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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 12, 2008

Contact: Timothy R. Rugh, CAE
Email: trugh@3-a.org

3-A SSI Announces 2009 Officers
McLEAN, Virginia - The 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI) Board of Directors recently named Dan Meyer (American Dairy Products Institute) Chair and elected other officers for 2009.  Allen Sayler (International Dairy Foods Association) was elected Vice Chair; Lou Beaudette (Admix, Inc.) was elected Treasurer, and Ronald Schmidt (Food Science & Human Nutrition, University of Florida) was named Secretary.



Other members of the 3-A SSI Board of Directors include Kenneth Anderson (Harold Wainess & Associates), Lee Blakely (Saputo Cheese and Protein LLC), Warren S. Clark, Jr. (3-A Symbol Administrative Council, Inc.), Paul Gold (Pfizer Global Manufacturing Services), Larry Hanson, (Johnsonville Sausage, LLC), Robert F. Hennes (Chief, FDA/CFSAN-Milk Safety Branch), David Jamison, (Associate Deputy Administrator, Dairy Programs, USDA Agricultural Marketing), Greg Marconnet (Kraft Foods, Inc.), Stephen Schlegel (Food Processing Suppliers Association) and F. Tracy Schonrock (3-A Steering Committee).

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3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to enhance product safety
for consumers of food, beverages, and pharmaceutical products through the development and use of 3-A Sanitary Standards and 3-A Accepted Practices. Visit the 3-A SSI web site at www.3-a.org.