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Dr. Donald L. Zink Elected as Secretary he International Association for Food Protection welcomes Dr. Donald L. Zink to the Executive Board as Secretary. Dr. Zink will take office at the conclusion of the Awards Banquet at IAFP 2011, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By accepting this position, Dr. Zink has made a five-year commitment to the Association and will begin his term as President in 2015. Dr. Zink received his Bachelor of Science from Abilene Christian University (1974), a Masters in Microbiology (1976) and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics (1978) from Texas A&M University. Between 1978 and 1983, he held faculty positions at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and at the University of Arizona in the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Food Science. He joined Campbell Soup Company in 1983 as Manager of Process Microbiology where he worked in the area of refrigerated food safety and aseptic processing. In 1990, he joined Nestlé, where he held various positions in Quality Assurance for the Carnation Company and as Director of Food Safety for Nestlé USA. In 2000, he joined a new beef processing venture company, Future Beef Operations, as Vice President of Research and Development and Product Safety. Then in 2002, he moved to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) where he served as a Senior Food Scientist in the Office of Food Safety. He became the Senior Science Advisor for CFSAN in the Office of the Center Director in 2009. Dr. Zink currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (2003 – present) and is a member T of the Executive Advisory Board of the National Center for Food Safety and Technology located in Summit-Argo, Illinois. He has served as a member of several government advisory committees including the Committee on Program and Technical Review of the U.S. Army Natick Research Development and Engineering Center for the National Research Council and the Human Systems Panel – Laboratory Infrastructure Capabilities Study of the Institute for Defense Analysis. Dr. Zink has served as the U.S. Delegate to the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene and as an Advisor and FDA representative to the Conference on Food Protection. Dr. Zink has been a member of various industry committees during his years with the food industry. He served as member and ViceChairman of the ILSI North America Food Microbiology Committee and as a member and Chairman of the Grocery Manufacturers of America Microbiological Safety and Control Working Group (now the Food Microbiology Committee) and the Grocery Manufacturers of America Science and Regulatory Affairs Committee. Dr. Zink gave the 2003 Ivan Parkin Lecture and has been an invited speaker at numerous meetings in both the U.S. and internationally. He was a Foundation Lecturer for the American Society for Microbiology and served as the Lead Judge, Junior Division Biochemistry for the California State Science Fair. In 2006, Dr. Zink received the Food Safety Magazine Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Zink has received various awards from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, including the FDA Award of Merit, the Health and Human Services Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service and three Commissioner’s Special Citations. Dr. Zink has been a member of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) since 1996 and of the Capital Area IAFP Affiliate since 2010. He has been active in IAFP as a past member of the Program Committee and the Selection Committee. He currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Foundation Committee. Dr. Zink has authored 28 peer-reviewed publications. His research interests have centered on foodborne bacterial pathogens, particularly Yersinia sp., Brucella sp. and Clostridium botulinum. MAY 2011 | FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS 281

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food Protection Trends - May 2011

Food Protection Trends - May 2011
Contents
Sustaining Members
Reflections of Your President
Commentary from the Executive Director
Lessons to be Learned from an Outbreak of Foodborne Listeriosis, Austria 2009–2010
Observations of Consumer Salad Preparation
IAFP Secretary Announcement
Highlights from the Dubai International Food Safety Conference
New Members
What’s Happening in Food Safety
Industry Products
Special Contributors and Sponsors
Preliminary Program
Ivan Parkin Lecture
John H. Silliker Lecture
Activities
General Information
Exhibitors
Workshops
Registration Rates
Coming Events
Advertising Index
Journal of Food Protection Table of Contents
Booklet Order Form
Membership Application
Celebrating 100 Years of IAFP: 1970s

Food Protection Trends - May 2011