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March / 2012

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MARCH DINNER MEETING & STUDENT NIGHT 2

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR 4

EXCOM FEBRURARY MINUTES 5

CURRENT JOB EMPLOYMENT LISTING 8

CSIFT ELECTIONS 11

TANNER LECTURESHIP 11

EMERITUS HIGHLIGHT 12

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE 14

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March Dinner Meeting

Chicago Section IFT Student Recognition Night

Monday-March 12, 2012

Via Bella 5412 S. Lagrange Rd

Countryside, IL www.viabellarestaurant.com

The CSIFT Program Committee cordially invites you to join members, friends, students and faculty members for this month's dinner meeting and special student recognition night.

Dinner Meeting Topic: An Entrepreneur's story: Bringing an idea to market

Speakers: Daphne Mazarakis, Founder and President, Tula Foods, Inc. and Brian Sambor, VP Operations and Technology, Tula Foods, Inc.

Based in Evanston, IL, Tula Foods was founded in 2008 by Daphne Mazarakis, a second generation Greek-American. At Tula Foods, the motto is "When You Know Better, You Eat Better."

Dedicated to smart living and healthy eating, Tula Foods was the 2009 recipient of the Illinois Department of Commerce "Most Innovative New Company Award" and the 2010 "Nielsen/Walgreens Women Owned Business Development Award." In January 2012, Tula Foods launched Better Whey of Life® (BWoL), the first all natural brand of Greek yogurt made with whey protein from grass-fed cows. Hitting regional shelves in Chicago, Denver and San Francisco are six "twist-on-the-familiar" varieties: blackberry pomegranate, strawberry goji berry, raspberry white grape, acai mixed berry, vanilla bean and plain.

Daphne and Brian will share their experiences during their journey of establishing a company with their belief in healthful foods and eating right.

CSIFT is also proud to host Student Night!

The Hospitality Committee will also be hosting Student Night on March 12th, inviting students from the University of Illinois, The Illinois Institute of Technology, Purdue University, and Dominican University interested in working in the food science and

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technology field. Due to resounding positive feedback from the schools we will once again be holding a session on resume writing and a speed networking session.

The resume writing session will be held from 3:00 - 4:00PM and the speed networking will immediately follow the resume writing from 4:00-5:00PM. Students in attendance are encouraged to meet, speak, and interact with some of our section members on a more personal and one on one basis. We will need your help to make this event a success!

You can help a student in 1 and/or 2 of the following ways:

Be a part of the Speed Networking Team: You will be paired with a few students at a time for 5 minute intervals and will answer their questions. We are in need of volunteers from all the segments of the food industry from R & D, Quality Control, Technical Sales, and any other sector you may work with. If you are interested in participating in Speed Networking, please contact John Chambers at 224-523-6367 or at jchambers@dmhingredients.com

Student Meal Sponsor: Purchase a dinner for a student so that he or she does not have to incur this expense. The cost of the student meal is $25.00. If you are interested in sponsoring a student's meal please let the Chicago Section IFT Office know when making your own reservations or indicate it when making your reservation on-line.

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Schedule:

3:00-4:00 PM Resume Writing (Students) 4:00-5:00 PM Executive Board Meeting 4:00-5:00 PM Speed Networking (Students) 5:00-6:00 PM Social Hour 6:00-8:30 PM Dinner & Presentation

The Hospitality Committee is seeking corporate goodies for student take home bags, such as pens, paper holders, etc which you may have. For example, I have plastic pasta folks (and spaghetti) from my company. We are anticipating ~30 students, but don't let that restrict you: we are happy with any quantity. Please contact Keith Schafer at Keith.schafer@barilla.com to let me know what you can donate make an arrangement for receiving your materials. We really appreciate the support! Help us make Student Night highly successful!'

DON'T DELAY- CALL THE BUSINESS OFFICE TO REGISTER!(630) 916-4960

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Message from the Chair

Dear CSIFT Members,

You should have received an email with voting instructions for the ELECTION of the section's officers and executive committee members on February 8, 2012 from our business office. The virtual voting booth is now open and I want to make sure that you take action and cast your vote to boost this year's participation rate. It will make feel all of the many volunteers and candidates more valued and appreciated if our membership takes an active role in the election process. So let's make it a record turn-out this time! Don't delay - vote now!

My second request is about your section's awards program. This year we are asking you to submit nominations for the CHICAGO SECTION IFT CHAIR'S ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. This award is presented every other year to recognize an outstanding achievement in Food Science. The individual needs to be a member of the Chicago Section IFT to be eligible. The award consists of a $250 honorarium, an inscribed plaque, and expenses. In addition we are recognizing an outstanding CSIFT Member who has distinguished himself or herself in the service of the Chicago Section IFT with the ELLERY H. HARVEY SERVICE AWARD. This award is presented every year and consists of a $200 honorarium, a scroll, and expenses. All Chicago Section members are eligible, excluding elected officers for the year. Nominations for both awards are to be submitted to the immediate past-chair Pam Vaillancourt by 30 March 2012. Nomination forms can be found here: Chair's Achievement Award & Ellery H. Harvey Service Award

Please take note that we have changed our STUDENT NIGHT event to the month of March this year. As in the past our Hospitality and Student Night committee is organizing an event that helps current students from the University of Illinois, Purdue University, Dominican University and the Illinois Institute of Technology to connect with professionals in the field, while at the same time helping our members to identify future talent. There are several ways in which you can support the event:

* Volunteer for speed networking or resume building sessions * Sponsor a student with a dinner when you register for the event * Have your company donate for the "goodie bags" given to the students, and get recognized * Interact with the students at the event and answer their questions about the profession

Additional details can be found elsewhere in this newsletter.

And if you have a suggestion or complaint, then please do me a favor and click below to drop me a line. See you all in a few weeks at our March Student Night.

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Uwe Nienaber, Chair

Uwe Nienaber - CSIFT Chair - uwe.nienaber@kraftfoods.com -847-646-4623 Chicago Section IFT Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

Date: February 13th

2012Place: Maggiano’s, Skokie, IL

Time: 4:00-5:00PMAttending Officers: John Chambers, John Smith, Vijay Arora

Executive Committee: Laura Colby, Susan Monckton, Krista Ruhnke, John Budin, Linda Perucca, Matt Hutchinson, Jan Miller, Bill BechtCommittee Chairs: Jim Anderson, Sanford Wolgel, Atul Khare, Zuoxing Zheng, Nate Matusheski, Guests: Glenn Connick, David LeVally, Dean Duxbury, Gerald Bard, Kami Fusco, Dan BestStaff: Marty Roth

Call to order: Meeting called to order at _4:07__PM Vijay Arora

Approval of Previous Minutes John ChambersChair-Elect Report: Vijay AroraNo report.

Treasurer’s Report: John Smith

Report submitted

CSIFT Business Report: Lynnda Nelson

Report submitted. We are at 378 booths for SN 2012 so far.

Top of the AgendaAdditional info from scholarship committee - Endowment option John Budin

Looking to give additional info and have discussion at the March meeting.

The University of Illinois is the only current IFT approved school for the Chicago Section. Dominican is in the process of being approved. We will table this discussion to a further date. No vote at this time.

Marketing committee on goals and work plan Bill Becht

The committee had their first meeting this month with 14 people. They discussed goals and a way to centralize the photos for the CSIFT. They have decided on Committee responsibilities. Sub-committees have communicated their goals.

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Sponsorships – They want to talk to suppliers, target members companies’. They want an individual at these target companies to let them know what we do at our events.They are working on ways to collaborate with other organizations like AIB, Chicago Drug & Chemical, RCA, AACT, etc. On 2/23/12 they will have a face to face 90 minute meeting with the sub-committees.

Committee Reports

Auditing Committee Thomas Gush

No report.

Awards/Nominating Committee Pam Vaillancourt

March 30th is the deadline for the service award nomination. They currently have 1 nomination for Harvey Service Award.

Finance Committee: Luci Landberg Maass

No report.

Golf Outing Committee Mike Hosler/John Fenstermacher

No report.

Historian Dean Duxbury

No report.

Hospitality/ Student Night John Chambers

Report submitted. Requesting sponsors for student meals. Requesting volunteers for speed networking and resume building.

Host Section Activities Committee: Linda Perucca / Pat Sullivan

No report.

House Committee: Matt Hutchinson

Report submitted. There are 156 people at the meeting tonight.

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Long Range Planning Committee: Atul Khare

No report.

Marketing (CFAR / Minute Person / Newsletter / Social Media / Sponsorship / Website) – Bill Becht

Report submitted.

Membership Committee: John Schuette

No report.

Professional Development (Career Guidance and Continuing Education / Employment / Members in Transition / Technical Programs) Sanford Wolgel/Gary Wills/Terri

Cummings/Atul Khare

No report.

New Professionals Committee Mike Carson

No report.

Program Committee: Vijay Arora

No report.

Scholarship Committee: John Budin

Report submitted.

Supplier’s Night Committee: Jim Anderson

They are meeting 2/1412 to start planning for November.

Tanner Committee Report: Zuoxing Zheng

Last month they had a Tanner meeting and discussion. They voted on candidates.

Motion: To adjourn meeting at _5:18____ PM – Motion was seconded and carried.

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Submitted by: John Chambers CSIFT SecretaryCHICAGO SECTION IFT

EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE NEWSLETTERMarch, 2012

Gary Wills, Chair Linda PeruccaDNV KRAFT FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INCPhone: 708-214-6689 Phone: 847-646-3821 Email: garwil526@aol.com E-mail: lperucca@kraft.com

Dave LeVallyMAYS CHEMICAL COMPANYPhone: 847-949-4433E-mail: drlevally@msn.com

The Employment Committee publishes this portion of the newsletter as a free service to Chicago Section members. Because we cannot control the information supplied to us, no guarantee can be made of its accuracy. Additional information on a particular listing can be obtained by contacting one of the people listed above. Please submit ads for the April newsletter by March 12, 2012.

Please note: Any active member of the CSIFT may post their own job listing to the CSIFT LinkedIn as well as in our newsletter.

A. COMPLIANCE & REGULATORY ANALYST: Responsibilities include reviewing new formulations for regulatory and labeling compliance, provide guidance to manufacturing on blending or restrictions on blending, facilitate handling customer application complaints, provide support to purchasing for Vendor Management Program, participate in cGMP, and participate in food safety programs. Position is located in Sycamore, IL. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or Microbiology, 3 – 5 years Quality or Food Safety experience. Working knowledge of SAP.

B. APPLICATION SCIENTIST: Global Ingredient supplier seeking application scientist with 1 - 3 years of beverage or sweetener experience. Responsibilities include product development for customers, ingredient interaction studies, as well as documentation and systems management. Chicago suburban location. Travel up to 10%.

C. PRINCIPAL NUTRITION SCIENTIST: Provide leadership in ICD on nutrition science and regulatory and will collaborate on teams that will include nutrition science, regulatory, quality, product development, marketing and food science.

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Responsibilities include collaborate with colleagues across the business to identify and develop business opportunities, strategically help build and lead a strategic nutrition science research program, support current and new initiatives, etc. Requirements: Masters or Ph.D. in nutrition or related field, 8 – 10 years of experience with nutrition research and regulatory affairs/compliance, problem solving, interpersonal skills, etc.

D. PLANT MANAGER: New state of the art retort beverages processing facility is seeking an experienced plant manager to develop and lead operations for an east coast location. Responsibilities include; provide leadership and direction to all factory operations and performance, manage plant resources including assets, inventory, etc., ensure compliance with all industry, Federal, State and local regulations. Requirements; Associates degree (Bachelor’s degree preferred), 5+ years food/beverage production/plant management, SQF level 2 facility management, manufacturing/plant start up experience, P&L responsibility.

E. QC TECHNICIAN: Ensure that product packaged will meet customer specifications. Responsibilities include referencing production schedule as a source document, understanding all information on specification sheet, knowledgeable of the quality characteristics of the product packaged, accurately document quality characteristics on the QC Hourly Checklist, understand, perform and monitor sample collection, metal detection, allergens, HACCP, GMP, etc. Requirements; HS Diploma, some college with emphasis in food science/biology a plus. One year of food industry experience is preferred and knowledge of organic processes a plus.

F: FOOD SCIENCE TECHNICIAN: A fast growing food ingredient company is looking to add an experienced Food Science Technician to its Applications team. Responsibilities include developing key applications for Meat & Dairy Industries, foster technical to technical relationships with customers and maintain up to date technical knowledge with regard to new technologies and ingredients. Requirements; B.S. in Food Science or related field, 2 – 5 years of Applications/R&D/Technical Services/QA experience, strong working knowledge of food ingredients and manufacturing environments.

G: SALES/CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE (River North-Chicago): Responsibilities include; Sales team support, customer liaison, order coordination and costing of new products. Experience in Excel, Microsoft Word and the ability to learn R&D software is required.

Job Seekers

1. QUALITY SYSTEMS MANAGER: Experienced ISO and SQF quality manager seeking a position to develop, document, train and maintain quality systems.

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Experience in several manufacturing areas including baked goods, dairy, refrigerated foods, chocolates, pickles, edible oils & shortenings, ingredients and coffee.

2. TECHNICAL SALESPERSON: A professional and technical salesperson seeking full-time employment. Over 10 years of specialty/value-added and commodity ingredient sales. Customers included the top food companies. Strong understanding of the sales process. B.S. Science.

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Election and Awards Update CSIFT ELECTIONS

As members of the Chicago Section of the Institute of Food Technologists you have a voice in deciding the leadership of our organization. The election for the Chicago Section IFT leaders opens February 8 and closes March 8, 2012. Section

Tanner Lecture Section The Tanner Lecture Committee is proud to announce that this year's 50th Fred W. Tanner Lecture Award Winner is Dr. Richard Hartel, Professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Wisconsin. Save the Date to attend this prestigious lecture and award ceremony!

• May 14, 2012

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KNOW YOUR EMERITUS MEMBERS... Richard I. Mateles

Current: Emeritus Member

I graduated in 1956 from MIT with a bachelor's degree in food technology and went on to receive my master's and doctor of science degrees. I joined IFT around 1956 and have been a member ever since. My career has been partly in academe and partly in industry. In 1959-60, I spent a post-doctoral year at the Laboratory for Microbiology at the Technical University in Delft, The Netherlands, and managed to visit many industry and academic labs in Denmark, Sweden, France, The Netherlands, and Italy engaged in biotechnology, industrial microbiology, and applied microbiology.

Following the post-doc, I was recruited by MIT to lead the biochemical engineering program, which I did until 1968. During this period, my students and I were active in research with numerous publications dealing with aflatoxin, continuous culture, tryptophan production by fermentation, oxygen transfer and heat transfer in fermentation, and single-cell protein. The program expanded with the addition of Arnold Demain, Daniel Wang, and Charles Cooney.

In 1968, I accepted a two year appointment to set up an applied microbiology department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; and this was eventually extended to twelve years. I taught quite a bit including courses in food microbiology, biochemical engineering, elementary chemical engineering, industrial microbiology; and participated in courses such as microbial physiology. My research and that of my students expanded to look at mycotoxins other than aflatoxin, metabolites of actinomyces, plant cell culture, and continuous culture. I also was instrumental in forming a company, Makor Chemicals, to produce research chemicals and biochemicals, (among the first of which was aflatoxin), and ran a small unit affiliated with the university that carried out contract R & D in fermentation development for local industry.

In 1980, I returned to the U.S. I sought an academic position unsuccessfully since the time constant for action at Universities was too large. However, I was presented with a choice between a wonderful process development position at Merck and a broader position at Stauffer Chemical in which I would

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be responsible for directing R & D in many areas. I chose the latter and did not regret it! Stauffer was a major producer of pesticides; food ingredients including MSG, phosphates for cheese emulsifiers, polishing agents, leavening agents; seeds; specialty chemicals such as flame retardants, catalysts, synthetic lubricants, and Crystex; and commodity products such as phosphorus, chlorine, and regenerated sulfuric acid. When I joined, I knew little or nothing about some of these technologies, but I learned that the basic questions apply regardless of product or technology: What is the goal of the R & D? When can it bear fruit? What resources are required? Who are our competitors and where do they stand?

In 1988, Stauffer was terminally dismembered and divided among ICI, Akzo, and Rhône-Poulenc. I secured a position at IIT Research Institute running their Applied Sciences businesses and moved to Chicago. In 1990, a new president arrived at IITRI, and a year and a half later, I departed. As an academic, I had always had a considerable consulting activity, and I now devoted full-time to it. Most of my assignments dealt with helping companies improve their fermentation processes, evaluating R & D programs or projects in connection with acquisitions or investments, and providing expert testimony in patent or tort litigation.

My activity in the Chicago section of the IFT has been limited to attendance at section meetings, service for several years as a member and as chairman of the Tanner Award Committee, and a term or two as an Alternate Councilor. Some further biographical information is available from my website www.candidacorp.com

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Newsletter Deadline is: Thursday, March 15th!

If you would like to submit and article and CAN NOT make the deadline, please let me knowprior to March the 15th.

Thanks!

* Committee Updates* Events* Relevant Information* Food Related Articles* University Updates

Article Submissions (subject to editorial review): Must be ready forprint.

Photos: JPEG files

Send All Files to: alovis@equichem.com

Anna Lovis SoukupChair, Newsletter Committeealovis@equichem.comTel: 630-784-0432

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