International Association for Food Protection Elects Don Schaffner to Executive Board

Monday, April 5, 2010

Members of the International Association for Food Protection recently elected Dr. Donald W. Schaffner to the Executive Board as Secretary. Dr. Schaffner will take office at the conclusion of IAFP 2010 in Anaheim, California and will fulfill a five-year commitment to the Association, serving as President beginning in August 2014.

Dr. Schaffner is Extension Specialist in Food Science and Professor at Rutgers University and also serves as the Director of the Center for Advanced Food Technology. He has served on a variety of national and international expert panels and committees for organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the U.S. National Advisory Committee on Microbial Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). 

An IAFP Member since 1997, Dr. Schaffner has served on the Editorial Board for Journal of Food Protection, IAFP Foundation Committee, Program Committee, Organizing Committee for IAFP's Second European Symposium on Food Safety, GMA Food Safety Award Jury and the Nominating Committee. He is currently Vice Chairman for the IAFP Membership Committee and was awarded the IAFP Elmer Marth Educator Award in 2009. Dr. Schaffner is active in several scientific associations including IFT, Society for Risk Analysis (SRA), American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Conference for Food Protection (CFP). He is a member of the Metropolitan Association for Food Protection, currently serving as 1st Vice President and Delegate.

Dr. Schaffner earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from the University of Georgia.