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Capital Voices
Official Newsletter of the Washington DC Section
Institute of Food Technologists

April 2007 

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SAVE THE DATE – UPCOMING MEETINGS

Thursday, May 3rd at the GMA/FPA at 2 PM – Science Fair Awards and Reception and a talk by IFT Executive Committee member John Rupnow YOU will be the topic.  More details (and a questionnaire) will be forthcoming.

31st National Nutrient Databank Conference

On April 27, 2007, the 31st National Nutrient Databank Conference will be held as a satellite to the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, in Washington, DC. The Nutrient Databank Conference is held annually to foster communication among the nutrient database generators and users. Participation is open to researchers from academia, the food industry, government, and other interested parties. There is no registration fee,  For more information, see the conference website at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/conf/.

Did You Know?

Did you know that the IFT website includes a Knowledge & Learning Center that is your gateway to unparalleled learning experiences that keep you current, help hone your skills, and provide opportunities for achieving professional success? IFT offers webcasts that provide condensed, specific and applicable information on current jobs that affect the food industry and your job, and short courses, which are one to three-day seminars on specific and timely topics. For more information, please visit the IFT Knowledge & Learning Center at http://www.ift.org/cms/?pid=1000402.

Please Don’t Forget to Submit your Ideas for Upcoming DC IFT Newsletters to:

Jennifer Parker, Newsletter Editor
jennifer.parker@fda.hhs.gov

 

April Meeting

IFT-DC Section, USDA/CSREES and Food Defense LLC

 Present

“Food-Defense- Lessons We Can Learn From Our Fight Against Agroterrorism”

This event will bring together people from the industry and government to discuss about timely food safety and food defense issues and practices relating to our food and agriculture supply and ways to better protect it. 

Program: 

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Welcome and Introduction

1:05- 1:30 p.m. “Food Defense: Background, Vulnerability Assessment & Event Modeling”- Dr. Cory Michael Bryant, Sr. Research Scientist, Institute of Food Technologists, Washington, DC.

1:30-2:10 p.m. "Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA)- Industry/Government Lessons Learned"- Mr. Don Kautter, Jr., General Health Scientist, FDA CFSAN College Park, MD and “FSIS Food Defense Activities”- Dr. Isabel Walls, Senior Scientist, Office of Food Defense and Emergency Response, USDA FSIS, Washington, DC.

2:10 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. “The CSREES Food and Agricultural Defense Initiative (FADI)”- Dr. William Hoffman, National Program Leader, Animal & Plant Biosecurity, USDA CSREES, Washington, DC.

2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Networking Break, Refreshment

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. "Efficiently Achieving Industry Food Defense Goals"- Mr. David Park, President, Food-Defense, LLC, Philomont, VA.

3:30- 4:00 p.m. “Molecular Detection Strategies: Where are we, and where are we going?

" Dr. Thomas Cebula, Director, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, FDA CFSAN, Laurel, MD. 

4:00- 4:15 p.m. “An NPL’s Perspectives of Research, Education and Extension Needs for Post-Harvest Food Defense”- Dr. D. Ramkishan Rao, National Program Leader, Food Science & Technology, USDA CSREES, Washington, DC.

4:15- 4:20 p.m. Wrap-Up and More Networking

Co-Conveners- Dr. Eyassu Abegaz, Ajinomoto Corporate Services, LLC, Dr. Hongda Chen, USDA CSREES and Mr. David Park, Food-Defense, LLC

When: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Time:     Registration   12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
Program         1:00 pm to 4:20 pm
Cost: $15.00, payable at by check (made out to DC IFT) or cash in advance or at the door.  (Student members of IFT may attend at no charge.)  
Where: GMA/FPA, 1350 I St., NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005

Conference Room B located on the lower level of the building. Please sign-in at the receptionist desk on the 1st floor and take the elevator down to level L.

Directions:
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Metro : Take the Blue Line in the direction of "Largo Town Center" to "McPherson Square", exit at the 14th Street Exit. 

Driving: Directions can be obtained from MAP Quest. The building has a parking garage with an entrance on 14th Street.
  
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Send this form by April 9th to:

Marie Latulippe, DC IFT Treasurer
International Life Sciences Institute
One Thomas Circle, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
(202)659-00074
MLatulippe@ilsi.org

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