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uPDATEs Anthony Vagnino Named V.P. Sales and Marketing at Diversified Laboratories including the company’s field sales organization. Mr. Hipple has more than 20 years of sales and managerial experience in the poultry industry. Before joining Gainco, he served in divisional and regional sales manager positions at Meyn America and Prime Equipment Group. He has also held field sales positions with Dapec, Breuil Automation and Stork Gamco which included account management responsibilities for leading processors such as Perdue, Gold Kist, ConAgra, Gold’n Plump and Wayne Farms. Mr. Hipple holds a B.S. degree in agricultural mechanization technology from the University of Georgia. Gainco also announces the appointment of Brian E. Porter as the company’s manager of sales engineering, with responsibilities for managing sales engineering as well as the development of systems and equipment that fully satisfy customer needs. Mr. Porter served as manager of customer project development at Gainco as well as at Weigh Systems South prior to that company’s acquisition by Gainco – where he was responsible for managing all aspects of domestic and international projects including quotations, project management and equipment installation. He has served on Gainco’s new product development team since 2003. and speciality chemicals sectors, Mr. Hend has previously worked for several leading edge, global, researchbased companies and brings with him strong knowledge of the crop protection sector. As regulatory affairs manager, Mr. Hend’s responsibilities will include the effective management and compilation of regulatory dossiers as well as the production of robust study summaries and appropriate risk assessments. He will also continue Exosect’s development of relationships with regulatory personnel within the ranks of suppliers, external contractors and competent authorities. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hend was regulatory affairs manager for a range of insecticides and fungicides at Syngenta. Mr. Hend holds a BSc Hons in zoology with a post-graduate diploma in information science. P eter Kendrick, CEO of Diversified Laboratories, Inc. has announced that Anthony Vagnino has joined the company as vice president of sales and marketing. “Anthony brings tremendous knowledge and experience across the entire spectrum of food safety, especially the analytical food testing industry. I am looking forward as he takes our company into new areas that will accelerate our growth and expand our expertise across new industries.” Gainco Makes New Senior-Level Appointments G ainco, Inc., announces three new senior-level appointments within the company’s marketing and sales functional areas. James A. ‘Jim’ Petersen has been appointed director of marketing and business development. Mr. Petersen will be responsible for managing Gainco’s domestic and international marketing activities, as well as the identification, exploration and cultivation of new markets and new product opportunities. Prior to taking on these responsibilities, Mr. Petersen served as sales director for Gainco. Before joining the company in 2000, he held sales and managerial positions at Bettcher Industries as well as several food processing companies – Lykes Brothers and Sunnyland, Inc. Jim Hipple has joined Gainco as director of sales. In this position, Mr. Hipple will direct all domestic and international sales activities, Food Safety Partnership Announces New Members and Expanded Board T Exosect Appoints Robert Hend as Regulatory Affairs Manager E xosect has announced the appointment of Robert Hend as its regulatory affairs manager within the company’s research and development team. With over 20 years experience in the agrochemical he Partnership for Food Safety Education, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving public health through researchbased, actionable consumer food safety education, has announced an expanded Board of Directors and the addition of two leading food industry organizations as new contributing members. The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) join the Partnership at a time of increased attention to consumer outreach through activation of retailers and food and consumer product companies. 617 AUGUST 2008 | FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS

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