FAPC to host national food safety conference

Monday, August 13, 2007

STILLWATER, Okla. – Food industry professionals are invited to register for
the Food Industry Trends Conference to be held Sept. 13-14 in Oklahoma City.
The Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center will host this new
national food safety conference.
 
More than 100 food industry representatives are expected at the event, which
will openly discuss new food safety issues and solutions, as well as food
traceability technologies and regulatory issues driving those technologies.
 
“FAPC research and development focuses on food safety and effective pathogen
interventions from raw and cooked food products to minimize food safety
risks,” said Chuck Willoughby, FAPC business and marketing relations manager
and conference chair. “We are pleased to offer a national conference that
will encourage discussion and collaboration about food intervention
strategies.”
 
The two-day conference will feature three keynote sessions in which
participants will hear from 13 national food industry leaders. Session
topics include Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), changes
in regulatory issues, the media’s impact on food safety, epidemiological
traceability, probiotics, raw and ready-to-eat meat and seafood processing,
and leafy greens processing.
 
David Acheson, Food and Drug Administration assistant commissioner for food
protection, will discuss food safety regulatory issues. Yifen Wang, food
safety expert for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, will discuss food
traceability and identification technologies. A complete agenda and list of
speakers is posted on the conference Web site.
 
“Because this conference focuses on trends in the industry and not just
intervention strategies, we believe it will be of interest to not only
quality assurance professionals, but operations managers and CEO’s as well,”
Willoughby said.  
 
The conference is expected to sell out soon, and interested parties are
encouraged to register now. Participants may register by phone at
405-744-6489 or online at www.fapc.biz/pages/fitconference.
 
Registration for the conference is $350 before Aug. 21 and $500 after that
date. Registration includes all conference activities, program materials and
lunch on Sept. 13.
 
Other sponsors include the Oklahoma Department of Public Health, the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the Oklahoma
Department of Commerce.
 
For more information about the conference, visit
www.fapc/biz/pages/fitconference. For more information about the FAPC, call
405-744-6071 or visit www.fapc.biz.