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Register today for SNAXPO 2012, which will mark its 75th anniversary Mar. 16 to 19 in Phoenix, AZ. The headquarters hotel is the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown and the Exhibit Hall with meetings will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center, near the Sheraton. Click here for the show schedule. Mike Huckabee will be the event's Keynote Speaker. Please contact David Walsh, SFA's Membership Services Coordinator, with any questions at dwalsh@sfa.org or 703-836-4500, ext. 213.
SFA Vice Chairman Scott Smith, president, Shearer’s Foods, Inc., with his team at the 2011 SFA Management Development Program. Shown L-R: Michael Mundel, Daniel Kessler, Smith, Justin Lenox and Jerrod Selinsky
Key issues and business practices important to snack food companies and the men and women who lead them now, and perhaps in the future, dominated the 2011 SFA Management Development Program in Dearborn, MI, October 10 and 11.
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Thanks to decades of investment and innovation, America’s food and agriculture producers feed the world with safe, nutritious, affordable food. Unfortunately, there is insufficient focus in today’s public discussion regarding the benefits that our food system provides to consumers and society. This unbalanced public debate negatively influences public policy and consumers’ choices.
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SFA Chairman Matt Colford, Old Dutch Foods, meets with Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) during the 2011 SFA Legislative Summit.
More than 40 snack food executives met with members of Congress and key staff members May 10 in their Capitol Hill offices and asked for help on soaring commodity costs and other key government-related concerns as part of the Snack Food Association's 2011 Legislative Summit.
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More than 1100 snack food executives and suppliers from 38 countries attended SNAXPO 2011 in Orlando March 20-23, where they gained insight and knowledge at educational sessions as well as from trade show exhibitors and their counterparts from across the industry.
Food Safety Presentation
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Food Safety and Nutrition
The Snack Food Association supports efforts to protect consumers
from unsafe food products and substances. SFA also works hard to
assure that its members are kept up to date on governmental food
safety regulations and requirements.
For more information on such issues as they affect snack products,
click here.
Click above for special pricing and rebates
on a wide variety of delivery vehicle products and supplies.
FleetXchange
webcast: SFA members participated in a Web
cast and learned about the benefits of the FoodFleetXchange
program sponsored by SFA specifically for SFA members. Representatives
of AmeriQuest Transportation Services, which operates the
FleetXchange program, explained the benefits this online
buying and information service can provide, including significant
savings, and how to get started. Click HERE
to download the Power Point Presentation utilized in this
presentation.
Teach kids to eat for energy, get active
and get fit! Click
here for more details
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2010 SFA State of the Industry
Union bosses and their allies in the federal government are trying to enact "card check" through regulation.
Federal regulators appointed by the Obama administration at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Department of Labor have proposed two new regulations that threaten employers' ability to seek and retain legal counsel and properly discuss union organizing drives with employees. The effect will be to make a mockery of real elections and impose "card check" by regulation.
Working with the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace , we are providing an easy way for you to contact federal agencies and members of Congress and tell them to stop "card check" by regulation, stop the NLRB's outrageous prosecution in the Boeing case and stop "micro-unions."
Please click here to take action now!
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2010 Salary & Benefits Survey
Released
The 2010 Salary and Benefits Survey, conducted by SFA and
the American Bakers Association (ABA) is now available.
The survey covers 110 corporate and plant locations with
some 116,000 employees, including salary questions for six
corporate or divisional level positions. The benefits section
contains information on a wide range of benefit practices,
including disability programs, insurance plans, retirement
plans, wellness programs and paid time off policies.
The survey is available for $475 for both ABA and SFA members,
and $1,195 for non members. For more information, please contact
Chris Clark at 703-836-4500,
ext. 218.
Chipping Potato Handbook, 2nd
Edition
This handbook is a guide to chipping potato uses in the snack
food industry. It evaluates different varieties, shows how
to spot defects, measures specific gravity and identifies
many problems that might affect the quality of finished potato
chips. (Coming Soon!)
Corn Quality Assurance Manual,
2nd Edition
This manual provides useful practical and selected theoretical
information on corn quality and processing properties related
to snacks. Topics include: Food Quality & Methods of Testing
Corn; Methods for Testing Fats and Oils; Methods for Manufacturing
Corn Based and Related Products; Dry Masa Flour and Processed
Intermediates; Methods for Testing Chips; Packaging for Corn-Based
Snacks and Tortilla Chips; Corn Meal Extrusion; Third Generation
Snacks; Popcorn Manufacturing.
Total Quality Management Manual
This manual illustrates the philosophy and tools of total
quality management. It covers the technical information regarding
raw materials and processes for snack food manufacture, quality
assurance tests and analysis, regulatory requirements for
manufacturing practices, sanitation design, principles and
practices, and guidelines for food security and defense.
Color Standards Reference Chart
for Potato Chips
This visual reference chart shows the range of potato chip
colors and includes colorimeter values. Measures 17”
W x 22” L
The Essence of Quality Potato
Chips
This program demonstrates to the chip manufacturer and the
grower how to produce quality chips from the field through
processing. The DVD outlines potato production, receiving
and handling, grading and quality evaluation, maturity and
storage and potato chip manufacturing with quality evaluation.
FDA Inspection Manual
is Now Avalible
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 2007
Inspection Manual now known as The Investigations Operations
Manual (IOM) is now availible on the FDA website. This manual
is the primary source guidance document on FDA inspection
policy and procedures for field investigators and inspectors.
To download a copy of this manual, please visit FDA website
at http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7pubs.html
Snack Fit,
Choose Balance Brochure
The Snack Fit, Choose Balance Brochure is
an ideal promotion piece to provide to your customers. The
brochure contains a meal plan which includes snacks, information
on benefits offered by a variety of snacks, and web resources
on how to get active. The brochure also offers a space for
SFA companies to place their logo and contact information.
Price is per case of 2000, $60 members and $120 non-members.Please
click HERE
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Online training in food marketing and the food
sciences.
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