Food Safety News http://www.foodsafetynews.com/ Global Food Safety News & Information : Presented By Marler Clark LLP, PS en Copyright 2012 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:28:16 -0800 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:28:16 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss International Conference on Biotechnology and Food Science
The conference will take place from April 7-8, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The call for papers is available here. 

For registration information, click here. 
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Active enforcement by the FTC and FDA coupled with looming pendency over the highly-contested proposals on food marketing to children and continuing uncertainty over front-of-package labeling are only a few of the issues currently confronting the food and beverage industry on the marketing and advertising front. In light of these issues, it is crucial that counsel remain up to speed regarding current enforcement trends and industry practices specifically within the food and beverage industry. Take advantage of this opportunity to benchmark and strategize with your peers as you pose your most pressing questions directly to the government and key industry leaders.

Register at:  AmericanConference.com/foodmarketing

The Food Safety News discount code you will need for the event is: FSN 200 for $200 off the current conference price tier.

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Over the three days of plenary and breakout sessions, you will be exposed to new ideas and perspectives on managing food safety from great speakers and experienced food safety professionals, designed to challenge your thinking in this ever changing world. It is also a unique opportunity to network with your peers in a professional environment. 

The event will be held February 15th - 17th at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida. Registration is available here. 

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Whether it be for extortion, terrorism or as the result of human error, product contamination represents an increasingly serious threat to business. Tackling Product Contamination is a one-day briefing looking at how manufacturers and retailers of groceries, drinks, and pharmaceuticals, as well as utilities suppliers should protect their companies from this risk.

Delegates at Tackling Product Contamination will hear from experts on the following key issues:

- How are the police working with business to deal with product contamination risks?
- What specialist insurance is available to affected organisations?
- What are the legal requirements for companies to ensure their products are not contaminated?
- What is the official advice of government in dealing with product contamination?
- Exploring the different motivations for product contamination by their perpetrators
- Reputation Management
- Product Contamination and Close Protection

Aimed at aimed at Heads of Security and Risk, Heads of Business Continuity and Chief Information officers in supermarket chains, grocery and drinks manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, police, insurers, lawyers, associations and food safety experts, Tackling Product Contamination is a "must attend" event for anyone involved in product safety. ]]> http://www.foodsafetynews.com/events.xml?FB_go=1&FB_url=http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/01/tackling-product-contamination/ http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/01/tackling-product-contamination/ Events Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:17:52 -0800 info@foodsafetynews.com (Food Safety News) BRC "How to Interpret" - Issue 6 sharing practical tips and examples, with full Q&A.

Note changes to the standard, especially as to how audits will be conducted. This training program covers this and more - learn how to pass the next BRC audit with confidence. 

Presented by SCS Training (Scientific Certification Systems)

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evaluation, and control of food safety hazards based on the standards
of the United Nations/WHO and the USDA/FDA. This program is accredited
by the International HACCP Alliance and successful completion meets
the requirements of being "HACCP Trained" Optional 3rd day with
proctored certification exam recognized by NEHA available.

Essential for: 
Chefs & Food Service Managers in Retail/Educational Operations
Regulatory Environmental & Public Health Officers
Managers/QC/QA in Food Manufactuing/Processing Plants
Wholesale Food Operations
FDA Special Processes / SQF / BRC / FSSC 

Presented by: Philbrook F & B Consulting and Training

Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park campus, New York
May 21-22, 2012 

To register or for more information:

http://www2.ciachef.edu/htmlemail/OutsideVendors2011/HACCP_1208111.html

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Presented by SCS Training (Scientific Certification Systems)

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Presented by SCS Training (Scientific Certification Systems)

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]]> http://www.foodsafetynews.com/events.xml?FB_go=1&FB_url=http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/01/basic-haccp-iha-accredited-2-day-training-3/ http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/01/basic-haccp-iha-accredited-2-day-training-3/ Events Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:54:52 -0800 info@foodsafetynews.com (Food Safety News) FMI/GMA Supply Chain Conference
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) are pleased to announce the third annual Supply Chain Conference, jointly hosted by the FMI-GMA Trading Partner Alliance (TPA)*. Working together, FMI and GMA have created a uniquely effective forum for retailers and manufacturers to come together to establish collaborations that foster supply chain efficiency, reduce costs and drive value.

At the conference, attendees will be given the opportunity to partici­pate in interactive discussions and best-in-class sessions to help create joint ventures such as alternative fuel sourcing, reduce costs, as well as:

- Improve scheduling through sharing of data
- Learn about new technologies
- Mitigate workflow interruptions
- Discover the latest developments in product traceability
- Explore better contingency plans
- Use shopper trends data to drive inventory levels
- Optimize direct store deliveries (DSD)

Conference Benefits

- Build stronger relationships throughout the supply chain to foster more efficient and collaborative execution
- Learn model practices that are saving companies time and money
- Get ahead of the curve on emerging issues
- Discuss new ideas and challenges with your peers in informal discussion groups

Contacts

Program content: please contact Jeanne Iglesias at 202.295.3949 / jiglesias@gmaonline.org or Rhett Asher at 202.220.0774 / rasher@fmi.org.

Sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities: please contact Jonathan Downey at 202.295.3945 / jdowney@gmaonline.org.

Registration: please contact Evie Kasper at 202.639.5918 / ekasper@gmaonline.org.

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In just two days, we'll give you all the information you need at our winter Better Process Control School (BPCS). Take advantage of our conveniently scheduled short course to examine your company's current procedures and improve your food safety practices for the new year! This workshop satisfies the requirements specified in both FDA and USDA regulations for aseptic processors of low-acid and acidified foods.

Our experienced team of instructors from Rutgers University and experts from the food industry will share their successful strategies for processing and packaging safe foods. After completing this course and passing the practical follow-up exams, you will be granted a certificate of training from Rutgers University and become registered with the Food and Drug Administration.

Don't leave food safety to chance--prepare now to ensure that you are providing your customers with the best and safest product possible.

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Presented by SCS Training (Scientific Certification Systems)

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This conference will be one of the most thorough explorations into the poultry pre-harvest arena that has ever been conducted, so attendees will find it relevant regardless of other similar events they may have attended previously.

The program, which covers all aspects of pre-harvest food safety efforts, will consist of two half-day sessions.

All registered Expo attendees are eligible to attend the conference for an additional $150.

As FSIS continues to focus on reduction of Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry processing, regulators and industry alike are looking for methods to control these pathogens in the pre-harvest environment.

The January conference brings regulators and researchers together with experts from the poultry industry, and the allied industries that serve them, to discuss the known and unknown issues associated with the control of food borne pathogens in pre-harvest operations.

Program highlights for the January conference include:

-    Updates from both FSIS and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
-    Discussion of Salmonella control in primary breeding operations as well as recommended best practices for broilers and young turkeys
-    Use of commercial vaccines and autogenous vaccines
-    Environmental impacts of on-farm interventions for Salmonella
-    Poultry industry concerns and initiatives
-    Current trends in antibiotic use
-    Industry assessment of Salmonella and Campylobacter on the farm
-    Results of pre-harvest industry survey

This event complements the highly successful 2011 Salmonella and Campylobacter Reduction Conference which drew more than 400 registrants.  

For further information and to register, go to: http://www.internationalpoultryexposition.com/edu_prgms/index.cfm?type=6

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• Plant managers and supervisors
• Quality assurance team
• Food safety personnel
• Food plant maintenance personnel
• New food plant employees
• Retail or foodservice personnel managing suppliers

This class is essential for those working to develop HACCP programs to comply with food safety management systems like SQF, BRC and FSSC or to simply develop a HACCP program that will allow your facility to comply with this requirement within the Food Safety Modernization Act. Ecolab, Inc.

More information at https://www.regonline.com/CalendarNET/EventCalendar.aspx?EventID=920486&view=Mon ]]> http://www.foodsafetynews.com/events.xml?FB_go=1&FB_url=http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/advanced-haccp-training-course-7/ http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/advanced-haccp-training-course-7/ Events Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:56:41 -0800 info@foodsafetynews.com (Food Safety News) Implementing SQF 2000 Systems Training Course
Taught by experienced SQF trainers, this two-day Ecolab course leads participants through the material, using practical exercises that reinforce learning Essential for:
 
• Plant managers and supervisors
• Quality assurance team
• Food safety personnel
• Food plant maintenance personnel
 • New food plant employees
• Retail or food service personnel managing suppliers Ecolab, Inc.

More information at https://www.regonline.com/CalendarNET/EventCalendar.aspx?EventID=920486&view=Mon ]]> http://www.foodsafetynews.com/events.xml?FB_go=1&FB_url=http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/implementing-sqf-2000-systems-training-course-7/ http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/implementing-sqf-2000-systems-training-course-7/ Events Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:52:11 -0800 info@foodsafetynews.com (Food Safety News) Food Week 2012: Advertising, Labeling, Food Safety and Global issues
Register:  http://fdli.org/conf/foodweek2012/index.html

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Verification: Learn the tools and methods to get objective numbers to manage your process- testing and lab options, interpreting results and charting trends to avoid a crisis or to improve performance and GMP compliance.   Quality: Manage your Quality Program with tools and specs. Create performance indicators, verify through testing (USDA grading & other quality factors such as sensory/flavor).

Presented by SCS Training (Scientific Certification Systems)

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Presented by SCS Training (Scientific Certification Systems)

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Providing conference attendees with advanced strategies for tackling the underlying science behind food-borne illness claims as well as tactics for defending against complex food contamination litigation, ACI's Food-Borne Illness Litigation event will provide you with highly-specialized and practical information from a faculty of leading food-borne illness litigators, in-house counsel, food safety experts and regulators as they discuss with you tactics and strategies for:

• Responding to heightened litigation exposure created by new pathogens and emerging risks in the food supply chain

• Minimizing reputational damage and preserve the corporate brand when faced with a high-profile food crisis situation - attacking new issues raised by social media

• Interacting with various state, local and federal agencies when a food-borne illness outbreak is suspected

• Effectively and quickly implementing a food recall and crisis management plan - update on current traceback, tracking and detectionability procedures ]]> http://www.foodsafetynews.com/events.xml?FB_go=1&FB_url=http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/5th-national-forum-on-food-borne-illness-litigation/ http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/5th-national-forum-on-food-borne-illness-litigation/ Events Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:31:32 -0800 info@foodsafetynews.com (Food Safety News) Basic HACCP: IHA Accredited 2-day training
Presented by SCS Training (Scientific Certification Systems)

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