WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- At 10:15 this morning, new US
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns will join FDA Commissioner-Designate Les
Crawford as keynote speakers at The 7th Annual Food Safety Summit and Expo,
the nation's largest and most important expo and conference on food safety,
quality assurance, and food security. Together, these two officials regulate
every food product sold in the United States. The Summit focuses on protecting
the nation's food supply from bacterial contamination like e-coli, as well as
issues of food security and counter-terrorism. Over 1,800 food manufacturers,
processors, chain restaurants and others have been at the Summit that is
taking place at the Washington D.C. Convention Center.
FRIDAY SCHEDULE: Conference: 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Exhibits: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. -- Hall D
Keynote: 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. -- Room 146
LOCATION: Washington DC Convention Center
Members of the press MUST register in the Press Room 205
HIGHLIGHTS:
* On Friday, March 18th FDA Commissioner - Designate Les Crawford and
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns will deliver the keynote address
starting at 10:15 a.m. In addition, Doug Baker, CEO of EcoLab, will
also be presenting a speech during this time.
* More than 70 speakers from such household name food companies as Kraft,
Tyson, McDonald's, Campbell's Soup, Pepsi-Cola, Kellogg Company, Gerber
Foods, Sara Lee, ConAgra, Land O'Lakes, and Burger King will present on
everything from preventing e-coli and listeria problems to food
allergens in processed foods.
* Over 200 exhibit booths of technologies for food safety will be on
display. e-Foodsafety.com has an ozone sanitizer, emerge has a device to
detect contamination by visually scanning cattle carcasses, food
security and anti-terrorism methods will be on display, and much more.
The Food Safety Summit is produced and managed by Eaton Hall Exhibitions
and sponsored by the Food Products Association (FPA), formerly the National
Food Processors Association, the voice of the $500 billion food processing
industry on scientific and public policy issues; Food Safety Magazine, the
leading publication about food safety; and, the National Restaurant
Association, the leading business association for the restaurant industry.
For more program information and registration materials, call the Food Safety
Summit's toll-free number at (800) 746-9646 or visit
http://www.foodsafetysummit.com.
SOURCE The Food Safety Summit
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CONTACT:
Amy Riemer, +1-978-502-4895,
amy@riemercommunications.com, for The Food Safety Summit
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