IAFP 2023 Registration Now Open

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Des Moines, Iowa – The International Association for Food Protection will hold IAFP 2023, the Association’s Annual Meeting, July 16–19 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registration and housing are now open via the Association website at: www.foodprotection.org.

IAFP 2023 will feature hundreds of technical papers, posters, and symposia, detailing current information on a variety of topics relating to food safety. The quantity and quality of contributed presentations provide information on the latest methods and technologies available. In addition to the science-based presentations, the four-day meeting will include committee and Professional Development Group (PDG) meetings, educational exhibits, and an awards banquet.

This event also includes the Ivan Parkin Lecture, featuring Dr. Sarah Cahill, a Senior Food Standards Officer with the Secretariat of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, part of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, Rome, Italy; the John H. Silliker Lecture, featuring Michael Brodsky, President, Brodsky Consultants in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada; and the Canadian Regulatory Update, presented by Nancy Hamzawi, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, and Sylvie Lapointe, Vice President, Policy and Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The IAFP Annual Meeting has earned recognition as the leading food safety conference worldwide and is attended by top industry, academic, and governmental food safety professionals. This broad mix of attendees includes professionals in quality control, processing operations, regulatory inspections, consulting groups, risk assessment, research and development, microbiological research, plant management, technical services, and HACCP management.