2010 Meeting
March 2 - 5, 2010 at the Drury Plaza Hotel on the
Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.
2009 Meeting was held
March 3 - 6, 2009
at the Drury Plaza Hotel on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.
2009 IFTPS Pre-Conference Symposium
PROCESSING IN WATER
SPRAY RETORTS
March 3, 2009
Symposium Chair: Terry Heyliger, JBT FoodTech
7:30 Registration & Refreshments
8:15 Welcome & Introduction
Terry Heyliger, Symposium Chair
Ian Britt, Executive Director
8:30 Overview and System Fundamentals
Terry Heyliger,
JBT FoodTech
9:15 Temperature Distribution: Part 1
Kurt Wiese, Centre for
Food & Pharmaceutical Process Safety
10:00 Refreshment Break
10:30 Temperature Distribution: Part 2
Terry Heyliger, JBT FoodTech
11:15 Heat Penetration Considerations
Kevin Collins, JBT FoodTech
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Case Study - Developing TD and HP Data
Layne Martin and
Jason Enfield, Hormel Foods, LLC
1:45 Process Optimization
Chris Balestrini, GMA
2:30 Refreshment Break
3:00 Regulatory Considerations
Dan Geffin, FDA
3:45 Roundtable - Q & A (all speakers)
4:30 Adjourn
IFTPS 28th Annual Conference
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THERMAL
PROCESSING SPECIALISTS
March 4-5, 2009
Conference Program Chair: Kurt Wiese, Center
for Food &
Pharmaceutical
Process Safety
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
7:30 Registration & Refreshments
8:15 Welcome & Introduction
Kurt Wiese, Program Chair
Ian Britt, Executive Director
8:30 Validation Tools from the Pharmaceutical Industry
Pam Hardt-English, PhF Specialists, Inc.
9:15 A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Model to Optimize Canned
Food Plant
Operation
Ricardo Simpson, Universidad Santa María
10:00 Refreshment Break
10:30 Recent Advances in Thermal Processing Technology
Art Teixeira, University of Florida
11:15 Spore Growth and Destruction
Joe Dalmasso, Apex Laboratories
12:00 Lunch
1:00 New Canning Technology
Ben Zhang, Frito Lay, Inc.
1:45 Tomato Processing
Bernd Elhaus, Nestlé Product Technology Centre Konolfingen
2:30 Refreshment Break
3:00 Life on the Brighter Side
Steve Spinak, Spinak Consulting
3:50 Technical Committee Meetings
5:00 Reception and Suppliers’ Exhibits
Thursday, March 5, 2009
7:45 Refreshments
8:15 Annual General Meeting
9:15 Technical Committee Reports
9:45 Charles R. Stumbo Student Paper
Investigating the
Potential of Bacillus
subitilis alpha-Amylase as a
Pressure–Temperature–Time Indicator for High Hydrostatic
Pressure Pasteurization
Processes
Tara Grauwet, K.U.Leuven
Laboratory of Food Technology
10:00 Refreshment Break
10:30 New Developments In Microbial Modeling - Interactive
Software, the Three
Points Method and a Probabilistic vs.
Kinetic
Approach
Micha Peleg, University of Massachusetts Amherst
11:15 Home Canning Today in the United States
Elizabeth Andress, University of Georgia
12:00 Lunch
1:00 What in the World is Happening with Retort Pouches and Trays
Henry Strassheim, Softcan Technology, LLC
1:45 Continuous Flow Microwave Sterilization:
Tools and Procedures
for Process Design and Validation
Josip Simunovic, NC State University
2:30 News from the USDA
Suzanne Hasiak, USDA
3:30
News from the FDA
Susan Brecher, FDA 4:00
Adjourn
2009 IFTPS Post-Process
Symposium
RISK-BASED ANALYSIS OF ASEPTIC
PROCESSING AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS
March 6, 2009
Workshop Co-Chairs:
Ferhan Ozadali, Gerber Products Company
/ Nestlé Nutrition
Nathan Anderson, FDA
8:15 Welcome & Introduction
Ferhan Ozadali,
Symposium Co-Chair & Aseptic Committee
Chair
Ian Britt, IFTPS Executive Director
8:30 The Food Safety Objective Approach to Risk-Based Process
Design
of Aseptic Processing and Packaging Systems and FDA
Perspective
Nathan Anderson, FDA
9:30 Risk Assessment Approaches to Setting Thermal Processes for
Aseptic Systems and EU Perspective
Philip Richardson, CCFRA
10:30 Refreshment Break
11:00 Implications of Food Safety Objectives in the Development of
Aseptic Packaging Systems
Guido Moruzzi, Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions SpA
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Risk-Based Determination of the Exposure Dwell-Time to Lethal
Agents Required to Achieve a Desired Sterility Assurance Level
Alfredo Rodriguez, NCFST
1:45 Recent Developments in Microbial Validation of Aseptic
Packaging
Systems and U.S. Process Authority Perspective
Wilfredo Ocasio, The National Food Laboratory
2:30 Panel Discussion (all speakers)
3:15 Adjourn
Location and Lodging
The conference will be held at the Drury Plaza Hotel - San Antonio Riverwalk,
105 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas.
The hotel has set aside a block of rooms at the rate of $139.99, $149.99 double
including a buffet breakfast, evening receptions, internet, 60 min of long
distance calls. Make your room reservations directly with the hotel (1 800
325 0720, online www.druryhotels.com and quote
group number
2031717)
and please identify your attendance at the IFTPS event.
The cut-off date for discounted rates has been extended to February 6, 2009.
Guarantee your reservations in order to be assured of the lower room rate.
Conference Dress: Business casual
Suppliers Exhibit
Limited tabletop display space will be available for suppliers during the
conference reception from 5 to 7 PM on Wednesday March 4. For more
information please email info@iftps.org or call 519 824 6774.
Registration and Fees
The conference registration fee provides lunch and refreshments both days,
complimentary refreshments at the reception and all conference materials. Cost
of the hotel accommodations and other meals are not included. All payments
are in US dollars.
Conference
Members $475.00
Non-members-$525.00
Student Members-$100.00
Student Non-members-$125.00
Pre-Conference Symposium
Members-$250.00
Non-members-$275.00
Student Members-$50.00
Student Non-members-$75.00
Post-Conference Aseptic Symposium
Members-$250.00
Non-members-$275.00
Student Members-$50.00
Student Non-members-$75.00
Retired Members are one-half the industry rate.
Guest Lunch and Reception Tickets
Tickets for spouses and guests attending lunches or the reception will be
available at a charge of $20.00 per event.
Annual Membership Dues
Annual membership renewals of $60 USD are due January
1, 2009. If convenient, you may include your payment with your registration
to ensure that you receive the member registration rates.
Online Payment
Based on the options above, please enter the amount you wish charged to your
American Express, Visa or Mastercard account and press submit. You will be
taken to a secure site where the remainder of your personal information for
the transaction will be taken securely.
After transferring to the secure payment site, please make sure the first
and last name entered are the names of the CARDHOLDER and that the billing
address is the same as where the statement is mailed or the card will be rejected.
Payment by Fax or Mail
Please download and submit registration
form
2008 Meeting
The 27th Annual Meeting was held February 26-29 in San Antonio,
Texas Highlights of the Meeting
are Posted in the Members' Area.
2007 Meeting
The 26th Annual Meeting was held February 20-23 in San Antonio,
Texas at the Radisson San Antonio Market Square Hotel. Highlights of the Meeting
are Posted in the
Members' Area.
2006 Meeting
The 25th Annual Conference and Symposium
was held February 21, 22 and 23, 2006 in
Orlando, Florida. Highlights of the Meeting are Posted in the Members'
Area.
2005 Meeting
Information about the 2005 Meeting, including many of the symposium and
conference presentations, is also available in the Secured Members,
Area.
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