The 17th annual Fresh-cut Products: Maintaining Quality & Safety workshop organized by Dr. Marita Cantwell, was very well attended, and there was an exceptional level of interaction between the participants and instructors.
More than 20 top government, academia and industry instructors shared their expertise on a wide array of topics, and included: Diane Barrett, Dept. Food Science & Technology, UC Davis; Jeff Brandenburg, JSB Group, Greenfield, Mass.; Jeff Brecht, Dept. Horticultural Sciences, Univ. Florida; Christine Bruhn, Dept. Food Science and Technology, UC Davis; Marita Cantwell, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Robin Chilton, USDA, AMS, FVP, FFB; Giancarlo Colelli, Univ. of Foggia, Italy; Ray Connelly, TrueTrac, Salinas, Calif.; Roberta Cook, Dept. Agric. & Resource Economics, UC Davis; Barry Eisenberg, United Fresh Produce Assoc., Salinas, Calif.; Rudi Groppe, Heinzen Manufacturing, Gilroy, Calif.; Linda Harris, Dept. Food Science & Technology, UC Davis; Adel Kader, Emeritus, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Karan Khurana, Pulse Instruments, Van Nuys, Calif.; Elizabeth Mitcham, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Anne Plotto, USDA-ARS, Winter Haven, Florida; Mikal Saltveit, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis; Trevor Suslow, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis; James Thompson, Postharvest Engineering LLC; and Florence Zakharov, Dept. Plant Sciences, UC Davis.
Participants found the course very beneficial, and responded with positive feedback including comments such as, “This course was worth every penny and minute dedicated to it. Thanks” and “A very good and educating course for people from production to retailers/distributers to packaging and the research department. Love this workshop, though it is pretty intensive. Thank you!”
The September 24-26, 2013 Fresh-cut Products: Maintaining Quality & Safety workshop promises to be even better, we hope you'll plan now to attend.
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