Beverage Professional Development Group
Mission Statement
To provide a forum to discuss and develop symposia on issues facing the beverage industry.
Committee Members
Jeffrey Semanchek, Chairperson 2009
Kraft Foods
Phone: 914.425.6055
E-mail: jeffrey.semanchek@kraft.com
Frank R. Burns, Vice Chairperson 2009
DuPont Qualicon
Phone: 302.695.5149
E-mail: frank.r.burns@usa.dupont.com Vickie Lewandowski, Kraft Foods, Board Liaison
Didi S. Loynachan, Staff Liaison
Members:
Dan Anderson, Coca Cola
Larry R. Beuchat, University of Georgia
Peter W. Bodnaruk, Ecolab Research Center
Yuhuan Chen, GMA/FPA
Larry Cohen, Kraft Foods Inc.
Ruth F. Eden, BioLumix, Inc.
Elena Enache, Food Products Association
Greg D. Eppink, Applied Biosystems
Debi Foti, Neogen Corporation
James M. Gary, Whitlock Packaging Corporation
Mathieu T. Gervais, Cadbury Schweppes
Stefanie E. Gilbreth, Ecolab
Paul A. Hall, ConAgra Foods, Inc.
Kenneth Janes, Golden Oval Eggs
Robin M. Kalinowski, National Center for Food Safety & Technology
Peter M. Kennedy, Quality Flow, Inc.
Julie A. Kuruc, PepsiCo
Kathleen A. Lawlor, PepsiCo, Inc.
Howard Malberg, Amtrak
Jane W. McEwen, International Packaged Ice Association
Indaue G. Mello-Hall, PepsiCo/QTG
Theodora Morille-Hinds, Kraft Foods
Mangesh P. Palekar, Kraft Foods
Mickey E. Parish, University of Maryland
Janet L. Payne, PURAC America
Patricia Rule, bioMérieux, Inc.
James D. Schuman, PepsiCo/QTG
Joe Shebuski, Cargill
Peter J. Taormina, University of Georgia
Alice Wei, The Coca-Cola Company
Pamela A. Wilger, Cargill, Inc.
Hyun-Gyun Yuk, USDA/ARS/ERRC
Guodong Zhang, University of Georgia
How to Join
Involvement in committees and professional development
groups (PDGs) offers Members the opportunity to share a wealth of knowledge and
expertise. Members of committees and PDGs are the architects of the Association
structure. They plan, develop and institute many of the Association's projects,
including workshops, publications and educational sessions. Technical challenges
facing the food safety industry are discussed, examined and debated. Members may
volunteer to serve on any number of committees or PDGs that plan and implement
activities to meet the Association's mission.
Membership on a PDG is voluntary (not by
appointment) and may vary from year to year. Requests for membership on a PDG
should be directed to the chairperson.
Upcoming Meetings
August 3, 2008
Hyatt Regency Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
In conjunction with IAFP 2008
Minutes
Committee Minutes
IAFP 2007– July 8, 2007
Held at Disney's Contemporary Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Members Present: Jeffrey Semanchek, Frank Burns, Ruth Eden, Debi Foti, Kathleen Lawlor, Indaue Mello-Hall, Mangesh Palekar, Mickey Parish, Patricia Rule, Jay Schuman and Peter Taormina .
Board Member Present: Vickie Lewandowski.
New Members Present: Julie Kuruc, Jan Payne and Theodora Morille-Hinds.
Visitors Present: Malcolm McDonald.
Meeting Called to Order: 2:05 p.m.
Recording Secretary of Minutes: Jeff Semanchek.
Old Business: Summarized the 2007 symposia/ roundtables created by and/or created in conjunction with Beverage PDG.
1. The Management and Control of Chemical Hazards in Food. Monday, July 9, 10:30–12:00 p.m.
2. Mitigating Spoilage Risks in RTD Beverages. Wednesday, July 11, 1:30–3:30 p.m. Discussed Yeast & Mold workshop originally scheduled for IAFP 2007. Workshop topics and speaker list was finalized but was postponed due to the simultaneous occurrence of competing meetings, as speakers were unable to attend due to emerging issues and resulting conflicts. Discussed and agreed to resubmit workshop for IAFP 2008.
New Business: A Beverage PDG member complimented the Executive Board on the following;
1. Encouraging and exemplifying ongoing meetings to develop program and annual meeting objectives throughout year.
2. Engaging speakers from worldwide scientific community.
3. Including non-microbiological food safety topics such as toxicology in annual meeting program speaker topics.
The Committee nominated and elected Frank Burns as Vice Chair. Ideas for 2008 meeting symposia, roundtable, and workshops were discussed. The following were agreed upon by the Committee and will be submitted to the Program Committee:
1. CSI Beverage Plant: Case Studies in Yeast & Mold Spoilage. A roundtable designed to allow industry professional to share technical aspects of specific spoilage events, share technical aspects of investigation and success towards solving.
Organizers: Frank Burns and Jeff Semanchek.
1. Yeast & Mold Spoilage in a Cold-filled Beverage.
2. Yeast & Mold Spoilage in an Aseptic Beverage.
3. Yeast & Mold Spoilage in a Carbonated Beverage.
4. Yeast & Mold Spoilage in a Hot-filled Juice Containing Beverage.
5. Yeast & Mold Spoilage in a Hot-filled Sports Drink.
2. Non-Thermal Process Technologies for Producing Juice Containing Beverages. A roundtable designed to facilitate industry professionals to present various non-thermal technologies towards producing juice containing RTD beverages…a discussion forum for technical aspects for microbial inactivation and limitations. Organizers: Jeff Semanchek, Kathy Lawlor and Jay Schuman.
1. Pulsed Electric Field.
2. Ultra Sonic Wave.
3. UV Light.
4. Velcorin.
5. High-pressure Processing.
6. Micro-filtration.
The Committee Chair proposed a schedule for ongoing meetings between IAFP 2007 & IAFP 2008: Nov. 7, Feb. 6 and May 7. Meeting agenda topics to address, at present:
1. Increasing membership in Beverage PDG.
2. Use of web-based media to communicate information from Beverage PDG.
3 Discussion of emerging beverage industry topics.
4. Discussion of symposia, roundtable, and workshop ideas for IAFP 2009.
Recommendations to Executive Board:
1. Recommend to schedule PDG meetings having similar/overlapping subjects at appropriately separate meeting times to allow attendance by all interested PDG members.
2. Approve Frank Burns as Vice Chair.
Next Meeting Date: November 7, 2007.
Meeting Adjourned: 3:25 p.m.
Chairperson: Jeff Semanchek.
Board
Response to Recommendations
1. Recommend to schedule PDG meetings having similar/overlapping subjects at appropriately separate meeting times to allow attedance by all interested PDG members.
Board response: Agree. If a specific request for schedule change is needed, contact the IAFP office
2. Approve Frank Burns as Vice Chair.
Board response: Agree.
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