GFTC Food Safety Recognition Awards Selection Committee Selected

GUELPH, ON, Aug. 1, 2012 /CNW/ - We are pleased to announce that the selection committee for the inaugural GFTC Food Safety Recognition Awards has been finalized. GFTC has brought together a diverse group of food and beverage industry leaders to evaluate nominees for the 2012 Food Safety Recognition Awards. 

The committee's backgrounds, accomplishments and experiences reflect the diversity of the food and beverage industry in Canada. In announcing the selection committee, President and Chief Technical Officer, Frank Schreurs, stated, "We are delighted these exceptionally talented and experienced individuals have agreed to be selection committee members for the GFTC Food Safety Recognition Awards.  In creating this awards program, we seek to recognize Canadian individuals and companies who embody the high standards of food safety.  I am confident our selection committee members will bring their extraordinary knowledge and understanding of food safety and the food industry to that goal."

The members of the committee are:

Susan Abel Senior Director, Product Safety & Trade Regulations Food & Consumer Products of Canada		Tom Graham National Inspection Manager Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Denis Bélanger, dta QA Advisor, Audits and regulations Agropur cooperative		Marilyn Lee, M.Sc., CPHI(C) Professor Ryerson University, School of Occupational and Public Health
Albert F. Chambers President Monachus Consulting		Derek Jamieson Vice-President Parrish & Heimbecker Milling Group
Neil Checketts Vice President, National Food Safety Sobeys Inc.		Lee-Anne Lyon-Bartley Director, Quality Assurance Compass Group Canada
		Keith Warriner Professor University of Guelph, Department of Food Science

The submission period opens September 1, 2012 and nominations will be accepted until September 30, 2012. Award recipients will be announced at the 2013 GFTC Safe Food Canada conference.

About GFTC

GFTC is a world leader in food industry solutions, helping companies along the entire food value chain compete globally by strengthening the very foundations of their business: their products, processes and people.

Each year, GFTC assists more than 1,500 companies, providing confidential services in food safety and quality consulting, auditing, training, product development, packaging, and food labelling.

 

 

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SOURCE: Guelph Food Technology Centre

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