From the 7th until the 10^th of May the food sector will return to the pavilions at EXPONOR – Oporto International Fair -, with Grupo ALIMENTAÇÃO. This exhibition brings together, in a single arena, the best of what Portugal has to offer in the field, exclusively for professionals.

EXPONOR will host a wide range of exhibitions: ALIMENTAÇÃO (International Food Exhibition), GOURMET (International Exhibition of Gourmet Products), ALITEC (Food Industry Equipment Exhibition), HOTELMAQ (International Exhibition of Products and Services for the Hotel and Catering Industry), EMBALAGEM (International Pack and Packaging Exhibition), VINIPOR (Wine Exhibition) and ENOTÉCNICA (Oenology, Wine-Making, Bottling and Packaging Exhibition). Each of the projects focuses on a certain type of product, equipment or service, but all revolve around the Food sector. “They are parts of a whole which aims to attract prescribers, decision-makers and those in charge of retail units, among others,” Carla Maia adds.

One of the main events of the exhibition will be the seminar on “The HORECA Channel and the New Portuguese Context. An analysis of the new legislation; Future prospects”. Organised in partnership with EFRIARC - Portuguese Association of Industrial Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers and Turismo de Portugal – Coimbra Hotel and Tourism School, this initiative, which will take up the whole of the 8th of May, shall include, among others, a presentation by Gregório Laranjo, Chairman of the CTA-17 Regulatory Commission (Ventilation in Professional Kitchens Standard). According to the organizer’s press release, it will focus on the Smoking Ban Law, kitchen ventilation standards, thermal regulations and food safety.