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Affiliate Annual Report for Calendar Year 2018 (Complete Attachment B to be considered for one or more 2019 Affiliate Awards.)

To maintain compliance with IAFP Constitution and Bylaws, Affiliates must return this completed report. Please send by email to Susan Smith at: ssmith@foodprotection.org. Please return the following items electronically by Tuesday, February 12, 2019 (late reports will not be considered for awards): REQUIRED:

This completed form (in English).

Your Association’s membership list (Item 2).

Your Association’s list of current term officers (complete Attachment A). OPTIONAL:

Attachment B: Completion required only if your Association requests to be considered for one or more Affiliate Awards.

IAFP now accepts all Affiliate Annual Reports electronically, including those vying for one or more of the Affiliate Awards. Affiliates seeking to present the highest quality visual presentation are encouraged to present their Annual Report in the highest quality possible for review by the Selection Committee. To avoid errors and omissions, please limit your submission to ONE email with all attachments.

Digital photos (with names and descriptions) to appear in the Affiliate View quarterly newsletter.

Arkansas Association for Food Protection

1. Your Official Delegate to IAFP Affiliate Council and Contact

Enter in the fields below the information requested for your Association’s official Delegate to the IAFP Affiliate Council and your official Contact for IAFP correspondence. Delegate must be an IAFP Member.

Official Delegate to IAFP Affiliate Council Barbara Smith

5800 Alma Hwy

Van Buren, AR 72956

479-474-5178

bsmith@peppersource.com

IAFP Member? Y ☒ N ☐

Official Contact for IAFP Correspondence (indicate “same” if person also serves as Delegate) Barbara Smith

5800 Alma Hwy

Van Buren, AR 72956

479-474-5178

bsmith@peppersource.com

IAFP Member? Y ☒ N ☐

2. Membership List

a. Indicate the current total number of members in your Association: enter number b. How many NEW members joined your Association in 2018? enter number c. Fax or email your current membership list. Include name, title, complete address,

phone number, fax number, and email address of all active members.

First Name Last Name Company/Affiliation Email

Joe Heinzelmann Neogen Matt Henderson Land o frost Evan Henke

Dana Hite bioMerieux, Inc. dana.hite@biomerieux.com

Monica Hoffman ThermoFisher Clint Holsomback Sterilex clint.holsomback@sterilex.com

Brett Hood Argo Aaron Huckabee Hygiena April Hudson Tyson Foods, Inc. april.hudson@tyson.com

Kenny Hunt Innovative Healthcare Corp. khunt@ihcsolutions.com

Anne Huss BioMatrix International ahuss@biomatrixintl.com

Erica Jacobi Tyson erica.jacobi@tyson.com

Andrea Jeffery Simmons Chantell Jernigan Simmons Prepared Foods cs046@uark.edu

Michael G Johnson UA, Food Science mjohnson@uark.edu

Robert Jones Tyson Foods robert.jones@tyson.com

Sarah Jones University of AR slj017@email.uark.edu

MaryBeth Karczynski Weber Scientific mkarczynski@weberscientific.com

Jesse Kay Clear Labs Elizabeth Kirchman FSNS Carl Knueven Jones-Hamilton Benjamin Knysak Thermo Fisher benjamin.knysak@thermofisher.com

Elizabeth Krichman FSNS Jessica Kutz 3D Corporate Solutions Young Min Kwon University of AR Heath LaFevers bioMerieux, Inc. heath.lafevers@biomerieux.com

Sandra Lancaster AR Dept. of Health sandra.lancaster@arkansas.gov

NEL LANDERITO Simmons Food nel.landerito@simfoods.com

Travis Larson Crimson Chemicals travis.larson@crimsonchemicals.com

Eddy Lee Pepper Source elee@peppersource.com

Ken Leith G & L Consulting glades@cox.net

Patti Leith G & L Consulting glades@cox.net

Ken Leveillee MilliporeSigma ken.leveillee@sial.com

Bill Leverich ClorDiSys Solutions billleverich@clordisys.com

Yongcheng Liu Tyson Foods Dawn Loyd-Davis AR Dept. of Health brent.rowe@arkansas.gov

Kaushik Luthra University of AR kluthra@uark.edu

li ma Oklahoma State University li.ma@okstate.edu

Jeff Madewell BioSafe Systems, LLC lbengston@biosafesystems.com

Beatrice Maingi Safe Foods Corporation Beatrice.Maingi@safefoods.net

Elaine Maliff Puritan James McGinnis Diamond V jmcginnis@diamondv.com

Charles McGuill Romer Labs charles.mcguill@romerlabs.com

Jonathan McKoy Pilgrim's jonathan.mckoy@pilgrims.com

Richard McMullen AR Dept. of Health richard.mcmullen@arkansas.gov

Aaron McPherson Sartorius Brenda Metcalf George's Inc. brenda.metcalf@georgesinc.com

Jean-Francois Meullenet UA, Division of Agriuculture jfmeull@uark.edu

Andrew Micciche University of AR acmiccic@uark.edu

Michael Michel Neogen Corporation mmichel@neogen.com

Melinda Miller AAFP

Zeinab Mohammadi-Shad University of AR zmohamma@uark.edu

Kevin Moore Bio Rad Rajesh Nayak FDA/NCTR rajesh.nayak@fda.hhs.gov

Louis Nevala AR Dept. of Health louis.nevala@arkansas.gov

Abass Oduola UA, Dept of Food Science aaoduola@uark.edu

Christi O'Halloran Puritan Medical Products clohalloran@puritanmedproducts.com

Anne Okeyo RIVIANA FOODS INC anokeyo@yahoo.com

Jeff Olander Lopez Foods, Inc. jolander@lopezfoods.com

Elena Olson Pittsburg State University eolson@gus.pittstate.edu

Christina Ovall Jones-Hamilton Russell Owings Crimson Chemicals russell.owings@gmail.com

Leigh Parette Tyson Foods, Inc. Leigh.parette@tyson.com

Robin Peterson Micreos Food Safety r.peterson@micreos.com

Bob Peytan Tetra Clean Systems Geetha Phillips TriStrata Group gphillips@tristratagroup.com

Jerry Reeves Inficon. Inc Lance Reeves Nationwide Insurance Chris Reno BSI Group Keith Roper University of AR Lindsey Ross Charm Sciences, Inc

Daniel Ross Pepper Source dross@peppersource.com

Michael J. Rothrock University of AR Sammy Sadaka University of AR ssadaka@uaex.edu

Deepti Samarth University of AR dpsamart@uark.edu

Deborah Sattely Safe Foods Taylor Schultz Millennium Life Sciences Inc Brooke Schwartz Rheonix, Inc bschwartz@rheonix.com

Paula Schwarz Maxxam Analytics pschwarz@maxxamlabs.com

Soraya Shafiekhani University of AR sshafiek@uark.edu

Gary Acuff Texas A&M University gacuff@tamu.edu

Nikki Shariat Gettysburg College nshariat@gettysburg.edu

Zhaohao Shi University of AR zs002@uark.edu

Katrina Shores Simmons Prepared Foods cs046@uark.edu

Sayant Shringarpure Tyson Food Safety & Research Lab jayant.s@tyson.com

Greg Siragusa Eurofins Technologies Barbara Smith Pepper Source bsmith@peppersource.com

Paul Smith Polyskope Daeandre Smith University of AR America Sotero University of AR asotero@uark.edu

Lonnie Speir Power Technology, Inc. lspeir@powertechnology.com

Gary Ades G & L Consulting glades@cox.net

Kathy Spencer AR Dept. of Health kathy.spencer@arkansas.gov

Carla Spencer TreeHouse Foods carla.spencer@treehousefoods.com

Scott Sprinkles 3D Solutions

nathan stebbins Tyson Food Safety & Research Lab jerri.lynn.pickett@tyson.com

Emiel Steen University of AR emsteen@uark.edu

Sherri Stephens SGS Vanguard

Shawn Stevens Food Industry Counsel stevens@foodindustrycounsel.com

Stacy Stoltenberg Hygiena Johnny Ray Stout Tyson Foods, Inc. johnny.stout@tyson.com

ROBERT STRONG SAI GLOBAL bob.strong@saiglobal.com

Dean Allen BioSafe Systems, LLC lbengston@biosafesystems.com

Jacob Swann American Proteins, Inc. jacob.swann@amprot.com

Amy Szadziewicz OK Foods, Inc Debra Taylor Edge Biologicals, Inc. Megan E. Templet Puritan Dale Thompson University of AR Jared Torgeson Pureline Peter Trabold Rheonix, Inc ptrabold@rheonix.com

John Trafford AR Dept. of Health john.trafford@arkansas.gov

Beth Travis Tyson Foods, Inc. elizabeth.travis@tyson.com

Jonathan Turner AR Dept. of Health Jonathan.Turner@arkansas.gov

Giselle Almeida University of AR keg005@uark.edu

Lindsey Ulbrich Safe Foods Brian Umberson Novolyze brian.umberson1024@outlook.com

M. Scott Updike USDA-FSIS-OPPD-RIMS michael.updike@fsis.usda.gov

Kelly Vest HACCP Consulting Group kgvest8@gmail.com

Jennifer Wages Tyson Foods, Inc. jennifer.wages@tyson.com

Kendra Wallbusser Pilgrims Chen Wang ThermoFisher Ronghui Wang University of AR rwang@uark.edu

Thibault Wauters Realzyme Butch Welch Argo Robert Ames Corbion stephanie.carlson@corbion.com

Shelby Williams Hardy Diagnostics Tradeshowcoordinator@hardydiagnostics.com

Nichole Williams Tyson Ingredient Solutions Ashley Williams U.S. Food & Drug Administration ashley.williams@fda.hhs.gov

Lauren Wilson JB HUNT lauren.wilson@jbhunt.com

shantae Wilson University of AR saw012@uark.edu

Matthew Wise CDC cxx4@cdc.gov

Joey Woodfield AR Dept. of Health joel.woodfield@arkansas.gov

Drew Worlie Tetra Clean Systems Stefan Wright Sterilex stefan.wright@sterilex.com

Kacy Wright University of AR kw039@email.uark.edu

Ryan Anderson Clear Labs Xinge Xi University of AR xingexi@uark.edu

Thomas Yeargin University of AR keg005@uark.edu

Cyrus Zegrati PolySkope Labs cyrus@polyskopelabs.com

Griffiths Atungulu University of AR Troy Ayers Eurofins Microbiology troyayers@eurofinsus.com

Laura Bachmeier National Pork Board lbachmeier@pork.org

Kristen Baer Fox Scientific, Inc Mark Bajus Clear Labs, Inc mark.bajus@clearlabs.com

Rob Baker TriStrata Group rbaker@tristratagroup.com

Jared Bashirian 3M Michael Beasley Eurofins Technologies michaelbeasley@eurofinsus.com

Karen Beers Pilgrim's Danell Begley SGS Vanguard BJ Bench Tyson Foods Lara Bench Tyson Foods lara.bench@tyson.com

Dominique Blackman Realzyme Aaron Bodie University of AR arbodie@email.uark.edu

Nicholas Booher OK Foods, Inc Jeff Borgtrom Innovative Healthcare Corp. khunt@ihcsolutions.com

Jason Boyd AR Dept. of Health brent.rowe@arkansas.gov

Alex Brandt FSNS Curtiss Briggs Fox Scientific, Inc Geoff Bright World Bio Products gbright@worldbioproducts.net

Debrah Brooks University of AR ss019@uark.edu

Rebecca Bruce University of AR rmbruce@uark.edu

Julie Brunkhorst Trilogy Analytical Lab julie@trilogylab.com

Mark Burkard Merieux NutriSciences mark.burkard@mxns.com

John Butts Land o' frost Todd Callaway University of AR Franck Carbonero University of AR Ashlyn Carlton UA at Pine Bluff sanady@uapb.edu

Karen Carmichael Charm Sciences Jeff Carpenter FSNS Dustin Cheatham TriStrata Group dcheatham@tristratagroup.com

Ivy Cho Romer Labs Ivy.Cho@romerlabs.com

Jeffrey Clark University of AR jac029@uark.edu

Laurie Clotilde Safe Traces Casey Craft BioWALL, LLC. casey@NashIndustrial.com

Shirley Croyle Edge Biologicals, Inc. Bryan Curtis Rheonix, Inc bcurtis@rheonix.com

Ivy Dala Romer Keith Day Twin Rivers Foods kday@2river.com

Ria DeCamp Eurofins Microbiology Aiswariya Deliephan Kansas State University aish@ksu.edu

Rolando Demagajes World Bioproducts gbright@worldbioproducts.net

Janak Dhakal Kansas State University jdhakal@ksu.edu

Claudia Diaz Oklahoma State University li.ma@okstate.edu

DANA DITTOE UA, Food Science dkdittoe@uark.edu

Mike Draper Tetra Clean Systems Daniela Drummond Cesco Solutions daniela.drummond@cescosolutions.com

Vik Dutta bioMerieux, Inc. dana.hite@biomerieux.com

Natalie Dyenson Dole Food Company, Inc. natalie.dyenson@dole.com

Debra Dzialo Land o Frost dar.gautreaux@landofrost.com

Cal Edge Edge Biologicals, Inc. Carla Edwards AAFP Kevn Eichhorn Drymax Solutions

Fred Elmore Fort Smith Med & Janit Supply Co. felmore@medicalandjanitorialsupply.com

Alan Felton King Techina Group NA, LLC alan@ktgcoating.com

Kristina Feye University of AR Steven Foley FDA steven.foley@fda.hhs.gov

Phillip Fruechting AR Dept. of Health phillip.fruechting@arkansas.gov

Amanda Fryar Land o' frost Karen Fugman Foss kfugman@fossna.com

Chris Gallaugher Tyson christopher.gallaugher@tyson.com

Laurent Galloux Maxxam Analytics Deana Gebacz Bruker Antoine Giros Maxxam Analytics Tony Gonzalez Millennium Life Sciences Inc tony.gonzalez@mlscmc.com

Andrea Goucher Simmons Prepared Foods andrea.goucher@simfoods.com

Chris Graves Multvac North America Cary Gray AR Dept. of Health cary.gray@arkansas.gov

Alison Griffino Tyson Foods alison.griffino@tyson.com

Antoince Grios Maxxam Analytics Anamika Gupta University of AR ag048@uark.edu

Nancy Gushing OK Foods, Inc Hillary Hagan Tyson Foods hillary.hagan@tyson.com

Kyle Haggard Tyson kyle.haggard@tyson.com

Jessica Haight Fox Scientific, Inc Nancy Halstead Tyson Foods, Inc nancy.halstead@tyson.com

Jacquelyn Adams Tyson Foods, Inc jacquelyn.adams@tyson.com

Peggy E. Cook Wheatsheaf Group BPDHCook@gmail.com

Yassar M. Sanad UA at Pine Bluff sanady@uapb.edu

Tammy McFate Ozark Mountain Poultry tmcfate@ompfoods.com

Norma Fujikawa Eurest at WalMart Home Office norma.fijikawa@compass-usa.com

Yanbin Li University of AR yanbinli@uark.edu

John A. Marcy University of AR jmarcy@uark.edu

Ian S. Bessell Covance Laboratories isbessell@gmail.com

Rachael E. Blevins Tyson Foods, Inc racheal.blevins@tyson.com

Robert S. Fuller Tyson Foods, Inc sid.fuller@tyson.com

Gina Riggio

gmriggio@gmail.com

Judith Sipple Microbiologics jsipple@microbiologics.con

Tejas Blatt WalMart tejas.blatt@walmart.com

Aaron Brodie University of AR arbrodie@uark.edu

Skip Clemmons Stephens, Inc. sclemmons@stephens.com

Daniel Fone WalMart dfone@walmart.com

Bob Galbraith HACCP Consulting Group bobgalbraith@yahoo.com

Kristen G. Gibson University of AR keg005@uark.edu

Geetha Kumar Phillips TriStrata Group gphilips@tristratagroup.com

Michele M. Sayles Diamond Pet Food msayles@daimondpet.com

Ronald D. Smiley FDA/ORA/AR Regional Lab ronald.smiley@fda.hhs.gov

Danah Vetter food safety consultant dlvdvm@sbcglobal.com

Jose.A Chipollini CCF Brands jchipollini@ccfbrands.com

Suzane Finstad Tyson Foods suzanne.finstad@tyson.com

David J. Harris Simmons Foods, Inc david.harris@simfoods.com

Jerri Lynn Pickett Tyson Foods, Inc jerri.lynn.picket@tyosn.com

Cailin R Dawley University of AR crdawley@uark.edu

Wenjen Deng University of AR wd001@uak.edu

Jennifer Hughes McKee Foods Corp. jennifer.hughes@mckee.com

Joe LeGrand McKee Foods Corp. joe.legrand@mckee.com

Janee Parker McKee Foods Corp. janee.parker@mckee.com

Steven Stephens McKee Foods Corp. steven.stephens@mckee.com

Greg J. Sutherland McKee Foods Corp. greg j..sutherland@mckee.com

Steven Ricke University of AR sricke@uark.edu

3. Meetings: Annual Meeting/Conference, Educational, Workshops, Webinars, etc. a. On what date(s) was your most recent general membership or major meeting (i.e., Annual

Meeting/Conference) during the past year? Please list number of attendees.

Arkansas Associations for Food Protection (AAFP) 10 Year Anniversary Annual Conference

The Arkansas Association for Food Protection (AAFP) hosted the 10 Year Anniversary annual conference, September 17-20, 2018 at the Fayetteville Town Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas. With over 250 food safety professionals in attendance, the conference began on Tuesday with keynote speaker Tejas Bhatt, Senior Director of Food Safety Innovations at Walmart, about the

importance of traceability and the use of Blockchain technology to advance traceability capabilities from Farm to Fork. The conference was filled with a roster of high-quality speakers from academia, industry, and regulatory agencies. Presentations covered a wide variety of food safety topics related to retail, live production, and manufacturing processes. Emerging issues in pathogen detection, Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), process validation, whole genome sequencing, and outbreak investigations. Vendor Talks also allowed us to learn more about the services and research being conducted by the companies represented at the meeting. We also had sessions that focused on new developments in pre- and post-harvest food safety which was chaired by Dr. Steven C. Ricke, University of Arkansas. Griffiths G. Atungulu, Asst. Prof., Grain Process Engineering, Food Science Dept, UofA chaired the pet food & animal feed safety sessions. The complete agenda is at https://www.arkafp.org/conferences/ As part of IAFP’s Executive Board Speaker Program, the Affiliates were honored to have the highly acclaimed Dr. Gary R. Acuff, present Process Validation: Do I Have What It Takes From a USDA and FDA Perspective? Our final Keynote speaker was the was the highly acclaimed Shawn Stevens of Food Industry Counsel LLC. We were fortunate to have a group of great speakers and moderators such as: Dr. Alex Brandt, FSNS

Dr. Scott Updike, FSNS/FSIS

Dr. Ashley Williams, FDA

Dr. Matthew Wise, CDC

Laura Bachmeier, National Pork Board

Dr. Peggy Cook, Consultant, Wheatsheaf Group

Natalie Dyenson, Dole Company

Dr. Nikki Shariat, Gettysburg College

Dr. John Marcy, University Of Arkansas

POSTER COMPETITION

This year, we had a total of 30 student competition poster presentations from three different universities in six categories: Food Safety Including Fundamental Understanding of Pathogens; Interventions, Pre and Post-Harvest; Pet Food and Animal Feed Safety; Other and Miscellaneous; Undergraduate: Post-Doctoral/Technical Staff. Category Prizes were sponsored by attending vendors and were awarded for 1st ($250) 2nd ($100) and 3rd ($50) place. In addition to the competition posters, there were 6 non-competition posters that were provided by AAFP members. https://www.arkafp.org/conferences/

SPONSORS

We had our impressive group of vendors that presented their respective technology or service. AAFP is very grateful to the following sponsors for being an essential component of our successful conference: Platinum Sponsors

Clear Labs, Thermo Fisher

Gold Sponsors

Realzyme, Romer Labs, Maxxam Analytics, Charm Sciences, Sterilex, VanGuard Sciences

Silver Sponsors

3M, FSNS, Land O’Frost, Rheonix, Zoetis, Hones-Hamilton, Puritan Medical Products, Polyskope Labs, WBA Analytical Laboratories, Edge Biologicals

NEW ADDITION

AAFP provided regulatory visibility and interaction for members in all areas of the food industry by holding a new type of afterhours session this year at our 10th Anniversary conference. A round table was held this year with a representative from USDA. Participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and hear about new regulatory requirements and expectations.

Awards Presentations: Scott Stillwell AAFP Fellow Award

Scholarship Awards

Dr. Michael Johnson receives the Lifetime Achievement Award

Vendor Participation

Speakers:

Dr. Mathew Wise, CDC

Shawn Stevens

b. Please provide the date(s) and location of your next scheduled major meeting (i.e., Annual Meeting/Conference): The 11th Annual Arkansas Association for Food Protection conference will be September 16-19, 2019 at the Fayetteville Town Center on the beautiful square in downtown Fayetteville, AR. c. List all other general membership meetings held in 2018 (excluding board meetings). Include title, dates and attendance numbers.

4. Awards and Scholarships

a. List members honored with an award from your Association and/or IAFP during 2018. Include name of award and qualification for award.

Andrew Micciche (Ph.D. Student) 1st place poster award – Interventions Pre-and Post-

Harvest category: Micciche, A.C., K.M. Feye,

J.A. Wages, C.J. Knueven, S.C. Ricke. 2018.

Impact of acid treatments in Salmonella inoculated

poultry processing water. 10th

Arkansas Association

for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Fayetteville

Town Center, Fayetteville, AR, Sept. 20, 2018. Andrew Micciche (Ph.D. Student)

1st place poster award – Other/Miscellaneous

category: Micciche, A., C. Rainwater, J. A. Lee,

K. Feye, S. Ricke. 2018.16S sequencing of isolates

from corn feed for poultry growth. 10th

Arkansas

Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting,

Fayetteville Town Center, Fayetteville, AR, Sept.

20, 2018.

Andrew Micciche (Ph.D. Student)

2nd place poster award– Interventions Pre-and Post-Harvest category: Micciche, A.C., K.M. Feye, J.A. Wages, C.J. Knueven, S.C. Ricke. 2018.Impact of acid treatments on the microbial populations of reuse poultry processing water. 10th Arkansas Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting, Fayetteville Town Center, Fayetteville, AR, Sept. 20, 2018.

Scott Stillwell AAFP Fellow

Michael Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award

b. List scholarships awarded during 2018; include recipient and qualification for scholarship.

Michael G. Johnson Graduate

Endowed Scholarship for Excellence

in Food Microbiology Research,

Teaching, and Peer Mentoring.

University of Arkansas Food Science Dept. M.S. student Zhaohao Shi

5. Web Communication

Please be sure to keep the IAFP office on your mailing list for newsletters, email, and other communications to your general membership.

Please provide your existing Affiliate’s Web site address AND date last updated: https://www.arkafp.org/ Last updated February 2019

Did you launch a new Affiliate Web site in 2018? Y ☐ N X

Attachment A (completion required)

Association Officers List

Provide the contact information requested below for all current officers of your Association. Please indicate if each officer is an IAFP Member (reminder: Your President and Delegate are required to be IAFP Members). The information you provide here is published on our website and in select membership materials. The information may be typed in the fields below or may be sent to our office by email, fax or regular mail.

Indicate the term dates (e.g., 2018–2019) for your current Executive Board: Board for 2019-2020

President Barbara Smith

5800 Alma Hwy

Address 2

Van Buren, AR 72956 479-474-5178

bsmith@peppersource.com

IAFP Member? Y X N ☐ Vice President Jerri Lynn Pickett Jerri.lynn.pickett@tyson.com

IAFP Member? Y X N ☐ Public Relations/Marketing Chair Brian Umberson, URS

Brian.umberson1024@outlook.com

IAFP Member? Y X N ☐ Sponsorship Chair Nancy Gushing

ngushing@okfoods.com

IAFP Member? Y X N ☐ Operations Chair Karen Beers

Karen.beers@pilgrims.com

IAFP Member? Y X N ☐ Treasurer Keith Day

kday@2river.com

IAFP Member? Y X N ☐

Agenda Chair Peggy Cook

pcook@tristratagroup.com

IAFP Member? YX N ☐ Board Representative Dr. Steven C. Ricke sricke@uark.edu

IAFP Member? Y X N ☐

Before continuing, please check one of the boxes below:

CHECK HERE and return electronically by 2/12/19 IF YOUR AFFILIATE REQUESTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ONE OR MORE 2019 AFFILIATE AWARDS. (You are required to complete Attachment B.)

X CHECK HERE IF YOUR AFFILIATE DOES NOT WANT TO BE

CONSIDERED FOR A 2019 AWARD. (You are done! It is not necessary to complete Attachment B.)

Attachment B (optional)

Affiliate Award Considerations To be considered for one or more of the five Affiliate Awards to be presented at IAFP 2019, Affiliates are required to check the box next to the award(s) for which you wish to be considered and provide the related criteria (in English). (REMINDER: Please confirm IAFP Membership of your Affiliate President and Delegate before completing Attachment B to avoid award disqualification.) Submit your Annual Report and any attachments in ONE email to avoid errors and omissions.

☐ Affiliate Membership Achievement Award

How did your Affiliate grow AND retain members during the past year? Please provide details on:

how new members were recruited throughout the year;

the number of new members joining the Affiliate;

the percent increase in membership from 2017 to 2018;

specific efforts on how you retained existing members; and

other methods related to helping grow and maintain your membership. You may cut and paste copy in the space below or use a separate page if necessary; please limit your explanation to 500 words or less in 12 point type.

☐ Affiliate Communication Award

How did your Affiliate communicate information to your Members during the past year? Please provide a description of the types of communication sent to your general membership and include samples with your Annual Report. Samples can be printed copies/screen shots of blast emails, Web site (include frequency of updating), electronic/print newsletters, brochures, etc., along with respective dates sent. If available, provide how effective specific communication was toward meeting your goals. You may cut and paste copy in the space below or use a separate page if necessary; please limit your explanation to 500 words or less in 12 point type.

☐ Affiliate Education Award

What types of food safety education did your Affiliate provide to its members during the past year? Please provide the following details on all technical meetings, educational conferences, webinars, workshops, classes, and other methods pertinent to the interests of the membership:

Background;

Objectives;

Agenda;

Target audience;

Dates held; and

Numbers of attendees.

You may cut and paste copy in the space below or use a separate page if necessary; please limit your explanation to 500 words or less in 12 point type. (Do not submit copies of speaker Power Point slide presentations.)

☐ Best Overall Affiliate Meeting Award

Did your Affiliate hold an outstanding self-sustainable (not sponsored/co-sponsored by IAFP) food protection meeting which you consider ‘over and above’ those normally held? If so, provide the following details, if applicable, on what led to a highly successful meeting:

Type of meeting and the value it brought to Affiliate Members/attendees (does not need to be your Annual Meeting);

Mission statement for meeting (if relevant);

Content;

Numbers of attendees:

o Number of and overall percentage of Affiliate Members (for example, 100 total attendees with 75 of them being Affiliate Members = 75%)

o Number of Guests (non-dues-paying Affiliate Members) and their affiliation to the Affiliate Chapter and/or meeting’s topic(s)

Audience participation (through roundtable discussions, exercises, etc.);

Topics:

o Agenda (you may include a printed copy with your award application)

Speakers and their employer affiliations (if available);

Sponsors;

Diversity of meeting participants (range of sectors represented, i.e., students, academia, extension, government, NGO, industry representatives, etc., which can be broken down into services, i.e., retail, education, research, manufacturing, etc., if available); and

Other information. You may cut and paste copy in the space below or use a separate page if necessary; please limit your explanation to 500 words or less in 12 point type. (Do not submit copies of speaker Power Point slide presentations.)

☐ C.B. Shogren Memorial Award

How did your Affiliate demonstrate exceptional overall achievement during the past year in promoting the mission of IAFP (“To provide food safety professionals worldwide with a forum to exchange information on protecting the food supply”)? “Overall achievement” should encompass at least several of the following activities/accomplishments of your Affiliate during 2018:

Exceptional achievement in membership;

Types and effectiveness of communication and education;

Awards and scholarships presented;

Attendance numbers at meetings;

Collaboration with other professional organizations;

donations to the IAFP Foundation; and

Representation at the IAFP Affiliate Council Meeting (held during IAFP Annual Meeting); and

Other pertinent information. While not a requirement, strong consideration will be given to an Affiliate whose officers (beyond the requirement for the President and Delegate) are also IAFP Members. Provide a description and include any supporting documents. You may cut and paste copy in the space below or use separate pages if necessary; please limit your explanation to 1,000 words or less in 12 point type.

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