Dr. Janet Collins, a senior manager at DuPont, is the 74th president of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

The Food Processing Suppliers Association releases the prepared foods portion of the PROCESS EXPO UNIVERSITY educational program taking place at Chicago’s McCormick Place from Nov. 3-6.

Kraft Foods Group, Northfield, Ill., announces that Teri List-Stoll has joined the company as senior vice president of finance. She will succeed current chief financial officer Timothy McLevish in the first quarter of 2014.
 

Miles Jones, co-chairman of Dawn Food Products Inc., will serve on the American Bakers Association’s Executive Leadership Development Committee (ELDC) Baking Industry Leadership Forum during IBIE.

The FDA’s new rules, which finally, precisely define what ‘gluten-free’ means, make it easier for those with celiac disease to shop and cope.

To continue growing and strengthening its national distribution network, Snyder’s-Lance Inc. has acquired substantially all assets of Stateline Service Corp. in Massachusetts.

The First International Conference on Global Food Security will be held Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. A poster program, workshops and sessions focusing on numerous global food issues are on the agenda.

New York-based gourmet dessert and quiche manufacturer Love and Quiches Desserts changes its name to Love & Quiches Gourmet and introduces a new logo and tagline.

Mike McKee, president and CEO of McKee Foods Corp., will serve on the American Bakers Association’s Executive Leadership Development Committee (ELDC) Baking Industry Leadership Forum during IBIE.

More common all the time, food recalls in the U.S. and Canada have a disconcerting frequency. In the past 12 months, there have been more than 600 recalls as foods enter the market with problems that have the potential to cause serious adverse health effects.