CONCEPT

FS gives food safety experts the opportunity to learn how retailers and manufacturers manage food safety issues around the world, to discover the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and to debate on the latest trends and developments in food safety.

The dynamics of the worldwide foodservice business are changing. Nearly every person in our business has been impacted by the major events taking place in foodservice. Suppliers continue to consolidate, international product regulations are becoming more rigorous, export tariffs are changing, and your increasingly sophisticated global customers are demanding more – just to name a few.

As the vital high-volume foodservice world continues to flourish and grow, professionals need useful information to give them a competitive edge. They want market intelligence to help guide their operations to greater efficiency and profitability.

And that is where FS comes in…

FS is the marketing source for reaching North America 's food industry decision-makers.

EDITORIAL

The subliminal sandwich empire
Don Fertman is the Director of Development at SUBWAY and, as such, oversees the entire development pipeline.

Doing business the organic way
Never before has awareness of organic and natural produce been so prevalent in the American food industry. With failing health and increasing waistlines, Americans are looking to natural foods to save them. But is awareness of organics enough?

Resisting invasion
Proper pest management requires vigilance and professional partnership, says Greg Baumann.

Responding to the pressure
Over the past two to three years, there has been an incredible increase in competitive pressures in margin and quality in the US food industry.

Use the force
The benefits of IT are not limited to number-crunching in financial services or faster processes in the back rooms of Wall Street.

The fat of the land
A Food Solutions special report European governments are weighing up new ideas to tackle obesity, while the British food industry launched a manifesto to kill kingsize candy. So how does America shape up?

Health farm
Alexander Mathews of the Animal Health Institute tells Huw Thomas that taking good care of farm animals is the first step to guaranteeing a safe food supply

Is irradiation the answer to food safety?
The International Food Information Council investigates

EVENTS

Food Safety- Testing &
Analysis

http://
www.foodsafetysummit.com/
2007events.php

March 6th- 8th 2007,
Washington DC Convention
Center

From farm gate to dinner
plate, the Food Safety &
Security Summit is the
largest and most established
food safety and security
expo and conference in
North America. The Food
Safety & Security Summit
features two and a half days
of intensive educational
seminars conducted by
industry experts, workshops,
social and networking events,
and a large exhibit hall
featuring the industry’s leading
problem-solving vendors.

Brewing & Beverage

http://www.beverageforum.com/

May 23rd- 24th 2007,
Waldorf Astoria, New York

In spring 2007, the Beverage
Forum – the industry’s only
global, all-beverage executive
conference – will once again
provide insight into the issues
affecting the beverage business.

Packaging

http://www.packexpo.com/
factsheet2007/factsheet2007.html

October 15th- 17th 2007
Las Vegas Convention Center,
Las Vegas, Nevada

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007
will focus on the latest
developments in packaging
technology and will showcase
exhibitors’ state-of-the-art
advances in packaging machinery,
converting machinery, materials,
packages and containers, and
components.

Supply Chain

http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/
live/

30th April- 2nd May 2007
Orlando, Disney’s Colorado
Springs Resort

Hear from the top industry leaders
in the world's most comprehensive
RFID agenda. Learn the benefits
of RFID in Retail/CPG, Health
Care/Pharma, Aerospace/Defense,
Manufacturing and Transportation/
Logistics

Bottling & Canning

http://cannex.co.uk/canxfillx/
canxfillx.htm

25-27 April 2007
Las Vegas Convention Centre
3150 Paradise Road , Las Vegas,
NV 89109 Halls N1 & N1.1

Cannex- a targeted specialist event
for the world's canmakers and
suppliers. A gathering of the most
forward-thinking members of the
metal packaging community, for an
exchange of views and some lively
discussion on what’s happening in
the industry.

Ingredients

http://www.am-fe.ift.org/
cms/?pid=0

July 28th- August 1st 2007,
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL

The IFT Annual Meeting & Food
Expo® is by far the most highly
regarded new product development
forum in the food industry, bringing
food technologists, scientists, buyers
and sellers from all corners of the
food world together.

Food Processing

http://
www.foodprocessingevent.com/

25th-26th June 2007Global Food
Processing Summit 2007
Vienna, Austria

The Global Food Processing Summit
2007 will focus on finding the right
strategy to maximise a food company’s
investments by streamlining costs,
maximising food manufacturing
productivity and implementing new
technologies whilst ensuring ROI.