Process Expo announces prepared food educational program

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) released the prepared foods portion of the Process Expo University educational program taking place at Chicago's McCormick Place from Nov. 3-6. Offered in collaboration with ten of the top university food science programs in the U.S., these sessions will take place on the Process Expo show floor throughout the event and attendance is free of charge for all registered attendees.

“The Process Expo program really speaks to the needs of our customers,” said Tim O’Brien, chairman of FPSA’s Prepared Foods Council and vice president of sales at Urschel Laboratories, Inc. “These schools have active extension programs through which they work with a wide range of food processors, gaining a good idea of the issues that these businesses face on a regular basis. We have been able to incorporate these topics into the show’s program and provide attendees with the lessons they can use to help their business.”

“Prepared foods is by far the most diverse segment that Process Expo exhibitors market to,” said FPSA president and CEO David Seckman. “Their customers produce condiments, soups, fresh cut, frozen foods, dehydrated foods and a variety of other processes and yet their interests are fairly straightforward. They are continually looking for new and alternative methods of production, new ways to assure food safety and technologies that can help them achieve ever greater efficiencies in manufacturing. That’s what Process Expo University was created for.”

Process Expo 2013 is co-located with the International Dairy Show and the North American Meat Association's Outlook Conference. Registered attendees will have open access to all three events.

To register and to find more information on these sessions and others, click here.