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Equipment & Plant Design Workshop
Lee Sanders on AACCI Panel
Sen. Richard Burr Confirmed for ABA Meeting
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National Bread Month
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January 24-25, 2011
Human Resources Committee Winter Meeting
Washington, D.C.

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January 24-25, 2011
Safety Committee Meeting
Washington, D.C.

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January 24-25,2011
Distribution Task
Force Meeting & Legal Committee Meeting
Washington, D.C.

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March 26-30, 2011
2011 ABA Convention
J.W. Marriott San Antonio Hill Country
San Antonio, Texas

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Register Now for the Equipment & Plant Design Workshop for Allergen/Pathogen Control
Sanitary Design
February 8 - 9, 2011
The Allerton Hotel
Downtown Chicago
Cost: $600 for ABA members

Food Safety is Your Responsibility -
It is more important than ever for your engineers, sanitarians and plant managers to understand the proper equipment, plant, and process design that is fundamental to food safety. ABA, together with other top food industry associations, is presenting a sanitary design workshop specifically for its members.

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ABA's Lee Sanders Serves on Panel At AACCI Annual Convention 
Lee Sanders on Panel
From left: Barbara Heidolph, ICL Performance Products LP; Maureen Olewnik, AIB; Judi Adams, GFF; and Lee Sanders, ABA
(not pictured Sarah Roller, Kelley Drye)
ABA Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Public Affairs Lee Sanders served as a panelist during AACC International's 2010 annual meeting in Savannah, Ga.  The session, "Forecast for the US Regulatory Climate: a Gathering Storm of Enforcement, Regulation and Legislation for Foods," included overviews on nutrition, labeling, food safety and marketing. A synopsis of the panel's overview presentation will be featured in the November / December issue of Cereal Foods World.  
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Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) Confirmed to Speak During Joint ABA Committee Meetings in Jan. 2011
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Sen. Richard Burr
(R-NC)
On January 25, 2011, the ABA Human Resources, Safety, Legal and Distribution Committees will join together for a breakfast with Sen. Richard Burr, member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.  Senator Burr will discuss his priorities in the 112th Congress as well as plans to restore private sector confidence in the economy.

To register for the HR Committee 2011 Winter Meeting, click here.

To register for the Safety Committee Meeting, click here. 

Information on how to register for the Legal and Distribution Committee meetings coming soon!
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What is ABA? Who does ABA represent? 
 

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The American Bakers Association (ABA) advocates on behalf of over 700 baking facilities and their suppliers.

$70B      

The baking industry generates more than $70 billion in economic activity annually.
 

500,000

The baking industry employs close to half a million highly skilled people.

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Karin Soyster Fitzgerald, CMP, CAE - Vice President, Membership Services
Kelly Kotche - Director, Membership and Communications
Margaret Collins - Membership Services & Web site Coordinator

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