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IFTEAS will be well represented at the upcoming IFT Annual Meeting taking place in Chicago, July 15-18, 2018. EAS Chairman and CEO, Ed Steele, President and COO, Dean Cirotta and Senior Director for Food Consulting Services, Allen Sayler, will be manning the EAS booth (#S322) and taking questions from conference attendees about the latest compliance requirements of FSMA as well as new services such as our Strategic Product Development and Labeling and our collaboration with FoodMinds on challenging marketing initiatives.

Charles BreenIn addition, Charles Breen, EAS Independent Advisor for FSMA will moderate two session panels as part of the IFT technical program, one on the Foreign Supplier Verification Program and another on Preventive Controls for Human Food. EAS Independent Consultant Susan Moyers, Ph.D. will be a panelist on both. Both sessions will be held in McCormick Place – S502AB.

The first session, Preventive Controls for Human Foods: Successes and Challenges for FDA and the Food Industry, will take place Monday, July 16 at 10:30-12:00 pm. In addition to Dr. Moyers, panelists will include Jeffrey Acker, Vice President of Food Safety and Compliance, Dairy Farmers of America; Joanne Givens, Director of the Office of Human and Animal Food Operations-West, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration and Robert Brackett, Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology Vice President and Director of IIT Institute of Food Safety and Health.

The next session, Food Importing – Green Light Strategies for Compliance with Game-Changing FSVP Requirements will take place Tuesday, July 17 at 10:30 am – 12:00 pm. In addition to Dr. Moyers panelists will include Robert Brackett and Gabriel Pascual, Founding Director & Managing Officer, Agency for Development of Export Markets (ADEM).

Posted in EAS in Action.