Quality Assurance division

Food Safety & Quality Management Division

A professional forum focused on issues, news, and best-practices related to food safety and food quality.


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Chamali Kodikara Food Safety & Quality Management Division
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1300+

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1972

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40+

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Noteworthy Programs

On-Demand Webinar: Best Practices in Sensory Evaluation for Quality Management

Sensory evaluation is a powerful tool for effective quality management programs. Learn from speakers Carole Sanders (General Mills Inc.) and Eddie Kusmider (Kraft Heinz) as they share diverse insights from the perspectives of sensory evaluation, quality management, and product development. The panelists discuss best practices of sensory evaluation that apply to quality management, describe how sensory evaluation can be integrated into quality management programs, and explain for the value of sensory evaluation to enhance quality management programs.

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Division Oral Competition Finalists

  • First: Jae Eun Cha, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa: Development of a Multiplex PCR Method for Simultaneous Detection of Five Tropical Fruit Species
  • Second: Yuan Guo, National University of Singapore: Mitigation of Staphylococcus Aureus Contamination in Cultivated Meat Production Using Antimicrobial Peptide 1018-K6
  • Third: Rishabh Goyal, Washington State University: Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine-learning Approaches for Predicting Microbial Contamination on Fresh Produce

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Northern California Section IFT (NCIFT) Suppliers Night

Pleasanton, California

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Maryland Section IFT Suppliers Night

Owings Mills, Maryland

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