IFPTI To Receive Food Safety Leadership Trendsetter Award

The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI), a standards-based, food-protection training provider, will be awarded the 2011 NSF Food Safety Leadership Trendsetter Award at the Food Safety Summit on April 20, 2011. The announcement from NSF International, recognizes IFPTI as a first-year program leading the charge in food safety leadership, initiative, and laudable accomplishments.

IFPTI has trained over 1,300 food protection professionals from 47 states and provided emergency training for regulators and industries responding to the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, through a multidisciplinary curriculum team, IFPTI is developing a national curriculum for the integrated food safety system.

The NSF Food Safety Leadership Award was created to recognize leaders in foodservice who have made a real and lasting impact in food safety. Each year, NSF International seeks nominations from throughout the food safety community and convenes an independent panel of food safety experts from academia, industry and the regulatory community to select the winners. Nominations are evaluated based on creativity, innovation, design and the contributions made to the advancement of food safety.

“Our team is honored to receive this award from NSF International”, said Gerald Wojtala, Executive Director of IFPTI. “It is a privilege to be recognized by our colleagues in the food protection community. There is great work being done to integrate the food safety system and training is a key component for its success.”

“IFPTI has trained over 1,300 food protection professionals from 47 states through a multidisciplinary curriculum team,” said Tom Chestnut, Vice President, NSF International Supply Chain Food Safety and Quality. “I congratulate Gerald and his team for their ongoing commitment to food safety training.”