I F S H  I N S I G H T
A Digital Digest From Illinois Tech's Institute For Food Safety and Health
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Issue 22             

June 2016   

NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT IFSH

New at IFSH is the Food Innovation Research Exchange!



Please contact Cindy Koschetz and Haley Tomlinson for information on how you and your organization can collaborate, 
and to book a tour of the space. 
  
MEETINGS AND EVENTS


IFSH Members Only
September 27-28, 2016
Chicago Marriott Southwest at Burr Ridge
Burr Ridge, IL


Public
September 28-29, 2016
Chicago Marriott Southwest at Burr Ridge
Burr Ridge, IL
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Public
Available Dates: 
 Illinois Tech, Institute for Food Safety and Health
Bedford Park, IL

IFSH ON THE ROAD AND IN THE PRESS





Marshfield Food Safety's Food Science Conference (featuring Mark Carter and John Hammerstone)

What are IFT Divisions? (featuring Hossein Daryaei)

Congratulations to Robert Brackett for becoming the president elect of Phi Tau Sigma 

Food Safety in the Age of FSMA Panel at the Good Food Festival & Conference (featuring Mark Carter and Donna Rockin)

Robert Brackett Co-Chaired at Global Midwest Alliance's Midwest Food Matters, 2016 Leadership Awards


ALLIANCE UPDATES

The Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) and The Sprout Safety Alliance (SSA) are featured in  Modernizing Food Safety , an article in IFT's Food Technology magazine.


Total FSPCA Preventive Controls certificates issued to date: 8371
Total FSPCA Lead Instructor certificates issued to date: 712

FSPCA Launches New Community Portal
 
The Food Safety Preventive Control Alliance has been developing an online Community to support the needs of food industry stakeholders including our lead instructor community. The FSPCA Community is active! The community is a place to
  • Collaborate with others in the industry.
  • Ask questions and get answers from other members or the FSPCA team.
  • Search for articles, participate in discussions and contribute to FSPCA's knowledge base.  
  • Contact the FSPCA Technical Assistance Network
  • Find a Lead Instructor
You can use see discussions and hot topics as a general user or you can join the community to participate in discussions related to preventive controls and other food safety related areas. We look forward to your feedback on the Community - we'll be adding more content and functionality in the near future. Visit us at  https://fspca.force.com/FSPCA/s/
 

Kaiping Deng, Co-Lead of the Sprout Safety Alliance (SSA), provided an overview of the history, mission, current progress and future plans of the Alliance at the International Sprout Growers Association 2016 Annual Convention, May 1-6, in San Juan, PR. 

The SSA is working with International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) on online modules development. The Alliance plans to launch Train-The-Trainer courses in the summer of 2016.

EDUCATION UPDATES
 
IFSH's Department of Food Science and Nutrition put on a successful 7th Annual Graduate Student Seminar Day! The lineup of student presentations was marvelous, and we'd like to extend a special congratulations to the winners!

1st Place Certificate of Excellence in Scientific Presentation
Ruixiang Zhang, Master of Science Degree Candidate, Food Safety and Technology

2nd Place Certificate of Excellence in Scientific Presentation 
Xuhuiqun Zhang, Master of Science Degree Candidate, Food Safety and Technology

3rd Place Certificate of Excellence in Scientific Presentation
Wenqian Wang, Master of Science Degree Candidate, Food Safety and Technology




Congratulations to Associate Professor of Food Science and Nutrition, Alvin Lee, for winning the University Teaching Award in April 2016. 

Congratulations to Illinois Tech's Food Science Club on helping to host the IFTSA College Bowl Competition

Department of Food Science and Nutrition (FdSN) students participated in the talent show portion of the IFSH International Cultural Day. A great potluck was shared by the FdSN students and Illinois Tech faculty and staff, too.


Read the article Food Science Club aims to investigate, educate about our food in Tech News, the students newspaper of Illinois Institute of Technology since 1928. "For all you food enthusiasts, this is a great chance to enhance your knowledge about processing of food products and get behind the scenes of food production. Know what you eat."

STAFF PUBLICATIONS

The results of the collaborative research program at the Institute for Food Safety and Health's National Center for Food Safety and Technology, are reported in scientific publications, disseminated through presentations at professional conferences or published as monographs. Literature citations for publications authored or co-authored by IFSH and FDA CFSAN Division of Food Processing Science and Technology scientists, and external collaborators from 1989-2016 are available in one complete document.

Click on the following link to obtain a complete

TECHNICAL CONNECTIONS MEETINGS

IFSH began implementing a series of webinars called the Technical Connections Meeting (TCM) - in lieu of our Mid-Year Meeting - to communicate and engage with our members and stakeholders concerning IFSH's scientific platforms. We'd like to thank our members for joining us for the 2015 Food Chemistry and Packaging Platform, the Microbiology Platform, the Processing Platform, and the Nutrition Platform TCMs. 

These TCM's are continuing in 2016! 
Click here to view the dates... More



Illinois Institute of Technology's (IIT) Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) is a one-of-a-kind applied food science research institute that provides stakeholders in government, industry and academia the opportunity to develop and exchange knowledge and expertise to address key issues in food safety, food defense and nutrition. Located at IIT's Moffett Campus in Bedford Park, IL, IFSH is also home to the FDA CFSAN Division of Food Processing Science and Technology. 

For more, visit iit.edu/ifsh