COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
OUTSTANDING IDEASS PROJECTSStabilak, for the natural preservation of milk
International interest
With the spread of this scientific discovery throughout the country, CENSA has received very significant recognition, including:
•The National Prize from Cuba’s Academy of Sciences, Havana, 1997
•Outstanding Recognition, Cuba’s Seventh National Forum of Science and Technology, 1997
•The Prize to the Outcome with Greatest Economic Impact, from Cuba’s Ministry of Higher Education, 1999
Field studies have been carried out with institutions and businesses from more than 20 countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam. 
STABILAK has received extensive international recognition, including:
•A Gold Medal from the World Organization for Intellectual Property (OMPI), for the invention of “A practical method for conserving raw milk”, Havana and Geneva, 2002
•A Gold Medal at the 24th Salon International des Inventions, Geneva, Switzerland, 1996
•The Prix Ecologique from the Office for Commercial Promotion Favouring Developing Countries (OSEC) Geneva, Switzerland, 1996
•A National Prize from Cuba’s Academy of Sciences, Havana, 1997
•Outstanding Recognition from Cuba’s Seventh National Forum of Science and Technology, 1997
•The Prize to the Outcome with Greatest Economic Impact, from Cuba’s Ministry of Higher Education, 1999
The FAO has sponsored research and the promotion of the use of the Lactoperoxidase System with the creation in 1998 of the Global Lactoperoxidase Programme (GLP). In the framework of the programme, extensive trials on the product have been run in Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico and Honduras, with the support of other sponsors.
