WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The 6th Annual Food Safety Summit,
the nation's largest and most important event on food safety, quality
assurance, and food security will continue today at the Washington DC
Convention Center. The trade show and conference provides food manufacturers
and processors with the very latest updates on new technologies, as well as
regulatory and scientific issues in food safety and food security.
Where: Washington DC Convention Center, Washington, DC
Press Room #208A
Time:
Thursday, March 18 Conference: 8:30am - 5:00pm Exhibit: 11:00am - 2pm
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Friday, March 19 Conference: 8:30am - 3:30pm Exhibit: 11:30am - 2pm
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
* On Thursday, March 18 at 10:15 a.m. in Hall E, Robert E. Bracket,
Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) at
the Food and Drug Administration and Robert Lawless, CEO of McCormick &
Company, the largest spice company in the world, will serve as keynote
speakers.
* On Friday, March 19, Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and
Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
will headline the keynote panel. Following Under Secretary Hutchinson's
speech will be Dr. Peter Sandman, the creator of the "Hazard + Outrage"
formula for risk communication.
* Executives from such household name food companies as Kraft, Campbell's
Soup, Pepsi-Cola, Kellogg Company and Burger King will present several
conference tracks. Topics include food security and bioterrorism, BSE
in America, food plant operations, lab and technology, quality
assurance management, and special issues facing restaurant &
foodservice and supermarket and food retail industries.
* On the Expo floor, hundreds of exhibitors will showcase several brand
new technologies, including microbiology and rapid test methods;
temperature measurements & recording; laboratory instruments and
supplies; plant sanitation, chemicals and brushes; x-ray and metal
detection; traceback technology; non-thermal pasteurization;
irradiation and date collection and management, plus much more.
The Food Safety Summit is sponsored by the National Food Processors
Association (NFPA), the voice of the $500 billion food processing industry on
scientific and public policy issues, Food Safety Magazine, the leading
publication about food safety, the National Restaurant Association, the
leading business association for the restaurant industry; and the Food
Marketing Institute (FMI), which represents 2,300 supermarkets, food retailers
and wholesalers worldwide. Eaton Hall Exhibitions, of Florham Park, NJ,
created and owns the event. For more information call 1-800-746-9646 or visit
http://www.foodsafetysummit.com .
SOURCE The Food Safety Summit
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Amy Riemer, Media Relations, +1-978-475-4441,
or cell - +1-978-502-4895, amy@riemercommunications.com, for The
Food Safety Summit
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