Prof. Dr. Hassan Salah, Vice-President for Community Services and Environmental Affairs, received Dr. Mark Buecking, Head of Department Environmental & Food Analysis Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Germany, in the presence of Dr. Mona Al Tobgy, responsible of the Union in Egypt and North Africa, and Dr. Asmaa Abdel Nasser, Professor of Health Department at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in order to discuss the mechanism of joint work ( Assiut University and Fraunhofer Institute in the field of food quality) and develop a strategy for having safe food. Dr. Buecking expressed the willingness of the German Institute for joint action and cooperation with Assiut University in this area, adding that Upper Egypt represents a favorable environment for working in this field.