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Our 2017 AGM Survey is now out. Please take a few minutes of your time to fill this out, thank you! Your feedback is greatly appreciated in helping us plan our future events!

https://goo.gl/forms/TwdipBVohN9MA5Hw1

Click here to read our BCFPA Grapevine Newsletter (January 19, 2018, Vol 5, Issue 01)!

Hello BCFPA Members!

For those interested in sponsoring our events and student activities, we have a sponsorship form available on our website.

Click here

Dear BCFPA Members,

On behalf of the BC Food Protection Association Executive Board, we would like to thank you for your generous support in 2017. We hope you consider renewing your membership for 2018.

We would like to inform you of our 2017 Annual General Meeting on January 29, 2018 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Performing Arts (6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, BC).

Visit our website to register and for more information: www.bcfoodprotection.ca

Registration has been extended to January 28! Register today to attend our AGM!

Attendance is FREE for BCFPA Members who renewed in 2018 and for members from 2017!
Register here: https://bcfoodprotection.wildapricot.org/event-2774390

Sustaining Member Display Tables are available on first-come, first-serve basis. Interested in sponsoring? Contact Peter Taylor at info@bcfoodprotection.ca to sponsor our event or to reserve your table today! Our sponsorship package form will be distributed in the next few days for those interested in sponsoring our events.

We are accepting nominations to run in our 2018 Executive Board. If you are interested in volunteering, please talk to us in person or send us an email! We are always looking for volunteers!

Schedule:
5:00-5:30 PM    Registration
5:30-5:45 PM    Welcome Remarks & AGM Business
5:45-6:35 PM    Speaker: Dr. Peter Slade on "Food Safety Risk Intelligence"
6:35-7:20 PM    Dinner
7:20-7:30 PM    Scholarship Presentation & Awards
7:30-8:00 PM    Speaker: Justin Falardeau on "Microbial safety of surface waters used for irrigation in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia"
8:00-8:15 PM    Closing Remarks & Door Prizes

Speaker biography and topic description available - click here

The 2016 AGM Minutes and 2017 AGM Report will be made available for our members at the meeting or click here to view.

To streamline our communications process, we will have only ONE BCFPA email address for all future communications. If you wish to contact any of our executives, please send your emails to:
info@bcfoodprotection.ca and please add this to your address book for future reference! Thank you!

Wishing you all the joy and warmest wishes for this holiday season.

Sincerely,

The BC Food Protection Association Executive Board

2017 November FSMA Full Day Workshop
Introduction to FSMA: Preventive Controls for Human Food and What You Should Know

Featured FSMA Trainers:
Claudia Coles & Jovana Kovacevic

November 9, 2017

Langara Clubhouse
6706 Alberta Street, Vancouver, BC

Complimentary Parking Available

Visit our website to register and for more information www.bcfoodprotection.ca

Workshop Description & Speaker Bios: Click here

Register by Oct 26 to take advantage of our early bird rate!
Full Day Event: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Schedule:
8:30 – 9:00 AM    Registration
9:00 – 10:15 AM    Overview of FSMA - Jovana Kovacevic
10:15 - 10:30 AM Nutrition Break
10:30 - 11:30 AM Brief Introduction to Produce Safety Rule - Jovana Kovacevic
11:30 - 12:00 PM Agricultural Water in British Columbia: What do we test for and what do we know about the quality? - Justin Falardeau
12:00 - 1:00 PM    Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 PM    Introduction to Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule - Claudia Coles
1:30 - 2:45 PM    The Future of Food Safety and FSMA - Claudia Coles
2:45 - 3:00 PM    Nutrition Break
3:00 - 4:00 PM    What you should know about the Foreign Supplier Verification Program Rule - Claudia Coles
After 4:30 PM    Networking

Register today! Early bird registration ends October 26th.

https://bcfoodprotection.wildapricot.org/event-2689338

The Fall IAFP Affiliate View is out!

The IAFP invites you to review the latest edition of Affiliate View, IAFP’s newsletter for and about our 55 Affiliates around the world. Affiliate View dedicates itself to the professionals working to advance food safety in their geographical region. Each quarterly issue is a valuable source of information that includes a column from the current Affiliate Council Chair, summaries of recent Affiliate meetings, information about upcoming events, and news about IAFP programs and services.

https://www.foodprotection.org/upl/downloads/publications/affiliates-view/fall%202017.pdf

Join IAFP today - https://www.foodprotection.org/

We recognize it takes a combination of both hard work and educational funding for most students to achieve their goal of a post-secondary education. That's why we've developed a scholarship fund to help encourage student funding and interest in food protection in BC.

For 2017, two scholarships will be available in the amounts of $1500 and $1000 and will be awarded to two BCFPA student members who meet the criteria. Students selected to receive scholarship awards must attend a future BCFPA event to receive the Scholarship Award Certificate. It is intended that the 2017 Scholarship Awards will be presented at our Annual General Meeting in January 2018.

To be considered for the scholarship awards, please fill out the application form and email your application and essay to the BCFPA Vice President at justin.falardeau@ubc.ca . Applications must be submitted no later than November 30, 2017.

The Scholarship Poster is available here.

This year's topics:

1. Food Safety Within Sustainable Food Production
2. How FSMA may affect Canadian Food Production
3. Chemical Hazards in Agri-Food Products

Details of the scholarship criteria and requirements can be found under our Scholarship page here: http://www.bcfoodprotection.ca/Scholarships

Early bird registration for the 83rd CIPHI Annual Education Conference, including the Group Rate, will end on October 7, 2017. Do not miss this opportunity to explore innovative ways to safeguard public health with other environmental public health professionals in Canada. Check out our conference program here for details.

Early bird registrants will be automatically entered to win 1 of 10 CIPHI BC gift packs. Register today!

Poster

For conference registration, please follow the link below:
https://ciphi2017annualeducationconference.eventsmart.com/events/ciphi-2017-annual-education-conference/

IAFP is seeking a Scientific Co-Editor for the Journal of Food Protection (JFP), to begin January 2, 2018. Among the many duties, this position will work closely with IAFP editorial staff to manage the peer-review process of submitted manuscripts for publication in JFP and will serve as an intermediary between manuscript reviewers and authors. Applicants may forward a letter of interest and C.V. by Tuesday, September 12, 2017, to Sean Leighton, Selection Committee Chair, c/o David Tharp, dtharp@foodprotection.org. For more information about this position, go here: http://www.foodprotection.org/publications/journal-of-food-protection/

Nominations are open for candidates from the industry sector to serve as IAFP Secretary during 2018–2019. This position serves a five-year term on the IAFP Executive Board. Nominators may forward a letter of nomination and a biographical sketch to Ian Jenson, Nominating Committee Chair, c/o David Tharp, at dtharp@foodprotection.org. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, September 26, 2017.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017 is the deadline for symposium, roundtable, and workshop proposals for IAFP 2018. Next year’s Annual Meeting is scheduled for July 8–11 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The deadline for IAFP 2018’s call for abstracts is Tuesday, January 16, 2018. No late submissions will be accepted. For more information on IAFP 2018 submissions, go here: https://www.foodprotection.org/annualmeeting/