The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) announced it will sponsor four new paid education programs at the 2018 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), scheduled to take place Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga.
The Preventing and Responding to Foreign Material Contamination Incidents session, scheduled from 1 to 5 p.m. on Jan. 29, will address best practices for preventing foreign material contamination and will review corrective actions. The workshop will also examine the latest forensic laboratory technologies available to aid an investigation to confirm and identify whether a product is contaminated. Case studies will help inform participants about ways to effectively communicate with customers and consumers during contamination incidents. Featured speakers include Barb Masters, Ph.D., global vice president for food safety and quality assurance, Keystone Foods; Kristen Bishir, consumer relations coordinator, Johnsonville Sausage; Mark Germani, laboratory director, MicroMaterials Research, Inc.; Jeremiah Johnson, corporate manager of regulatory compliance and food safety, Hormel Foods; Kendra Waldbusser, head of food safety and quality assurance, Pilgrim’s; and Janet Riley, senior vice president of public affairs, North American Meat Institute. The session costs $150 for registered IPPE attendees.