2010 Annual Meeting
October 25-26, 2010
Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus
Oak Brook, Illinois
Monday, October 25, 2010
Welcoming Remarks and NCFST Update
Robert Brackett, Vice President and Director, IFSH (formerly NCFST)
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Update
Roberta Wagner, Acting Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs, CFSAN/FDA
FDA’s Reportable Food Registry
Kathy Gombas, Deputy Director, Office of Food Defense, Communications and Emergency Response, CFSAN/FDA
Produce Safety
Effects of Sanitizers and Processing on Bacterial Pathogens
Will Daniels, Senior Vice President of Quality, Food Safety and Organic Integrity, Earthbound Farm
Update on the Meeting on Produce Regulation and Policy/Industry Perspectives
David Gombas, Senior Vice President, Food Safety and Technology, Affairs, United Fresh Produce Association
Research Needs and Regulatory Perspectives
James Gorny, Senior Advisor for Produce Safety, CFSAN/FDA
Safety of Chemical Constituents: Issues and Perspectives
Adulteration
Jon DeVries, Senior Technical Manager, Medallion Labs/General Mills
Chemical Constituents and Codex Alimentarius
Nega Beru, Director, Office of Food Safety, CFSAN/FDA
Roundtable Discussion on Future Directions for NCFST (PDF not available)
Panelists: Robert Brackett, Vice President and Director, NCFST; Jon DeVries, Medallion Labs/General Mills and Member, NCFST Executive Advisory Board; William Moeller, Director, National Food Lab and Member, NCFST Executive Advisory Board; Jenny Scott, Senior Advisor to the Director, FDA CFSAN and Member, NCFST Executive Advisory Board
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
What’s New at NCFST? Capabilities and Innovative Research Update
Microbiology
Alvin Lee, Director of Microbiology and Research Associate Professor, NCFST/IIT; and Mary Lou Tortorello, NCFST and Chief, Food Technology Branch, Division of Food Processing Science and Technology (DFPST), OFS/CFSAN/FDA
Processing and Packaging
John Larkin, NCFST and Chief, Process Engineering Branch, DFPST/OFS/CFSAN/FDA
Chemical Constituents and Allergens
Lauren Jackson, NCFST and Team Leader, Food, Chemistry and Nutrition, DFPST/OFS/CFSAN/FDA
Health Promoting Foods
Britt Burton-Freeman, Director of Nutrition, Health Promoting Foods and Research Assistant Professor, NCFST/IIT
Proficiency Testing
Ravinder Reddy, NCFST and Microbiologist, DFPST/OFS/CFSAN/FDA; and Lacey Guillen, Scientist, NCFST/IIT
Food Processing and Consumer Expectations to Meet Health Imperatives
David Schmidt, President and CEO, International Food Information Council
Student Internship Opportunities at NCFST Member Companies
Bruce Mueller, Chief Career Officer, Career Management Center, IIT
Panel on Innovation and Research in the Food Industry
Trends in Pediatric Nutrition Innovation
Eduard Poels, Vice President, Discovery, Mead Johnson Nutrition
Innovations in the Fresh Produce Industry (PDF not available)
Will Daniels, Senior Vice President of Quality, Food Safety and Organic Integrity, Earthbound Farm
Trends in Global Food Safety Innovation
Matilda Freund, Director, Global Microbiology and Food Safety, Kraft Foods
Bush Brothers’ Need for Technology Innovation (PDF not available)
Tim Haley, Director of Research, Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Bush Brothers & Co.