Quality Assurance division

Food Safety & Quality Management Division

A professional forum focused on issues, news, and best-practices related to food safety and food quality.


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1300+

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1972

Year Founded
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40+

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Noteworthy Programs

On-Demand Webinar: Best Practices in Sensory Evaluation for Quality Management

Sensory evaluation is a powerful tool for effective quality management programs. Learn from speakers Carole Sanders (General Mills Inc.) and Eddie Kusmider (Kraft Heinz) as they share diverse insights from the perspectives of sensory evaluation, quality management, and product development. The panelists discuss best practices of sensory evaluation that apply to quality management, describe how sensory evaluation can be integrated into quality management programs, and explain for the value of sensory evaluation to enhance quality management programs.

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Division Oral Competition Finalists

  • First: Jodie Allen, University of Connecticut: Efficacy of a Eugenol Nanoemulsion for Inactivating Salmonella Enteritidis on Broiler Chicken Skin to Enhance Product Safety
  • Second: Yaqi Zhao, Florida State University: Immunodetection of Chicken Serum Albumin, an Egg Yolk Allergen
  • Third: Xiaofang Bai, Oregon State: Suitability of Aspergillus Oryzae as a Surrogate of Aspergillus Flavus and Its Thermal Inactivation Properties in Hazelnut Shell and Kernel

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Great Lakes Section IFT Supplier Night and Expo

Battle Creek, Michigan

Supplier Event

New York Section IFT Suppliers Day

Edison, New Jersey

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Southern California Section IFT Suppliers Night

Garden Grove, California

Supplier Event

2025 Cascadia IFT Suppliers Night

Seattle, Washington

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