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Second Annual High Pressure Processing Summit Links Members of the Cold Chain Together for Food Safety Education
[September 19, 2017]

Second Annual High Pressure Processing Summit Links Members of the Cold Chain Together for Food Safety Education


Universal Pasteurization Company LLC, the country's largest outsourcing service provider of high pressure processing for food and beverage producers, announces that the full schedule of speakers and topics for the second annual HPP Summit is now available at http://universalpasteurization.com/2017-hpp-summit-agenda/. Designed to educate individuals throughout the supply chain with new insights, research and developments affecting high pressure processing, as well as the fundamentals of the increasingly popular food safety technique, the event will take place Oct. 2-4 at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel and Conference Center.

The Summit will mesh food and beverage manufacturers, retailers, educators, government agencies, machine manufacturers and HPP service providers for panel discussions, breakout sessions and special keynotes from experts in food and beverage formulation, processing, regulation, marketing and retailing. Attendees will enjoy catered meals and engaging conversations with an array of thought leaders in the food and beverage industry. The event is designed for anyone involved in foods that are conducive to HPP and for all levels of HPP familiarity.

"Our own research is suggesting that increased consumer demand for fresh, cleaner-label foods is affecting almost every refrigerated food and beverage producer," said Mark A. Duffy, CEO of Universal Pasteurization. "This attitude change, as well as the continued implementation of new food safety rules from the FDA, USDA and other regulatory authorities creates a ripe environment for discussion and insights on HPP."

Agenda highlights include:

  • "Current Landscape of Food Safety," by David Acheson, president and CEO at the Acheson Group - When implementing HPP, companies need to tailor the process to their products to ensure the treatment is effective. Acheson explains how regulatory agencies evaluate HPP as a food safety step to help companies comply with their standards.
  • "CDC Perspective: Changing Landscape of Foodborne Disease," by Arthur Liang, senior advisor for disease prevention, Centers for Disease Control - HPP has become a legitimate lethality step to prevent food spoilage. In this presentation, Liang offers the CDC's stance on how HPP fits into companies' HAACP plans.
  • "Increasing Civil, Regulatory and Criminal Exposure for Food Safety Failures: What Every Food Executive Must Know," by Shawn Stevens, food industry attorney and lawyer at Food Industry Counsel - Food safety laws can be complex, especially when exploring advanced technologies to prevent food spoilage. Stevens equips attendees with the information they need to be prepared for HPP.
  • "The Meteoric Rise in Flexitarian Eating and How HPP Can Play a Role," by Barb Stuckey, president and CIO at Mattson - Today's consumers are paying close attention to product labels and the foods they choose to eat. With changing consumer diets comes changing food and beverage trends. Stuckey offers insights into how a flexitarian diet, or primarily vegetarian and occasionally omnivorous, has affected food producers.



Universal Pasteurization sends its thanks to the following sponsors of the 2017 HPP Summit:

The HPP Summit is open for registration at http://bit.ly/2tXnq0Z, and hotel reservations can be made atĀ http://bit.ly/2eMlM85. Potential attendees can learn more at UniversalPasteurization.com/2017HPPSummit. Companies interested in sponsorship or promotion opportunities can emailĀ [email protected].


About Universal Pasteurization and Universal Cold Storage

Headquartered in Villa Rica, Ga., Universal Pasteurization Company, LLC (www.universalpasteurization.com), as well as its affiliated business Universal Cold Storage, LLC is dedicated to ensuring the safety and quality of foods and beverages. As a customer-centric service provider of high pressure processing (HPP), Universal Pasteurization's four U.S. locations (Villa Rica, Ga.; Lincoln, Neb.; Malvern, Pa.; and Coppell, Texas) and 10 HPP machines in operation make it the largest third-party service provider in the country of HPP services. Companies also outsource with Universal Pasteurization and Universal Cold Storage for their cold storage and related value-added services (kitting, pre-pricing, code dating, inventory control), and to leverage their technical, quality assurance, engineering and cold-chain expert resources in order to bring fresh, natural, organic and cleaner-label products to market.


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