16th Annual Food Safety Summit to Offer More Vendors in Sold Out Exhibit Hall

BALTIMORE, MD--(Marketwired - Mar 17, 2014) - Make plans to attend the 2014 Food Safety Summit taking place Tuesday, April 8 through Thursday, April 10 at the Baltimore Convention Center in MD. With the early bird rates expiring tomorrow, this is the best time to take advantage of this leading industry event at the lowest costs. The Summit is designed to educate and positively impact the entire food industry through access to leading industry professionals and regulators to collaboratively find solutions to food safety.

"This is the 16^th year of The Summit and we have a jam-packed schedule for four days in April to provide the best education on the most pressing issues and the newest products and services from the leading industry companies," said Scott Wolters, Event Director. "We encourage those interested in joining us to register today to get the best rates on their conference and hotel packages. This is an event they won't want to miss with an expanded conference program and extended trade show floor."

The Food Safety Summit education program will offer four half-day interactive workshops on topics including One Health, Pre-Requisite Programs, Traceability and an Update on FSMA; as well as twenty in-depth education sessions. Attendees will also have the opportunity to attend the keynote presentation, "A CEO's Commitment to Food Safety," featuring Ed Lonergan, CEO of Chiquita Brands, and Don Zietlow, CEO of Kwik Trip Inc., and the 3^rd annual Town Hall featuring Mike Taylor, FDA, Brian Ronholm, USDA, and Joe Corby, AFDO.

Four of the educational sessions will be offered as Live Webinars including Food Fraud/ Economically Motivated Adulteration; Management Commitment to Food Safety; Storage & Distribution: The Forgotten Food Safety Link; and Auditing Option - Their Positives and Negatives. 

The Expanded Exhibit Hall will feature Gold Sponsor Roka Bioscience, Silver Sponsor Alchemy and Bronze Sponsor Eurofins as well as 175 leading companies demonstrating the latest tools and technologies. In addition there will be a dozen subject matter experts presenting in the Exhibitor Showcase Theaters in the exhibit hall.

The Food Safety Summit is a solution based expo and conference designed to meet the educational and information needs of the entire food industry including processors, distributors, growers, retailers, foodservice operators, and academia. Visit www.foodsafetysummit.com.