Join over 3000 food technologists and leaders in the food technology industry at the nation's largest regional food technology exhibition!  Chicago Section's attendance in the 2010 expo was just under 3,000 attendees from the Chicago metro area and beyond. 

Dr. Uwe Nienaber 2011-2012 Chair

Excerpts from this month's message...

"Last month I talked to you about our newly formed Marketing committee.  I am happy to announce that Bill Becht has stepped up to the challenge and is now chairing this committee. Bill is currently serving as an elected member of our Executive Committee and he has contributed greatly to our section in the past in his role as chair of the committee that created and issued our annual Membership Directory..."

"...I know how you feel. The days are getting shorter. The leaves start falling. The thermometer drops into the thirties at night and the heater kicks in once in a while. The apple orchards are closing for the season.

And everyone starts talking about the dreaded, endless winter in Chicago..."

"... I am asking for your help to nominate the next slate of officers and executive committee members for the 2012-2013 season. Our past-chair Pam Vaillancourt serves as chair of our awards and nominating committee and we do need your nominations NOW."

Read Uwe's entire message here

Dr. Vijay Arora  Program Committee Chair

 

October Meeting Highlights   

We were quite fortunate to have Mort Satin, VP

of Science and Research for the Salt Institute, at our October dinner meeting to talk on a topic of great interest not only to our members but food industry in general - The Salt-Health Debate. It was refreshing to see a fact-based approach to clarify the myths about the ill effects of salt in our diet.  Mort went on to show how a landmark global study's overreliance on the unusually low blood pressure of a primitive rainforest tribe skewed the study's results, putting health policy on the errant path it continues to follow, despite all the scientific evidence to the contrary. He kept the audience engaged and captivated as he continued to debunk 10 myths about salt in out diet. 

Dinner Raffle Winners:  Mona Reinhard, Olivia Klose, Lorrie Ann Fisher, James Barron, Karen Schahrer, Yuma Tani, Porter Myrick

For additional information see the abstract here

See dinner meeting photos here ( Photographer:  Porter Myrick)

The Employment Committee publishes the employment newsletter, as a free service to Chicago Section IFT members, posting current job listings.  As an active member you may view these listings and contact a member of the committee for further information.  If you have any questions about a current listing or would like to post an employment notice, please contact Gary Wills, Chair, Employment Committee at (708) 214-6689 or at garwil526@aol.com

See current job listings here

~CSIFT BREAKFAST TECHNICAL SEMINAR 

October 21st- Technical Session: The Implications of Salt Reduction 

Location:  Dominican University, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305 Parmer Hall, Room 108.

(Parmer Hall is across from the parking garage at rear of campus off Thatcher Avenue entrance. Use the multi-story parking building across from Parmer Hall.)

Technical Session:  With the recent focus on salt reduction in food and the link it has to the health and wellness of the US population, it is important to consider both.  This session will cover macro/micro considerations for salt reduction including ways to reduce salt in food products without compromising taste, shelf life, or other benefits.

Event Sponsor:  Purac

Schedule:

7:00-7:30 AM: Continental Breakfast & Registration
7:30-9:00 AM: Presentations
9:00-9:30 AM: Question & Answer Session

Fees: $20 CSIFT Members, $35.00 Non-members (Non-member fee includes a one-year CSIFT membership)

Seating is limited to 100!

Register for this event

~TANNER LECTURE COMMITTEE

  Tanner Award - Call for Nominations

Nominees for the Tanner Lectureship are sought. The Tanner Lecturer should be an outstanding and well-recognized researcher and excellent speaker. The nominee may be from industry, government, or university, having developed unique technology in the area of food science or related disciplines which has significant impact to the food industry.

The Lecturer may be from any country, but preferably not from within our Chicago IFT Section. The award consists of an honorarium of $2,000, a plaque and reimbursement of travel expenses. The Tanner lecture will be presented in May 2012.  

Who is Fred Tanner? Find out here

Nominations may be made by any Chicago Section member, and preferably but not necessarily, consist of a curriculum vitae and an accompanying letter setting forth the reasons for the nomination.

Completed nominations are due no later than December 1st, 2011, and should be sent to the Tanner Committee Chair:

Zuoxing Zheng, Ph.D.

Kraft Foods R&D

801 Waukegan Rd.

Glenview, IL 60025

Tel: 847-646-3388

Fax: 847-646-3864

Email: zuoxing.zheng@kraftfoods.com  

~AFT- ASSOCIATION OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS

"While the leaves are turning colors, the Association of Food Technologists (AFT) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is making a dramatic change this fall. AFT's President Sarah Scholl, a graduate student, kicked off AFT's first meeting with a group activity that got members asking, "What do we want to get out of AFT?"...

See the latest news from the students at Urbana

 ~EMERITUS SECTION

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