Annual Conference 2010

The New Jersey Food Processors Association held its annual conference on January 21, 2010 in Buena, NJ. This was attended by approximately 130 food processing companies and service providers, which was the largest attendance in history. In addition, 22 companies exhibited their products. Our 2010 conference theme was “State and Federal Partners to Strengthen New Jersey’s Food Industry”, and our keynote speaker was Douglas Fisher, Secretary of the NJ Department of Agriculture. Other speakers at the 2010 conference included Richard Ritota, Food and Drug Safety Manager from the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, Vijay Juneja, Lead Scientist from the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Brian Schilling from the Rutgers Food Policy Institute, and David Brogan from the NJ Business and Industry Association. The next annual conference of the NJFPA will be held in January 2011 - and more information will be posted on our website as soon as it is available.

To view the PowerPoint presentations of:

Lou Cooperhouse, President of the NJFPA, click here

Rich Ritota, Food and Drug Safety Program Manager, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, click here

Vijay Juneja, PhD, Lead Scientist, Predictive Microbiology, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, click here

Brian Schilling, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, click here

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