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Changing Business Climate

The Changing Business Climate: Partnership is the Key

“The one message I would like to get across is partnership,” said Chris Mallett (right in photo), Corporate Vice President R&D at Cargill, at Monday’s Theme General Session “Responsive Strategies to Changing Consumer Demands and Business Climate.” Each presenter shared examples of ways in which their respective companies are adapting business platforms to better respond to the economic climate and consumers’ changing consumption patterns and preferences.

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IFT Expert Report

Tuesday, June 9 | 1:15 - 2:45 pm | Room 201AB

The IFT Expert Report is released. Making Decisions About the Risks of Chemicals in Foods With Limited Scientific Information.
An examination of the complexity surrounding timely decision-making about risk when an undesirable chemical contaminant or unanticipated chemical substance is detected in a food commodity, ingredient, or finished product.

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IFT and FPSA

IFT and FPSA to Co-Locate Expositions in 2010

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced a new agreement to co-locate the IFT Food Expo and FSPA Process Expo at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center beginning July 18–20, 2010.

Dietary Guidelines Need More Food Science

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee needs more food scientists and their wisdom, said Fergus Clydesdale, Professor, Univ. of Massachusetts, and a member of the 2005 advisory committee who took part of the panel discussion on The Evolution of Dietary Guidance: Lessons Learned and New Frontiers.