News and Events

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 1, 2008

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

3-A SSI Announces 2008 Officers and New Director

McLEAN, Virginia – The 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI) Board of Directors recently named Greg Marconnet (Kraft Foods, Inc.) Chair and elected other officers for 2008. Dan Meyer (American Dairy Products Institute) was elected Vice Chair; David Tharp (International Association for Food Protection) was elected Treasurer, and Warren S. Clark, Jr. (3-A Symbol Administrative Council, Inc.) was named Secretary.

David Jamison, Associate Deputy Administrator, Dairy Programs, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service was named to the 3-A SSI Board of Directors.

Other members of the 3-A SSI Board of Directors include Lee Blakely (Cheese and Protein International), Lou Beaudette (Admix, Inc.), Paul Gold (Pfizer Global Manufacturing Services), Larry Hanson, (Johnsonville Sausage, LLC), Robert F. Hennes (Chief, FDA/CFSAN-Milk Safety Branch), Allen Sayler (International Dairy Foods Association), Ronald Schmidt (Food Science & Human Nutrition, University of Florida), Stephen Schlegel (Food Processing Suppliers Association) and F. Tracy Schonrock (3-A Steering Committee).

# # #

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.