BCFPA 2024 Virtual Annual General Meeting

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Time: 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: Zoom (Virtual)*
Registration: Free for BCFPA members

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2024 AGM Report and Agenda

Managing Risks in Poultry Processing



Manpreet Singh, Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia; IAFP President-Elect

Speaker Bio: Manpreet Singh is a Professor and Head of the Department, for the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Georgia. He received his MS in Food Science from Kansas State University, and PhD in Food Science and Technology from Iowa State University. He worked as a faculty member in the Department of Poultry Science at Auburn University from 2007-2013, the Department of Food Science at Purdue from 2013-2016, and the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia from 2017-2020, prior to starting his position as Department Head in July 2021. His research and outreach activities have focused on innovation and optimization of intervention technologies against Salmonella and Campylobacter during poultry processing. He has published over 65 peer-reviewed papers and numerous proceeding papers and abstracts that have been presented at national and international conferences. He has garnered in excess of $5 million in extramural funding from USDA-NIFA, USAID, US Poultry and Egg, poultry industry contracts, and other funding agencies. His outreach activities have provided over 5000 industry professionals networking and educational opportunities worldwide and his programming includes several training workshops on food safety and processing. He serves on several executive boards including the Institute for Advancement of Food and Nutrition Science and the International Association for Food Protection.

Talk Summary: The talk will focus on managing risks in poultry processing, with emphasis on pre- and post-harvest food safety procedures, and a discussion of the potential new changes in regulations.

Schedule:

5:00-5:05 pm - Opening Remarks
5:05-5:20 pm - IAFP Presentation
5:20-6:00 pm - Speaker: Manpreet Singh – “Managing Risks in Poultry Processing”
6:00-6:10 pm - Q&A
6:10-6:25 pm - AGM Business
6:25-6:30 pm - Closing Remarks


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