Category: Updates

November 8th, 5:30-8:00 pm

University of Minnesota

Room 15

1334 Eckles Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55108

Join us as we gather in-person to discuss food safety at the University of Minnesota for the 2023 Fall Minnesota Food Protection Association Meeting.

5:30-6:30 Networking and appetizers or pizza

6:30-8:00 Meeting, discussion and more networking

Pay parking is available by the department in SC101 parking lot. On street parking on Raymond Ave may be an option as well.

The building is typically locked, so there will be someone present to let you in.

2600 Park Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55407

Join us as we gather in-person to discuss food safety at the American Swedish Institute for the 2023 Minnesota Food Protection Association Meeting.

5:30-6:30 Networking cocktail hour in the Turnblad Mansion (beer/wine/non-alcoholic drinks + passed appetizers)

6:30-8:00 Meeting, discussion and more networking in the Folke Bernadotte Conference room (additional appetizers)

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Do you know someone interested in pursuing food safety or related fields? As MFPA members, you can help get the word out on talented individuals. What if you are looking for someone to work in your food safety related field? You can reach out to our Communications committee or our officers and we can feature individuals on our LinkedIn pages.

We now have a LinkedIn page and a twitter account. On LinkedIn, you can search for “Minnesota Food Protection Association” or click on the link https://www.linkedin.com/company/minnesota-food-protection-association

Our twitter handle is @MinnesotaFPA or click on the link https://twitter.com/MinnesotaFPA

Adel Foka won an IAFP Membership at our Spring 2020 meetin. Adel attends the University of Minnesota.

The deadline to apply for travel scholarships and awards to the 2020 IAFP Annual Meeting is fast approaching. Apply today!

Student Travel Scholarships
The International Association for Food Protection recognizes that students from around the world are the future leaders in the field of food safety. For the 2020 program year, it is our pleasure to support the travel of up to 20 qualified students to attend IAFP 2020, to be held August 2-5 in Cleveland, Ohio. Through generous contributions to the IAFP Foundation, scholarships will be awarded to students from North America, from outside North America and from countries with developing economies, as determined by the Selection Committee.

Deadline for applications is Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

For more details, including instructions on how to apply, go here: https://www.foodprotection.org/get-involved/students/student-travel-scholarship/

Travel Award for State or Provincial Health or Agricultural Department Employees
Presented to state or provincial health or agricultural department employees (epidemiologists, food and molecular microbiologists, and environmental health specialists) working in North America. This award includes a plaque and travel funds to attend the IAFP Annual Meeting.

Deadline for applications is Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

For more details, including instructions on how to apply, go here: https://www.foodprotection.org/about/past-awardees/travel-award-for-state-or-provincial-health-or-agricultural-department-employees/

February 25th, 2020
5:00 – 8:00 PM

LOCATION
Department of Food Science and Nutrition

Room 15, 1334 Eckles Avenue, St. Paul, MN

University of Minnesota

Pizza, Ice Cream (From the Food Science Department), and beverages will be served!

AGENDA
Recognize and introduce new attendees
Treasurers report
Dedicated networking time
Guest speaker:

Come hear Dr. Johan (Job) Ubbink from the University of Minnesota share about about his experience at Nestle and the vision for Food Science and Nutrition Department.

Click here to learn more about Dr. Job Ubbink

DIRECTIONS
The room is in the basement, as you come into the main entrance of the building just take the stairs down and the entrance to the room will be immediately at your right. This is a seminar-type room where we hold a good number of our courses.
There is a parking lot just in front of the building with entrance by Commonwealth Ave. and there are parking meters on the street. If you need any more directions please see:

Are you asking yourself the question what is the limit of detection needed. People ask me how low is low enough. When you are cleaning to remove allergens you need to know when you are done cleaning. The answer like many in food safety is, it depends. A thorough review of the risks is an important starting point.
You are trying to ensure that you do not have enough allergen left on your equipment that would carry over to a new production run of a product that does not have that allergen. This could cause an allergic response in an unwary consumer.
The method of confirming the cleaning is adequate varies. Some document on a checklist that the surfaces were visually clean. Some swab cleaned surfaces on some frequency and test the swab. Others capture part of the following production run or a rinse solution and test that material. The tests are done using various test methods to determine if the target allergen is present either directly through antibody/dna testing or indirectly through general protein or ATP testing.
So how low is low enough will depend on what your risk is of a allergen cross-contact causing a consumer to have a response. There is work by the FDA and WHO on creating guidance to help as well as some other industry guidelines that may be specific to the products you make.