Food Recalls & Supply Safety

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Do More Recalls in the News Mean the Food Supply is Less Safe?

What is the story behind the recalls?

Please join us for a New York IFT Speaker Event.

In the past year, there seems like there have been more food safety recalls than ever. Many of these recalls came from long established companies with well established brands: Boar’s Head luncheon meats, McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, and PepsiCo’s Quaker Chewy Granola Bars.

What is the story behind these recalls? Is the food industry losing its ability to ensure food supply safety? Learn what Dr. Schaffner, a recognized expert in microbiological risk assessment, can tell us.

Meet the Speaker

Dr. Donald W. Schaffner

Chair, Dept of Food Science
Rutgers University

Bio

Dr. Donald W. Schaffner is Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. He is the current Chair of the Department of Food Science.

His research interests include handwashing, cross-contamination, and quantitative microbial risk assessment. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and educated thousands of food industry professionals.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Academy of Microbiology, the Society for Risk Analysis and International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). He served as president of IAFP in 2013-2014.

He was an Editor for the ASM journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology from 2005 to 2020.

He began serving as a Contributing Editor for Food Microbiology and as Associate Editor for Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (CRFSFS) in 2020 and as Scientific Editor for CRFSFS in 2023. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of Microbial Risk Analysis since 2022. In his spare time, he co-hosts the Food Safety Talk and Risky or Not podcasts.

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Location

Mondelēz International

100 Deforest Ave
East Hanover, NJ 07936 United States + Google Map
Registration Closed

Please register by 5 PM EST, February 27, 2025

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Thursday

Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT

Schedule

  • 3-5:00 PM
    NYIFT Board Meeting (non-board members are welcome)
  • 5:00 PM
    Appetizers & Networking
  • 6:00 PM
    Speaker Presentation
  • 7:00 PM
    Dinner & Dessert
  • 8:00 PM
    Adjourn
  • *3-8:00 PM*
    Mondelez Company Store Open

Fees

$55
Members

$60
Non-members (No Walk-ins)

$30
Students, Unemployed, Retirees, Executive Board Members