Our 2008 Members
Advanced Food Products	Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages	Coca-Cola Company
ConAgra Foods	Frito Lay
Kraft Foods	U.S. Army Natick
Unilever

Special IFT Awards

Congratulations, Ken and Steve

Myron Solberg Award
Ken Swartzel
$3,000 honorarium and a plaque from the Myron Solberg Endowment Fund of the IFT Foundation

Ken Swartzel, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University, received the 2008 Myron Solberg Award for leadership in the establishment, development, and continuation of industry, government, and academia cooperative organizations.

Swartzel founded the National Science Foundation Center for Aseptic Processing and Packaging Studies in 1987, two Industry Master Research Agreements, and the Kellogg/NASULGC Food Systems Leadership Institute. Currently, he is working with eight other universities in the formation of another NSF center called the Center for Biomass Processing Research.

More than 80 companies, foundations, government agencies and/or universities have worked together on one or more of the projects or programs led by Swartzel.

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IFT Fellow

Steven Schwartz, Carl E. Haas Endowed Professor of Food Science & Technology, Ohio State University, was recognized for research on antioxidants and food components related to chronic disease, oxidative stress, bioavailability, and cancer prevention and control.

His laboratory focuses on the application of food chemistry toward understanding the chemopreventative properties of bioactive components in the diet, particularly the carotenoid compounds. Schwartz reported about the effects of food processing and food formulation on enhancing carotenoid bioavailability and has expanded this research to the study of other phytochemicals in foods. His laboratory has employed several analytical techniques toward understanding the metabolism of bioactives from functional foods and their role in chronic disease prevention.

Fall Meeting Dates Set

The Ohio State University, Columbus OH

October 1, 2, and 3^rd 2008

October 1^st (USDA), 2^nd (CAPPS) and 3^rd (IAB), 2008

Tentative Schedule

October 1^st– Open USDA – 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center

2201 Fred Taylor Dr., CAMPUS

(networking and dinner~ 6 p.m. location TBA)

October 2^nd - CAPPS – (Proposals/Progress reports) – 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Hilton Garden Inn

3232 Olentangy River Rd.

(networking and dinner ~6 p.m. location TBA)

October 3^rd – CAPPS IAB meeting only – 8 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

The Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center

2201 Fred Taylor Dr., CAMPUS

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For more information about CAPPS,

please contact any Site Director:

Steven J. Schwartz, OSU Site Director
The Ohio State University
110 Parker Food Science and Technology, 2015 Fyffe Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone (614) 292-2934 FAX (614) 292-4233
schwartz.177@osu.edu

K.P. Sandeep, NCSU Site Director

North Carolina State University

129 Schaub Hall, Box 7624

Raleigh, NC 27695-7624

Phone (919) 515-2957 FAX (919) 515-7124

kp_sandeep@ncsu.edu

Diane M. Barrett, UCD Site Director
Department of Food Science and Technology
University of California, Davis
Davis, California 95616
Phone (530) 752-4800 FAX (530) 752-4759
dmbarrett@ucdavis.edu