Food Processing Expo 2016 will include a dynamic array of topical food industry workshops and speakers, along with an expansive trade show featuring more than 250 exhibitors. The Expo will be held Feb. 17-18, 2016, at the Sacramento Convention Center.
Supermarket Guru and Food Industry Expert Phil Lempert will be the featured speaker at the Expo kick-off breakfast on Feb. 17 and will address “How Consumers and Retailers Are Changing the Food World: The Battle for the American Meal.” Lempert’s many food industry accomplishments include founding the SupermarketGuru.com website in 1994, which is now one of the leading food and health resource web sites. For more information, visit http://www.supermarketguru.com/
A Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) workshop will be held on Feb. 18. FSMA was signed into law on Jan. 4, 2011, and according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is ushering in the most sweeping reforms of food safety laws in more than 70 years and will help produce farmers and food importers take steps to prevent food safety problems before they occur.
The Food Processing Expo is California’s largest tradeshow devoted exclusively to food processing and is sponsored each year by the California League of Food Processors (CLFP). A Tomato Processing School will be held the day prior to the Expo on Feb. 16. Food Processing Expo 2016 also will include a Tasting Pavilion featuring CLFP member food products, as well as those from several California universities. In addition, a CLFP Suppliers Host Council reception and silent auction will be held to raise funds for CLFP’s Scholarship Program. For more information about the Expo and to register, visit www.foodprocessingexpo.net
CLFP is an association representing the interests of both large and small food processors throughout California and works to help ensure a favorable and profitable business environment for its members and the food processing industry.
For more information: Lisa Jager, (916) 640-8150, lisa@clfp.com
California League of Food Processors
2485 Natomas Park Drive, Suite 550
Sacramento, CA 95833
(916) 640-8150
www.clfp.com
