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Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
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Welcome the Newest Member of CSIFT - Hayden Rose Brotcke!
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Pictures from December 16 Dinner Meeting
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CSIFT Moves to IFT Unified Membership
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On July 12, 2013 the IFT Board of Directors passed a motion to unify IFT membership. The Chicago Section IFT is leading the way by implementing unified membership for our Section beginning in September 2013. For more information, visit the CSIFT Membership page. For questions contact the CSIFT Business Office at 630-916-4960 or Members@ChicagoIFT.org.
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Marketing Committee Looking for Volunteers!
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The Chicago Section IFT has opportunities for individuals that would like to volunteer to work with various aspects of the Chicago Section IFT.
We are looking for assistance in specific areas that include: Sponsorship, Website, editing the Food Bytes Newsletter, Social Media, and interfacing between the Marketing Committee along with other key committees such as the Membership and New Professionals.
This is also an opportunity to advance your career! If interested or if you have any questions please reach out to Denise Michalik, Katie Schmidt, and/or Sheila Rice, see contact details below.
Sheila Rice
Chair Sponsorships
Phone: 630-267-6653
Email: srice@penford.com
Katie Schmidt
Chair Social Media
Phone: 639-290-1763
Email: katie@dempseycorporation.com
Denise Michalik
Chair CSIFT Marketing Committee
Cell: 616-516-8285
Email: denmich16@gmail.com
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CSIFT Leadership Team
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Officers:
John Chambers, Chair John Budin, Chair Elect Olivia Klose, Secretary James Colby, Treasurer Linda Perucca, Past Chair
Executive Committee:
Bill Becht
Glenn Bluemer
Mike Carson
Laura Colby
Laura Gray
Jan Miller
Sue Monckton
Linda Perucca
Keith Shafer
Manoj Shah
Timothy Stubbs
Mike Wanous
We are always looking for volunteers to help with the work of the Section - get involved today! Contact BusinessOffice@ChicagoIFT.org
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Members-Only Knowledge Center
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Did you know that as a member of CSIFT that you have access to all of the newsletters since 2007? In addition, you can search for particular topics or speakers using the Search Feature in the Members-Only Website.
Also, take advantage of the online membership directory to find a "lost" associate or to follow up on a sales lead. You can add to your profile any time you'd like.
Search for Suppliers exhibiting at Suppliers' Night by using the online Exhibitor Search. And, of course, the Career Center is also included in the Members-Only website.
Take advantage of these great benefits - login to members-only.
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Issue: #4
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December 20, 2013
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Message from Our Chair John Chambers
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Chicago Section IFT 2013-2014 Chair DMH Ingredients
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Dear CSIFT Members,
Happy holidays!
I hope you had a great time at the December dinner meeting. The House and Program Committees certainly lived up to their reputation! Kudos to them for organizing a very special event! Dr. Gary Reineccius, Professor, University of Minnesota gave a great presentation on New Approaches for Discovery in Flavor Research. It was amazing to see from his presentation the advances in flavor research over the last 50 years. I can't wait to see what the next 50 years of research brings us.
We will kick-off the New Year at our January 13th event with a very special guest speaker Doug Heitkemper, Ph.D., Inorganic Laboratory Brand Director, FDA. He will be speaking on Analytical Challenges in Emergency Response to Chemical Contamination Events in Foods. Our event will be held at Maggianos in Skokie, IL.
I want to point out the dedication and passion our leadership team has in keeping Chicago Section #1 in the country. It has been a fantastic year for the CSIFT. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the leadership team and the volunteers for their hard work and dedication throughout the year!
Over the past few months, I had received inquiries from some of you regarding the leadership opportunities within the Section. If you are interested in serving the Section and want to be part of the CSIFT Leadership Team next year, I encourage you to contact Linda Perucca lperucca@mdlz.com. She is the Nominations Committee Chair. Linda will be delighted to share with you the open positions for the 2014-2015 session of the CSIFT.
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January 13 Dinner & Discussion with Doug Heitkemper
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Analytical Challenges in Emergency Response to Chemical Contamination Events in Foods
Doug Heitkemper is the Branch Director of the Inorganic Laboratory Forensic Chemistry Center at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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The FDA's Forensic Chemistry Center (FCC) provides laboratory support and problem solving capabilities in emergency response to events of chemical adulteration and contamination of foods.
Contamination may be intentional as in cases of product tampering, economic adulteration, and terrorism. Unintentional contamination, such as in cases of environmental or process induced contamination, have also required emergency response.
Dr. Heitkemper earned a B.A. in chemistry from Wittenberg University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Cincinnati in 1989. That same year, he joined the FDA as a research chemist in the newly established Forensic Chemistry Center (FCC). He spent most of the next 16 years as an analyst, researcher, and team leader working primarily in the fields of elemental analysis, elemental speciation, and ion chromatograph.
Click here to register and for more information.
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Attend the Global Food Forum April 8-9, 2014 Event
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 2014 Protein Trends & Technologies Seminar, a product development event focused on providing R&D with practical formulation advice, nutrition & sensory data on protein-enhanced foods & beverages. Click on ad to learn more. |
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CSIFT Members Save $100 at the IFT Wellness 14 Conference
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 Register at www.ift.org/wellness. Select your registration product (Full Conference Access or Conference + Short Course)., Then complete a short questionnaire and enter yourr payment information. At checkout, input CHISECTION14 to receive $100 off your registration. |
CSIFT Recognizes Achievements & Service - Nominate Someone!
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| We are seeking recommendations for the Chicago Section IFT Chairman's Achievement Award and the Ellery H. Harvey Service Award. Just a little bit of Chicago Section IFT trivia, Ellery H. Harvey was the first Chair of the Chicago Section IFT when it was founded back in January 1941.
The Ellery H. Harvey Service Award recognizes an outstanding food technologist who has distinguished him or herself in the service of the Chicago Section IFT. Only Chicago Section members are eligible, excluding the Awards Committee Members and elected officers. The award consists of $200 honorarium, plaque, and expenses of the awardee to the presentation at the May Tanner Meeting. If you know of someone who has made great contributions to the Section please use the link below to nominate and help recognize them for all their efforts. This is our time to say THANK YOU! The deadline is March 31st. After the nominees are collected a panel of Past Chairs will select the awardee.
Use this link to submit your nomination: Link Here
The purpose of the Chairman's Achievement Award is recognizing a Chicago Section Member or Members who has an outstanding achievement in Food Science. The award consists of a $250 honorarium, plaque and expenses of the awardee to the presentation at the Tanner meeting in May. If you know of a Chicago Section Member who has outstanding accomplishments in Food Science please use the link below to nominate them. The deadline is March 31th. The same panel will select the awardee.
Use this link to submit your nomination: Link Here
If you'd rather use a paper nomination form, please contact the CSIFT Business Office by phone at 630-916-4960 or by email at BusinessOffice@ChicagoIFT.org.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Linda Perucca
Chair of Nominations and Awards Committee
Mondelez International
(847) 943-4791
lperucca@mdlz.com
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New Professionals Events: Whirly Ball in January
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Join the New Professionals!
The New Professionals group encourages anyone who has been in the industry 10 years or less to join in on our networking fun. Look for updates to the Facebook group and CSIFT website. If you are not receiving monthly emails with upcoming event information, please email Niki at nbaran@flavorchem.com and request to be added.
The New Professionals held their 3rd annual food science trivia night at the Glenview House in November. On December 7th, we held a volunteer event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
Our group helped sort and pack over 15,000 pounds of apples and pears for families in need around Chicago.
We are in the process of planning the January Whirlyball event, sponsored by Prinova. The event will be held at the Whirlyball location in Lombard.
Don't forget to bring your business cards and new co-workers!
Please register for all events on our webpage.
http://chicagoift.org/newprofessionals.html
Co-Chairs: Niki Baron &
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Do You Know Your Emeritus Member?
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Click on the photo to find out who it is!
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CSIFT Awards JBT Scholarships!
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Two U of I Food Science Students are Awarded CSIFT-Sponsored $10,000 Scholarships
Samantha Larocca and Janique Tyler are the 2013 Recipients of the CSIFT-sponsored Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholarships from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), at the University of Illinois (U of I).
Samantha and Janique were formally awarded their scholarships during the annual Jonathan Baldwin Turner (JBT) Scholarship Program Recognition Banquet, held December 6 at the University of Illinois. The Banquet honors and recognizes JBT Scholarship recipients, their parents, and scholarship sponsors. Nancy Moriarity and Mike Wanous presented the awards, on behalf of CSIFT, at the event.
An active sponsor for several years, 2013 marks the first year that CSIFT proudly expanded its sponsorship to two student scholarships. ACES was able to award a total of fifty-four (54) JBT Scholarships in 2013 to incoming freshman students pursuing a range of majors within the college. Download Article
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December Dinner Meeting Recap
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It was great to see so many people at the December dinner meeting of the Chicago Section IFT! The Section had 135 people attend - a fantastic turnout considering the weather was a bit frightful!
We were fortunate to have Dr. Gary Reineccius as our speaker. Currently, Dr. Reineccius is Head of the Food Science and Nutrition Department and also co-Director Flavor Research and Education Center; both from the U of MN.
Dr. Reineccius proposed the next generation of flavor analysis: chemometrics (flavormetrics), which is a comprehensive, data-driven, multi-disciplinary approach. The approach is that all instrumental data collected are valuable a priori (not restricted to earlier "thinking") to allow for an unbiased view of the food system. Chemometrics are employed to utilize mathematical & statistical tools to make rationale analysis of the chemical measurements.
It became clear why chemometrics are needed: large data sets with multiple variables are obtained hence the need for data visualization and interpretation. The discussion gave an example of mandarin fruits, followed by the potential challenges and shortcomings of this approach. Download Article
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Join us at the Chicago Section IFT January Dinner Meeting
Topic: Analytical Challenges in Emergency Response to Chemical Contamination Events in Foods
Speaker: Doug Heitkemper, Ph.D. Inorganic Laboratory Branch Director, Forensic Chemistry Center, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Register Here
Date: 13-January-2014
Location: Maggiono's Little Italy, 4999 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077 (847) 933-9555
John Budin, Ph.D.
Program Committee Chair, and Chair Elect CSIFT
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Career Center: December Employment Opportunities
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 Job Postings Available Here: Click Here
The CSIFT Career Center 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.
Any active member of the CSIFT may post their own job listing to the CSIFT LinkedIn, as well as in our newsletter.
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Call for Nominations - 2014-2015 CSIFT Leadership
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Would you like to have an impact on the future
of the Chicago Section IFT?
Do you want to apply or improve your leadership skills?
The Section is vibrant and in good financial health. In order to keep it growing and provide new ideas and value to our membership we need volunteers who contribute some of their time and enthusiasm in a number of elected positions. Read full article
These are the positions that we encourage you to run for:
Chair-Elect (commitment of three years, serves as Program Chair during the first year, Section Chair during the second year, and Awards and Nominations during the third year)
Secretary (takes minutes during the Executive Committee Meetings)
Executive Committee Members (4 positions open with commitment of three years, responsible for strategic thinking and voting of Section Activities for the betterment of the Section.)
If you are interested in running for a Leadership Role in the Chicago Section IFT please call me at 847-943-4791 or send an email to lperucca@mdlz.com by Dec 20th
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CSIFT Social Media News - New LinkedIn Groups
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The CSIFT LinkedIn group has been "Refreshed"! The Career Center and New Professionals subgroups are also now available to join!
 This group is now a "Live Open Group"! This group is open to all individuals that are in the food industry. The CSIFT (http://chicagoift.org/) is a unique umbrella organization that brings together all the diverse disciplines involved in food technology. Our OPEN LinkedIn group simply requires you press the request to join button.
The group is built on a scientific and educational society of individual members and requires that you are affiliated or are connected within one of the disciplines below to join.
CSIFT LinkedIn Group Criteria
* Food technologists and scientists
* Engineers
* Research managers
* Executives, including sales and marketing
* Government regulators
* Educators
CSIFT New Professionals LinkedIn Group!
To join the CSIFT New Professionals LinkedIn group, you must be a member CSIFT and IFT. A CSIFT New Professional is a person in the food industry for 10 years or less. We encourage ALL MEMBERS of CSIFT and IFT to join this group to develop connections and think outside the box!
To those current New Professionals already on the mailing list we will be sending an email via LinkedIn by December 31. If you do not get this email please let us know or request membership at any time!
Niki Baran - CSIFT New Professionals Committee Chair
Email: nbaran@flavorchem.com
Anisa Bassi - CSIFT New Professionals LinkedIn Group
Email: abassi@vestisgroup.com
Katie Schmidt- CSIFT Social Media Chair
Email:Katie@dempseycorporation.com
CSIFT New Career Center LinkedIn Group!
Look for the official launch after the first of the year as we are in the final stages of development. This subgroup will require membership to CSIFT and IFT.
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Welcome New Members!
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The Chicago Section IFT Welcomes New Members from November 2013! We are happy to have you and hope to see you at our January Dinner & Discussion.
| Abbey Stokes | Schulze & Burch Biscuit Co | | Ana Giampietro | Nation Pizza Products | | Andy Tan |
| | Aparna Sukumar |
| | Bethany Jean Hausch |
| | Bhaumik T Patel | Vision Processing Technologies Inc | | Chad Risley | Berg+Schmidt America | | Crystal Palko | CNT Nutrition Innovations | | Dan Jaskiewicz | Kronos Foods Inc | | Danielle Kristen Abbot | Sensient Flavors LLC | | Dorey Gray | Kraft Foods | | Emily Defnet |
| | James M LaBrosse | Weber Flavors | | Jamie Krystofiak | Mullins Food Products | | Jerry Johnson |
| | Karen Grenus | Glanbia Performance Nutrition | | Kevin Burke | Symrise | | Marcell Salonga |
| | Mark Barenie | Institute of Food Technologists | | Michael Barski | Institute of Food Technologists | | Michael Truby |
| | Mike Patschorke | FONA International Inc | | Robert Finkel | Forbidden Root | | Robert Verworn | Vision Processing Technologies | | Stephen Paul Walker | U.S. Food and Drug Administration | | Susan Andronowitz | Institute of Food Technologists | | Yashar Shakarami |
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Tanner Lectureship Nominations Open
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Nominees for the Tanner Lectureship are sought. The Tanner Lecturer should be a world-class 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.
 | Who is Fred W. Tanner? Click here to find out!
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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 on Monday, May 12, 2014.
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.
Nominations are due no later than December 30st, 2013, and should be sent to the Tanner Committee Chair: Zuoxing Zheng, 847-646-3388 or zuoxing.zheng@kraftfoods.com.
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