IOWA REGIONAL SECTION September 2004 Newsletter INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS THE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIST In this Issue: ** 2004-2005 Meeting Dates and Locations ** Meeting Notification and Newsletter via Email and the Web ** Iowa Section IFT Web Page ** September Meeting Information ** Congratulations—Scholarship Winners and Outstanding Iowa Section Member ** Congratulations—Science Fair Winners ** 2004 Midwest Food Processors Conference (MFPC) November 2003-- Chicago ** ISU Food Science Club News ** Tidbits ** Meeting Minutes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Meeting Dates and Locations for 2003-2004 ~~~Mark Your Calendars~~~ September 16, 2004—see details inside- Kemin Americas- Des Moines, IA November 8, 2004—Midwest Food Processors Conference- Chicago, IL Web site for more information-- www.mfpc.info November 18, 2004—Microsoy Corporation-Cottage on Broad-Story City, IA February 17, 2005-- TBD April 21, 2005 -- TBD July 16-20, 2005--IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo—New Orleans, Louisiana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes from Section Secretary I must first apologize for the tardiness of the newsletter. September just came upon me way to fast. But there is so much good information included that you will have to check it all out. As you can see from the lists above there is lots of news and lots of exciting meetings scheduled for the year. Mark your calendars now so you won’t miss out—program chair Kristen Robbins has done an exceptional job planning the meetings for the upcoming year. Again, we are using email to notify you of meetings and get you the newsletter. If you do not have email we will still send you a copy of the newsletter via regular US mail. We are going to be sending out post cards for only the fall meetings. Next spring will we be only using email and regular US mail with the newsletter for our members that do not have emails. Check our web site out too. Hope to see you at the upcoming meeting and if you have something you want to include in the newsletter—just email to me at [email protected]. Janis M. Hochstetler, Iowa IFT Section Secretary 1 Iowa State University Food Science Club Kicks-Off Fall Semester Natalia A. Weinsetel, Graduate Student Representative to the Iowa Section Exec Council reports that the Iowa State University Food Science Club is organizing some activities for September’s Food Safety Month. These activities include a two-week display at the Memorial Union and students will pass out flyers to passer-byers. Look for more activities to come this fall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bookmark – IOWA SECTION WEB PAGE The Iowa Section IFT web page is www.ift.org/sections/iowa/. Take a look and check out the information located there. If there is something you want to post that is related to our section please contact Janis Hochstetler at [email protected]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations Winners!!! At the April 22, 2004 Iowa Section Meeting, scholarship awards were presented to students and one of our own was recognized for her outstanding service to our section. Each year the Iowa Section along with Food Industries from Iowa make awards to outstanding students in Food Science. The following awards were presented • Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship Award recipient was Lai Mei Chow • Outstanding Graduate Scholarship Award recipient was Natalia Weinsetel. • The Iowa Industry Scholarship Award recipient was and Diana White. All are Iowa State University students studying Food Science. In addition, the section recognized Cheryll Reitmeier as the sections IFT Outstanding Member. Cheryll has served our section in many capacities, just recently as secretary and currently is chairperson for the scholarship and awards committee. Cheryll still offers to help out in many of our activities. Cheryll is a Professor of Food Science at Iowa State University. Thanks for all your hard work!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Central Iowa Science Fair Winners Each year the Iowa Section judges food related science fair projects at the Central Iowa Science Fair in Ames. Awards are given in the Junior High and Senior High Divisions. Winners are invited to attend the April Section Meeting and display and talk about their project. This year’s winners were: Junior High Division Winner JoHanna Degen, 6th grader from O.B. Laing Middle School, Algona, Iowa. Her Project was entitled "Is Bacteria on Your Soda Lid?" Her parents are Kendra and Joe Degen and her teacher is Walter Reemtsma Senior High Division Winner Amber Wilson, Junior from West Central Valley High School, Redfield, Iowa. Her project was "Range Chickens vs. Commercial Feed Chickens.” Her parent is Dennis Wilson and teacher is Larry Schwinger. A big thank you to our volunteer judges for the Science Fair: Pat Murphy, Marry Darrow, Ean-Chee Ng, Damian Montoya, and Terri Boylston. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to the judges. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 April 22, 2004—Iowa Section IFT Suppliers Night Wrap- Up The Suppliers' Night is the IFT -Iowa Section's chief fund-raiser, held every other year. The April 22, 2004 Suppliers' Night at the Adventureland Inn in Altoona generated a record $4,600 for the Section's budget. Forty-six suppliers paid $100 each for a tabletop at the event. Past Suppliers' Nights have generated income as follows: 2002 - $3,500; 2000 - $2,550; 1998 - $1,916; 1996 - $2,400; 1994 - $1,635. Dr. Sam Beattie and Iowa State University Extension hosted two food safety workshops in conjunction with the Suppliers' Night. The combined event drew a larger crowd than either would have drawn alone. Future Suppliers' Nights will certainly consider this joint approach. A Section sponsored golf outing at Terrace Hills Golf Course in Altoona preceded the Suppliers' Night on the 22nd. Submitted by Dave Raife ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2004 Midwest Food Processors Conference November 8, 2004 – Chicago, Illinois Check out the MFPC web site for more information at www.mfpc.info . The Minnesota Section is this year’s host. Also, note the Iowa Section will be the host next year—if you are interested in helping out please contact Lester Wilson at [email protected] or (515) 294-3889. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Tidbits Next Iowa Section IFT Meeting—mark your calendar for—Thursday November 18, 2004. The location is The Cottage on Broad (a wonderful place to eat!!), 410 Broad St., Story City, 50248. With speakers from Microsoy Corporation, Jefferson IA, to educate us about the benefits of soy in our diet, creative ways to incorporate soy into foods, and product applications for their patented Microsoy brand flakes. Microsoy does not offer tours, so we will have a superb dinner and interesting speaker to look forward to instead. If you have questions, thoughts, want to volunteer and get involved or just have a comment about our section—contact one of the executive council members. They are listed with their contact information elsewhere in the newsletter. Let us know what you think. 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 16, 2004 –Iowa Section IFT Meeting Kemin Americas—Des Moines, Iowa I hope that you have enjoyed your summer and are ready to enjoy the fall colors and season and another year of meetings with the Iowa Section IFT. Our program Chair Kristen Robbins has set up some great meetings and tours for us and I hope that you all will attend. I must first apologize for the delay in getting you the meeting information this for this month’s meeting and ask that you all promptly respond to Kristen via email followed with your payment via snail mail for this upcoming meeting. Kristen needs your reply no later than NOON, MONDAY SEPTEMBER 13th so that she can call the caterer with the number of attendees. You will be getting a post card from me soon about the meeting—but please see the information below with the details. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iowa Section IFT Meeting -- Thursday, September 16, 2004 Kemin Industries Des Moines, Iowa Executive Council Meeting 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 pm-- Meet at the Kemin administration building (dark brown building just behind flagpole, faces Maury St), where Kristen will sign us in and distribute visitor passes and lead us to a conference room. Tours of Kemin Industries 4:00pm – 5:15 p.m. and Social Time 5:15 pm Tours will begin at 4pm, concluding at 5:15pm in the Atrium area of the Innovation Center, where we will have a cash soda bar. Tours will include: rosemary extraction, lutein extraction, and our Innovation Center which houses research labs for the various Kemin companies. Please note that Kemin Americas policy is that alcohol can not be served when there are minors present. Dinner 6:00 pm - Followed by Speakers from Kemin and Door Prizes The dinner buffet will begin at 6pm, with the speakers to follow. Door prizes will follow the presentations. Speaker will include: Vincent Sewalt, Ph.D., Director of Research and Development, Kemin Agrifoods North America Linda Fullmer, Section Manager, Research and Development, Kemin Foods Kristen Robbins, Associate Scientist, Kemin Food Ingredients Buffet dinner