Dairy Quality & Safety Professional Development Group
Mission Statement
To promote the production and processing of safe, high quality dairy products and to develop program topics and symposia for presentation at the IAFP Annual Meetings.
Upcoming Meeting
July 22, 2012
Rhode Island Convention Center
Providence, Rhode Island
- Committee Members (IAFP Member Access Required)
- IAFP Constitution and Bylaws
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.
Committee Minutes
Below are downloadable documents containing current and past meeting minutes.
Board Response to Recommendations
Board Response to Recommendations
1. To accept the election of Mr. David Blomquist and Bob Hagberg as Chair and Deputy Chair respectively for full 2-year terms of the Dairy Quality & Safety PDG.
Board Response: Agree
2. To develop a program to have one student liaison from the Student PDG assigned to each PDG to build interest for the future.
Board Response: Students actively participate within PDGs. If the Dairy Quality PDG does not have student participation, the Chair and Vice Chair should contact the Student PDG Chair to request student participation. The Board will discuss the opportunity for a more formal assignment of students to PDGs.
3. To direct the IAFP staff to allow for 3 hours for the 2012 meeting of the Dairy Quality & Safety PDG and not to schedule it as the same time as the CSP or Food Sanitation/Hygiene PDG.
Board Response: Adjustments will be made to the Committee and PDG meeting schedule for 2012.
4. To develop a policy and procedure for filming workshops in order to keep a copy in the lending library as well as allow use at various state affiliate meetings and sell copies to the industry.
Board Response: A Task Force is being developed to study and make recommendations on how to best provide educational materials for IAFP Members.
5. To direct the IAFP staff to schedule a conference call of all PDG Chairs and Deputy Chairs approximately 3 weeks prior to the Annual Meeting to inform them of the requirements for running these meetings.
Board Response: The Board will arrange to hold a Webinar with pointers for conducting meetings.
6. To direct the IAFP staff to schedule a conference call of all PDG Chairs and Deputy Chairs sometime in early September to exchange information and allow collaboration on workshop and symposia ideas for the 2012 IAFP meeting.
Board Response: Agree