Fall 2016 | Affiliate View Affiliate View Volume 21, Issue 4 | Fall 2016 To provide food safety professionals worldwide with a forum to exchange information on protecting the food supply Neil Bogart, Affiliate Council Chair Alex Castillo, Affiliate Council Secretary View from the Chair: Inside this IAFP 2016 Affiliate Recap issue: View from the Chair: 1 Thank you for the honor of current on topics, and the symposia Neil Bogart are interactive, providing attendees serving as your Affiliate Affiliates in the 3 action items they can act upon as Council Chair for 2016–2017. Spotlight soon as they return home. I believe I hope I will represent our Affiliates Building an Affiliate 8 this to be one of the major reasons Web site well. Should you have any ques- we continue to grow. I’d like to Affiliate Council 12 tions or concerns, please don’t hesi- Meeting Minutes thank the Program Committee for tate to contact me. doing such a great job on selecting IAFP Headlines 16 IAFP 2016 came and went so fast! the symposia, and David Tharp Affiliate Calendar 17 and his team for the continuous We continued to set records with Executive Board 18 3,460 registered attendees – an in- hard work. I have met few groups Speaker Program crease of 5.8 percent – representing of individuals who are so devoted IAFP Speaker 19 58 countries. The number of exhib- to what they do! Program (expanded) its in the Exhibit Hall also increased IAFP also has four international to record levels, with 239 10’ x 10’ meetings taking place later this booths and one 20’ x 50’ booth, an year. You can find these listed on increase of 8.75 percent over last page 16. What a great reason to vis- year. AND the best part is that it another country this time of year! nothing went awry! Many (Continued on page 2) attendees told me that IAFP is very 54 Affiliates Across the Globe Africa Argentina Australia Brazil Canada | Alberta British Columbia Ontario Quebec China Chinese in North America Colombia Hong Kong Hungary Indian in North America Korea Lebanon Mexico New Zealand Portugal Southeast Asia Spain Taiwan Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States | Alabama Arizona Arkansas California/Southern Capital Area Carolinas Connecticut Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Minnesota/Upper Midwest Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Dakota Texas Washington Wisconsin Affiliate View | Fall 2016 (Continued from page 1) The Affiliate group briefly dis- Please join me in welcoming cussed applying for 501(c)(3) Alex Castillo, from the Texas The 2016 Affiliate Council Meet- non-profit status. Affiliates inter- Association for Food Protection ing was quite productive. We ested in applying can go online (TAFP), as our newly-elected recognized our newest Affiliate, and review a questionnaire to Affiliate Council Secretary. You’ll the Oklahoma Association for determine your application sta- find a brief bio of Alex on page 9. Food Protection; discussed Web tus. Most U.S. Affiliates can sub- I look forward to working with sites (more on that in the next mit the 1023-EZ form. Another him over the next year. paragraph); heard how Affiliates benefit for U.S. Affiliates is that Finally, I would like to personal- can get involved with local food the IRS decreased the application ly thank Christina, Past Affiliate science programs at their local amount from $400 to $275. Please Council Chair, for mentoring me colleges/universities; and report- contact me if you have questions through the council process. ed on our respective Affiliate’s on applying. She is a very active Member with activities over the past year. During the meeting while Affili- both IAFP and the Ohio Associa- I was happy to discuss with the ates reported on their activities tion for Food Protection and group about an affordable option throughout the past year, remains a huge asset for both to help develop or revamp an Christina Wilson and I heard associations! existing Affiliate Web site. The lots of information presented Obviously, I have thanked many Arkansas Association for Food that would have been great to individuals and groups in my Protection is currently in the include in applications for one first column. It takes so many process of using squarespace.com, dedicated people to have such a an excellent source that shows “Many of you put strong organization like IAFP. most of the abilities of its web lots of hard work We can’t call out every individu- builder program. (See page 8 for al or group, but please know that more information.) into your respective Affiliate’s activities, the work you all do is greatly The future of IAFP and its Affili- appreciated. ates is our Student Members. I so take advantage Again, if you have comments challenge each Affiliate to contact of that...! or suggestions to allow me to your local college’s/university’s better serve your Affiliate’s needs food science program(s) and or more of the 2016 Affiliate throughout the upcoming year, offer a speaker for either the Awards. Sadly, the actual num- please let me know! department or for its Food ber of applications received was Science Club. Most colleges far less than should have been. struggle to receive involvement Many of you put lots of hard from industry. If possible, offer a work into your respective Affili- mentoring program to the stu- ate’s activities, so take advantage dents. The number of job quality of that and apply for one or more and food safety positions is in- of the 2017 Affiliate Awards (for Neil Bogart creasing and, with the PCQI 205.577.4038 2016 activities) to receive the (Preventive Controls Qualified [email protected] recognition you deserve! Infor- Individual) requirement, will not mation and details will start ar- go away anytime soon! riving soon from Susan Smith in the IAFP Office! 2 Fall 2016 | Affiliate View Affiliates in the Spotlight Take the spotlight! Featuring your communications with IAFP To be featured here in the next issue, send your news and photos by December 9 to: Concern; Cronobacter sakazakii in New Zealand Association for [email protected]. Infant Formula; Antimicrobial Food Protection: Joint Conference Features an Array Resistance in Food Products; of Food Safety Topics Food Safety Culture; and FSMA. Reported by Phil Bremer, President Under the IAFP Executive Board The New Zealand Association for Speaker Program, Gale Prince, Past Food Protection (NZAFP) met in Contributors President of IAFP, represented the conjunction with the New Zealand Association. On Day 1, after a brief Argentine Food Safety Commis- Institute for Food Science and sion: First Affiliate Symposium overview of IAFP and its benefits, Technology (NZIFST) to host their a Success Gale spoke on “The U.S. Food Safety Annual Conference July 4–7 in Reported by Fabiana Guglielmone, President Regulations to Change Food Rotorua, New Zealand. A feature Safety Culture.” On Day 2, he The first symposium for the of the meeting was the great array presented “The Current Food Argentine Food Safety Commission of presentations on food safety and Safety Evolution.” (CAIA) took place June 22–23 at the food regulations from regulators, scientists and food industry University of Buenos Aires in Jairo Romero (pictured), members. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Two with the Colombia Asso- hundred eighty attendees from ciation of Food Science It was fantastic to see that IAFP was industry, academia, regulatory & Technology (CAFST), well represented at the conference, agencies, and research participated spoke on “Measuring the with three Past Presidents attending. in this two-day conference. Food Safety Culture in the Organizations.” As part of the IAFP Expanded The preliminary program covered Speaker Program, Dr. Gary Acuff, topics such as Risk Assessment in Four roundtable discussions also with Texas A&M University and the Food Chain; Listeria monocyto- took place, including one on the IAFP Past President, gave two genes, a Foodborne Pathogen of “Hazards and Risk Analysis in the presentations during the conference. Food Chain.” His first, “STECs and Measures for Control,” was held during a Meat The Affiliate’s inaugural meeting Session. His second was a plenary received positive feedback about address on “Addressing Risk Using content and speakers from most of Performance Objectives.” the attendees. Also invited by NZIFST was the omnipotent Dr. Frank Yiannis, with Walmart and IAFP Past President. In addition to opening the meeting with a plenary session presentation on “Mega Trends in Food Safety,” Gale Prince, IAFP Past President, was a featured Frank also presented “Food Safety = speaker at the Argentine Food Safety Behavior,” a session on managing Commission’s first symposium June 22–23 in The Planning Committee for the Argentine Food Safety the journey of today’s food supply, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gale is pictured with Commission’s first symposium poses for a photo at the Affiliate President Fabiana Guglielmone. completion of the two-day event. (Continued on page 4) 3 Affiliate View | Fall 2016 (Continued from page 3) tion for Food Protection in North experiences with STECs. The meeting America (CAFPNA) took place on before bringing the conference to was attended by representatives from August 1 in St. Louis, Missouri during a close. all New Zealand processors. IAFP 2016. More than 80 members from North America, mainland China, Dr. Stan Bailey, Senior Director of NZAFP sincerely thanks Gary for mak- Taiwan and Hong Kong were in Scientific Affairs at bioMérieux and ing time to come to New Zealand for attendance. Most of the attendees IAFP Past President, participated in a the great impact he had on our confer- represented professionals from aca- pre-conference Listeria workshop be- ence.