The 18th Annual Food Safety Summit, held this week for the first time in Rosemont, Ill. attracted nearly 1,700 registered food safety professionals, a 12% increase in registered attendees from 2015 and over 200 exhibiting companies, a 20% increase from last year. During the three-day event, held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, food safety professionals discussed the most pressing issues facing the food industry including Listeria, the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Integration of the Nation's Food Safety System as well as liability and jail time. The event kicked off on Monday, May 9th with three successful certification programs for Auditor Training, Preventive Controls for Human Foods and Seafood HACCP.
"We thank our Educational Advisory Board who developed a stellar conference program, as well as our sponsors, who helped to support this dynamic conference and all of our exhibitors, speakers and attendees," said Scott Wolters, Director for the Food Safety Summit. "We heard from so many people during the three-day event how important it is to participate in the Food Safety Summit to gather tools for today and make plans for tomorrow."