Food Processing - Food Handling

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Xtalks' is pleased to present the Track and Traceability Conference. At this event you will hear from the Team Leader for this Record Keeping Regulation. He will provide an overview of the Act and its requirements and answer your questions.

Do you know where every ingredient in your product comes from? You need to. The FDA created a series of stringent laws in an attempt to reduce the possibility of contamination in our food chain. The last of these laws, the "Track and Traceability requirement" came into effect this December. It will have an impact on all areas of the food chain. Suppliers, manufacturers, shippers and warehousers will all need to be in compliance.

The web conference is sponsored by Siemens, who will host a workshop following the keynote presentation and before the Q&A session.

Registration for the event is currently open and free at: http://www.xtalks.com/trace.ashx

About the Keynote Speaker
Nega Beru, Ph.D.
Dr. Beru received a bachelor's degree in the biological sciences from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in 1974. After working for four years in curriculum development, and as a biology instructor, he returned to the University of Chicago=s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1983. Dr. Beru stayed on in the department as a postdoctoral research associate/instructor, and in 1988, joined the faculty of the Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, where he researched mechanisms of gene expression.

Dr. Beru joined the U. S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in 1991. For eight years, he worked in the Office of Premarket Approval (now known as the Office of Food Additive Safety), where among other duties, he managed industry consultations with FDA regarding foods derived from genetically engineered plants in his capacity as a consumer safety officer, and later served as chief of the Biotechnology Policy Branch. In December, 1999, he became Director of the Division of Plant Product Safety in CFSAN=s Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, and in January, 2005, Associate Director of the Office of Plant and Dairy Foods. He is the workgroup lead for the recordkeeping regulation that FDA issued as part of the implementation of the Bioterrorism Act of 2002.

About Siemens
Food and beverage leaders from around the globe have achieved measurable results by partnering with Siemens. They’ve leveraged our technology to manage food safety, secure brand loyalty, and create sustainable competitive advantages. Find out more at http://automation.usa.siemens.com/foodbev/default.html

About Xtalks
Xtalks (recently featured in the London Times article Conference call that spans the globe: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,16689-1364240,00.html) brings industry experts to executives’ desktops around the world in a web-based information network that provides insight into breaking business issues through interactive digital web conferences. By leveraging the best of hi-speed Internet and telecom technology, Xtalks provides a fantastic forum for highly interactive communication. Xtalks web conferences allow anyone with interest in a particular topic to participate in a web meeting by synchronizing their desktop computer and phone alongside industry experts. Xtalks is part of The Honeycomb Worldwide Group of Companies (www.honeycombworldwide.com), including Honeycomb Connect, a leader in executive networking, event management, web conferencing, publishing, and digital media with offices in North America and Europe.

“Xtalks' webinar brought together the top end users, technology vendors, and thinkers in the space,” says Ed Hess, Editor of Integrated Solutions Magazine, referring to a previous Xtalks’ event. “As a media sponsor of the event, we were ecstatic to see the level of commitment and execution that Xtalks showed in making the event a huge success. It was informative and filled with new and fresh insights. The Q&A session was highly interactive and addressed a range of issues. In terms of online events, it set a standard that others will have trouble matching."

For more information on this conference or Xtalks in general, or to enquire about speaking opportunities or sponsoring future events, visit www.xtalks.com or contact JP Fozo, Group Vice President, Business Development, at phone: 416-977-6555 x291.

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