locally and globally. (Text by Espie Angelica A. de Leon / Photos by Gerardo Palad, S&T Media Service, DOST-STII)
