The members of AMIGO proposed celebrating "Odour Day" in some way. However, the first question was: when should we celebrate it? Several dates were discussed, as there are already "Odour Days", for example in the USA, but the history behind them was not known. In the end, December 2nd was proposed as Odour Day, as the first meeting that led to the publication of EN 13725 took place on that day in 1991.
To celebrate Odour Day, we interviewed several leading professionals in the field.
First, we spoke to Mr. Ton van Harreveld, convenor of CEN Working Group 2 that developed EN 13725, and Ms. Imelda Shanahan. Both were present at the 1991 meeting that laid the foundations for the first international standard on dynamic olfactometry.
Next, Ms. Jennifer Barclay and members of the working group of the new International Handbook on the Assessment of Odour Exposure talked about the process of creating this new handbook, together with some of the members of this group. This handbook has been made possible thanks to the support of olores.org and AMIGO.
Finally, Ms. Vania Zorich, president of AMIGO, spoke about the process of creating this non-profit organisation and about the objectives that have been set in the short, medium, and long term.
This year, the 2nd of December fell on a Saturday, and unfortunately, there was no time to publish the video on the day itself. I apologise to the interviewees for not having published this video earlier.
Nevertheless, following the saying "better late than never", here you have the recording of the first Odour Day celebration. We hope you like it.
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