Journal of Probiotics & Health
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-8901
ISSN: 2329-8901
S K Dash
Keynote: J Prob Health
Currently, probiotics have been gaining significant acceptance by all sectors and in all countries around the world. Less than 10% of consumers knew probiotics 8 years ago and now more than 85% of consumers know and most use probiotics. The probiotic market was estimated $10 million in 1979 and today it is more than $28 billion and expected to reach $37 billion by 2018. This has given us lots of challenges and opportunity. Probiotics are now used as foods and food supplements, and as drugs. For foods and food supplements, safety and quality issues are to be addressed by food safety and quality control scientists and researchers, and for drugs, all claims must be validated by clinical studies and approved by regulatory officials prior to marketing.
S K Dash is an adjunct professor of Health and Nutritional Sciences at South Dakota State University and Director of Research and President of UAS Laboratories, Inc. He has published more than 30 research papers in scientific journals and spoken at national and international conferences. Dr. Dash has served/ is serving on the National Probiotic Committee and International Probiotic Association. Dr. Dash is the former Food and Drug Director of South Dakota State. He has been honored as the distinguished man of the year and received the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Award for his probiotic research and innovations.