Food Systems Changemaker, Additive Bans Conundrum, Battling Biofilms

Featured Guests

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  Taylor Quinn Executive director

  Taylor Quinn, executive director of Tailored Food, is a social entrepreneur dedicated to building nutritious low-cost food systems. He moved to Liberia during the Ebola outbreak, and used his background as a food anthropologist to build a Liberian-owned business that produces nutritious low-cost delicious food. He has since taken this model to work in 20 countries while also scaling up this approach at the UN World Food Programme.
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  Renee Leber Technical services manager

  Renee Leber, technical services manager at the Institute of Food Technologists, has a culinary degree from the Culinary Institute of America and a bachelor’s in food science and technology from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining IFT, Leber worked in R&D and product development for U.S. Foods, Freshway Foods, and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream.
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  Richard F. Stier Consulting food scientist

  Richard F. Stier is a consulting food scientist with international experience in food safety (HACCP), food plant sanitation, quality systems, process optimization, GMP compliance, and food microbiology. He has worked with a wide range of processing systems and products, including canning, freezing, dehydration, deep-fat frying, aseptic systems, and meat processing. Rick has been instrumental in helping processors develop the quality, food safety, and sanitation systems needed to compete in today’s market and grow their business. An active IFT member for more than 40 years, Rick’s international experience includes completing projects in over 50 countries and working with over 650 food processors around the world.