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Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
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Chicago Section IFT Turns 73 Years Young!
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Join CSIFT on Social Media
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Pictures from January 13, 2014 Dinner Meeting
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 John Chambers, Douglas Heitkemper, & John Budin 
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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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Issue: #5
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January 22, 2014
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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 New Year! Happy 73rd Birthday CSIFT!
I hope you had a great time at the January dinner meeting. I want to thank all the committees that made the evening a very special event! We started the evening off by celebrating the 73rd birthday of CSIFT and ended with a great presentation.
We had Douglas Heitkemper, Ph.D. from the U.S. FDA Forensic Chemistry Center in Cincinnati as our guest speaker. He gave a great presentation on Analytical Challenges in Emergency Response to Chemical Contamination Events in Foods. The event was held at Maggiano's Little Italy in Skokie, IL. His presentation was very informational and entertaining. It was amazing to see the evolution of the FDA's practices in protection and promotion of public health. Download article
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February 10th Dinner & Discussion with Michael Jacobson
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Food Technologists Can Change the World - for Better or for Worse!
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Michael Jacobson, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest
Over the past half-century, considerable research has shown that poor diets contribute to several hundred thousand premature deaths annually.
That research has served as the foundation of major "food fights" to improve the public's health by reducing dietary saturated fat, sodium, and refined sugars and eliminating artificial trans fat.
T hough industry has been slow to reformulate processed foods, and government has been even slower to regulate, there has been progress on all fronts. Food technologists have been heavily involved in all of those efforts. While progress should continue on those fronts, a tougher challenge will be to get people eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.Read Full Article
Northbrook Hilton, 2855 N. Milwaukee Ave, Northbrook, IL
5:00 PM: Social Hour
6:00 - 8:30 PM: Dinner & Discussion
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 31st. 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.
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.
Our next event will be Whirlyball in Lombard on January 23rd, sponsored by Prinova.We will race around in bumper cars while trying to score goals with waffle balls.Whirlyball is a New Professional favorite and there is always a great turnout.
Our February 20 event is Chocolate and Wine Tasting at Life's a Cabernet in Chicago. The cost is $20 per person (member or non-member), but registration is limited to 25 people so sign up quickly!
We are in the process of planning upcoming events so please check
the for new additions Chicago IFT Website and always be sure to register ahead of time.
Please register for all events on our webpage.
http://chicagoift.org/newprofessionals.html
Co-Chairs: Niki Baron & Molly Connor Download Article
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January Dinner Meeting Recap
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Analytical Challenges in Emergency Response to Chemical Contamination Events in Foods: Douglas Heitkemper, Ph.D. Inorganic Laboratory Branch Director, Forensic Chemistry Center, U.S. FDA
I was a pleasure to see everyone at the Chicago Section IFT January meeting. It was a packed house of over 85 people. It was truly an honor to have Douglas Heitkemper, Ph.D. from the U.S. FDA Forensic Chemistry Center in Cincinnati as our guest speaker for the dinner meeting held at Maggiano's Little Italy in Skokie, IL. We received many positive responses to his talk.
 Dr. Heitkemper started his presentation with the history and timeline of the Forensic Chemistry Center, which started as the Elemental Analysis Research Center (EARC) in 1979. The TylenolŪ tampering incident occurred in 1982, which resulted in 7 deaths caused by cyanide poisoning. The Federal Anti-Tampering Act passed by Congress in 1983.
 Some case studies were then provided which included baby food tampering (July 2004), Suspected Tampering with dairy cattle on a Washington state farm (2004), dietary supplement analysis for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), melamine/cyanuric acid pet food crisis (2007), Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010), and Arsenic in apple juice and rice.
Download a copy of the Presentation
What a fantastic way to kick off the New Year!! I look forward to seeing everyone at the February dinner meeting.
Topic: Food Technologists Can Change the World - for Better or for Worse
Speaker: Michael Jacobson, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest
Date: 10-Feb-2014
Location: Northbrook Hilton, Northbrook, IL
John Budin
Program Committee Chair, and Chair Elect CSIFT
19-Jan-2014
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Career Center: January 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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Welcome New Members!
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The Chicago Section IFT Welcomes New Members from December 2013! We are happy to have you and hope to see you at our February Dinner & Discussion.
Amy Bogus, Z Trim Holdings, Inc.
Shih-Fang Chen
Jessica Brand
Bridget McClatchey
Kathleen Crossman, FONA International
Rafael Pedraja
Alexandra Dahlkild
Margaret Visser
Christina Ross
Sarah Dipasquale, Bay Valley Foods
Luis Fernandez, Tate & Lyle
Jack Giesenschlag, CP Kelco
David Jones, Plumrose USA, Inc.
Rex Jackson, Bell Flavors & Fragrances
Chance Hilbelink
Josephine Christina
Ozankah Raman
Conor Murnane
Allison Brown
Charles D'Ovidio,Barrington Nutritionals
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Have you joined the CSIFT LinkedIn groups yet?
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We are now a "Live Open Group!"
Our OPEN LinkedIn group simply requires you press the request to join button.
- Do you have a hot topic happening in the industry that you would like to learn more about and have an open discussion?
- Would you like to build your network?
- Do you want to stay up to date with the CSIFT and IFT events and happenings?
- Would you like to learn about special promotions and savings offered to CSIFT members to IFT industry events?
It's all there for you! Send your request to join today! See you there!
Any questions or inquiries please reach out to Katie Schmidt or myself.
PS... We are working with IFT to develop a LinkedIn Webinar that will be available to all CSIFT members on the IFT Career Center Professional Development website. Stay tuned!
Denise Michalik
Chair Marketing Committee
Denmich16@gmail.com
Katie Schmidt
Chair Social Media
katie@dempseycorporation.com
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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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