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Upcoming Events 
May 23 at Schaumburg Boomers AOAC Annual Meeting
June 2-5, Oakbrook Register TodayIFT 2014 Annual Meeting & Food Expo: June 21-24
Annual Golf Outing at Cog Hill
August 19, 2014 -
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Pictures from May 12, 2014 Dinner Meeting
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 | | Raffle Winners: Sarah Scholl, Bill Burns, Edie Erdman, and Susan Abraham-Rivera |
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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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CSIFT Leadership Team
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Officers:
John Chambers, Chair John Budin, Chair Elect Olivia Fisher, Secretary James Colby, Treasurer Linda Perucca, Past Chair
Executive Committee:
Bill Becht
Glenn Bluemer
Mike Carson
Laura Colby
Laura Gray
Jan Miller
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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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 & Friends,
I hope you all had a great time at the Tanner Lecture dinner meeting. As our last dinner meeting for this term I couldn't have been more pleased on the turn out. We had great food, an excellent presentation, and plenty of time to reminisce with one another on the great times we have had over the last year. Our Historian, Porter Myrick, did an excellent job in capturing those memories in a slideshow that was displaying during dinner.
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VIP Program Honors Griffith Laboratories
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I want to send out a BIG "Thank You" to the committee volunteers and our business office for making all the dinner meeting events special this year!
The House and Program Committees continued their reputation of providing a great venues and great guest speakers for our attendees this year.
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The 2014 Tanner Lecture Recap
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Does Processing of Foods Impact Cancer Risk?
Chicago Section IFT awarded the 52st Fred W. Tanner Lecture Award to Dr. John Erdman, Emeritus Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign.
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Dr. Erdman is a world-renowned expert in nutritional and physiological biochemistry of both animals and humans. His research has been focused primarily on the importance of lycopene and its precursors on cancer risk and tumor behavior, and his work specifically addresses the influence of carotenoids and soy on health and well-being. He has authored over 180 original research articles and over 350 total publications. Download full article
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Save the Dates! 2014-15 Dinner Meeting Schedule
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Chicago Section IFT Announces its 2014-15 Dinner Meeting Schedule - Locations and Speakers Coming Soon!
September 8th
October 20th November 12th - Suppliers' Night December 8th January 12th February 9th March 9th April 20th May 18th
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CSIFT JBT Scholarship Recipients: Current & Past
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The Chicago Section IFT provides several scholarships annually. One of these scholarships is the Jonathon Baldwin Turner Scholarship, currently funded for $8,000.00. The College of ACES adds $2,000.00 to our donation, providing a student $10,000.00 in scholarship support distributed over 4 years. The scholarship is awarded in the name of Chicago Section IFT by the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana to an entering freshman.
Meet current recipient Janique Tyler.
 In response to the question, "What has receiving this scholarship meant to you and how did it impact your research at school?" this is what she had to say.
"Winning this scholarship means so much to me. It greatly helps me pursue my passions in food science. I am so grateful for the generosity of others. I may not have been able to study at the U of I without the aid of the scholarship. Read complete interview.
Meet 1997 recipient Andrew Moltz. Andrew Moltz graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelors of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition. He earned his Masters of Science if Food Microbiology at University of Illinois as well and also earned an Associate Degree from the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago - Le Cordon Bleu. He currently is employed by Pepsico / Quaker Oats as a Corporate Executive Chef.  "Winning the JBT scholarship immediately made me aware of the importance that professional societies hold for both networking and career development. By attending regional events as well as annual conventions, I was not only able to meet people with similar interests but also learn about the breadth of knowledge and disciplines the field of Food Science has to offer. Learning to appreciate the importance of staying connected with professional organizations through IFT has stuck with me to this day as I now find myself actively immersed in other career specific organizations " Download full article.
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IFT 2014: June 21-24, 2014
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Attend the 2014 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo, and Help Us Win the IFT Section Challenge!
This friendly competition awards $500 to the two sections with the highest percentage of members attending the Annual Meeting. We can use that $500 for one of our scholarship or education programs!
Visit ift.org/IFT14 and register for the IFT Annual Meeting today. And, if you register before May 9, you'll save up to $150. I hope to see you there! Find out more Register Today!
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CSIFT Supports Local Collegiate Programs
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During the May Executive Board meeting, a donation of $500.00 was approved to cover the University of Illinois' Food Science and Human Nutrition Graduate Student Association's Annual Symposium
This event provides a forum for FSHN graduate students to highlight their research and prepare for the upcoming IFT Annual meeting either by delivering an oral and/or poster presentation. The funds will be used as awards for student travel to IFT's Annual meeting, as well as to provide light refreshments during the event.
As a result of CSIFT's sponsorship, CSIFT members are invited to attend the event. It's a great opportunity to support and engage with students who are the future of our industry. The Symposium is scheduled June 18, 1-5PM and will be in Bevier Hall the Urbana-Champaign campus. If you are interested in attending or want more details, please contact Anthony Cam (cam2@illinois.edu), the Symposium Co-Chair.
In addition, a donation of $500.00 was approved to support the
Regional Collegiate Dairy Judging Competition.
http://dairyproductscontest.org/index.php
The Regional Contest is a chance for students trained by college professors who are experts in dairy product evaluation to practice their skills and compete. A group of industry expert judges select the eight products to be judged in six categories, and they evaluate them using the same attributes and scoring values taught by the coaches.
The six dairy products that are evaluated include 2% fluid milk, butter, cheddar cheese, vanilla ice cream, cottage cheese, and strawberry-flavored Swiss-style yogurt. During the competition, the students utilize their method honed sensory skills and standardized scorecards to evaluate product quality and score the products. Teams and individuals that score closest to the expert evaluations are honored with awards. Read More
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Career Center: Now Members Can Post Jobs and Search for Jobs Online!
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CSIFT is excited to announce our New Career Center where members can search for jobs and can post jobs anytime they want! Just login to the Members-Only section of the website and click on Career Center on the left. There are currently a dozen jobs posted!
 Non-members can view general content about job postings. Non-members can also post jobs on the CSIFT LinkedIn Jobs page. Open a Jobs Discussion to post your job and avoid the new LinkedIn Fees.
Need Help? Contact Employment Chairperson Michael Mastrangelo for more information or contact the CSIFT Business Office at 630-916-4960.
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2014 Weight Management Technologies Seminar
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 Registration is Open: 2014 Weight Management Technologies Seminar is a product development event focused on providing R&D with practical & impartial "how-to" formulation advice, nutrition & sensory data on satiety and reduced calorie foods & beverages products. Click on ad to learn more. |
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MIdwest AOAC Annual Meeting & Expo
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Silliker is organizing the Midwest AOAC annual meeting this year and you are cordially invited to attend the meeting. It will be held in the Chicago land area, June 2nd-5th, at the Double Tree Hotel, 1909 Spring Road, in Oak Brook, IL. http://www.midwestaoac.org/ We have lined up a diverse and timely technical program. http://www.midwestaoac.org/Program.html
 The meeting opens with the key note address by Dr. Bob Brakett, IFSH on Food safety and tools to monitor it. The program has a strong emphasis on food safety in relation to microbiology and chemical contaminants, food authenticity, traceability and adulteration assessment, trans fatty acid analysis in relation to PHO assessment and updates on dietary fiber. Proposed Nutritional Labeling Changes - What they mean to food industry, techniques to assess Microbiological Food Safety, food safety management, Food safety Modernization Act, QC in the Lab are some of other topics part of the technical sessions. There are workshops on the last day one on "Measurement of Uncertainty" and the other on "Food Safety Systems".
Register here http://www.midwestaoac.org/Attendee_Reg_Form.html |
| CSIFT Award Winners |
|  Ellery H. Harvey Service Award
Each year the Chicago Section IFT recognizes an outstanding volunteer who has distinguished him or herself in the service of the Chicago Section IFT by awarding them the Ellery H. Harvey Service Award. This award is named after the founding chair of the Chicago Section IFT from 1941 whose passion for the profession helped form the first and largest section of the Institute of Food Technologists.
This year we are happy to announce the winner of the Ellery H. Harvey Service Award is Uwe Nienaber. Uwe holds degrees from Institute of Food Chemistry, University of Münster First State Examination for Food Chemists; Chemical State Inspection Laboratory, Münster Second State Examination for Food Chemists; and Institute of Food Chemistry of Münster Ph.D. in Food Chemistry. Read more.
Chair's Achievement Award
Every other year the Chicago Section IFT awards the Chicago Section IFT Chair's Achievement Award for outstanding achievement in Food Science. This award is eligible to Chicago Section IFT Members only.
We are pleased to announce this year's winner of the Chair's Achievement Award is Robert Boutin, President of Knechtel, Inc.
Robert attended Roosevelt University, earning a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Chemistry in 1970 and a MBA in 1976. In 1972 he started his career when he joined Breaker Confections/Sunmark as Research and Development Manager. Four years later, he accepted a position as New Products Manager at the Wm Wrigley Jr. Co.
In 1983 Robert moved to Wilton Enterprises as New Products Manager. In 1985 the food industry consulting firm Knechtel, Inc. hired him as President. This is a position that he still holds today. He is also an owner of Bentley Specialties, Inc, a custom co-packer. Read more.
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Know Your Emeritus Member
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Click on the picture of this month's Emeritus Member Biography to find out who he is!
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Welcome 2014-2015 Executive Committee Members
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The Chicago Section IFT Executive Committee is comprised of 12 members who each serve a 3 year term. This year the following members were elected to serve:
William Becht, Laura Colby, Joy Dell'Aringa, & Matthew Hutchinson
The role of the Executive Committee is to establish policies and develop the activities necessary to meet the goals of the Section and develop and approve an annual budget. They meet prior to the monthly dinner meetings from September to May and as needed.
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New Professionals Events: Schaumburg Boomers
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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 went to Comedy Sportz in Chicago on Thursday, April 24th. The improv comedy show was hilarious and the NPs got to shout out suggestions to the quick witted comedians.
May's event will be our last event of the 2013-2014 year. Join us in the Home Run Suite at the Schaumburg Boomers baseball game on Friday, May 23rd. There will also be fireworks after the game - talk about going out with a bang!We are limited to 25 tickets so register ASAP! Once you register, your name will be given to the ticket box office.
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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Join Chicago Section IFT members and friends at our 7th annual golf outing and support CSIFT Scholarships! Last year's outing raised almost $11,000.00 for scholarships. To learn more about CSIFT Scholarships click here.
Courses 1 & 2: $150.00 per golfer - includes free range balls, lunch, dinner, and prizes.
Schedule:
8:30 AM - Registration Opens
10:00 AM - Shot Gun Start -Best Ball Format
3:30 PM - Social Hour with hors d'oeuvres
4:30 PM - Dinner Buffet & Awards Presentation
Find out more - register today!
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Other IFT Section Golf Outings You Won't Want to Miss!
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July 30, 2014 - 30th Annual Great Lakes Section Golf Scramble Download FlyerSeptember 16, 2014 - 9th Annual Golf Outing and Dinner Benefiting the Wisconsin IFT Scholarship Fund Download Flyer
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Welcome New Members!
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The Chicago Section IFT Welcomes New Members from April 2014!
Vandana Ashtakala, U of I
Russell Baker, Ottens
Leann Barden
Susan Bavol, Diageo
Sanah Boisvert, Sensient
Jorge Bouzas, Ferrara Candy Company
Jennifer Chaffin, Sensient Flavors
Thanaporn Chittiphalungsri, U of I
David Condon, Sensient
David Crockett, IIT
Brittany Gregus, Wilton
Matt Henderson, Land O'Frost
John Hirschey, Kraft Foods
Nathan Holleman, Innovative Food Ingredients
Peter Holocher, FONA
Pat Horning, Innova Flavors
Zelong Jia, IIT
David Jordan, Centerchem
Michelle Kavanagh, Karlin Foods
Kevin Maki, Midwest Center for Metabolic Research
Karen Malsom, Land O'Frost
Dan Meyer, ADPI
Christopher Meyers
Keren Novack, Tragon
Mark Pasmore, Baxter Healthcare
Elsa Savaiano, Prinova USA
Kevin Smith, Kerry
Jeta Stavro
Christie Tarantino, IFT
David Tuchler
William Waddell, Magrabar
Yun Wang, MSU
Yi Wang
Sohail Yousaf, Vegetable Juices
Cesar Zelaya
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