DEERFIELD, IL--(Marketwire - January 26, 2011) - With the recent release of the FDA's reports on Foodborne Illness Risk Factors at Retail and the pending revisions to the FDA Food Code, the Food Safety Summit is announcing the addition of a 90 minute session on retail food safety. The session, scheduled for Wednesday, April 20 at 4:15 pm, will include a presentation by Laurie Williams, Retail Food Protection Team in FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition on FDA's Retail Food Safety Initiative and the FDA Food Code. Ms. Williams will also review the results of FDA's Retail Food Risk Factor Study, which published in October 2010.
Following Ms. Williams presentation Hal King, Senior Manager, Food Safety, Chick-fil-A will give a presentation on the foodservice industry's perspective and innovative approach to implement meaningful food safety programs. At the conclusion of both presentations there will be a Q&A session for the audience with the speakers.
"The Food Safety Summit's Executive Education Advisory Council has done a terrific job bringing together the leaders in the industry to present the most newsworthy and relevant information for our attendees," said Emily Patten, Director of Tradeshows and Conferences for BNP Media, producers of The Food Safety Summit. "With the release of the 2011 supplement to the Food Code and Food Safety Risk Factor Study, we are thrilled to have Laurie Williams and Hal King share their insight from the FDA and foodservice perspectives."
In addition to the conference sessions, education will also be provided in the Vendor Track Theaters. Presentations on Wednesday, April 20th will begin at 8:30 am and will include ECOLAB, IFS Food, Siemens Industry, Bureau Veritas Certification NA, Inc., Romer Labels, Alchemy Systems, New Leaf Food Safety Solutions, Eurofins Scientific, Ingersoll Rand, DeltaTRAK and LUBRIPLATE LUBRICANTS.
The Food Safety Summit Gold Sponsor Abbott Nutrition, Silver Sponsor Siemens Industry and Bronze Sponsor Covance Laboratories will join hundreds of companies who will be offering the latest products and services throughout the Exhibit Hall. "We encourage all attendees to participate in the 2011 Passport To Food Safety Game in the expo hall and visit with sponsors RK Environmental Certified Labs TraceGains Foreign Trade Service Corp., Alchemy Systems, Chemir Analytical Services,Covance Laboratories, EMNS, Steton, Life Technologies, Bio-Rad Laboratories, MasterControl Inc. and QMI-SAI Global," added Patten.
About the Food Safety Summit
The 13th annual Food Safety Summit will be held Tuesday, April 19 through Thursday, April 21, 2011 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Over 1,400 food manufacturing, retail, foodservice, academic, military and government professionals attend The Summit to share their knowledge and experiences in interactive workshops, general sessions and on the Exhibit floor where more than 150 companies display products and services and the latest information in fighting contamination. For more information, call 847/405-4000 or visit www.foodsafetysummit.com.
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