RFA Fall Symposium

RFA Symposiums are offered annually in the fall in areas across the U.S. They provide informative presentations and discussion sessions on important business and marketing issues and food safety and regulatory topics affecting the refrigerated foods manufacturers and suppliers.  They also include site visits and tours to companies and organizations of interest to our membership. 

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RFA Members can access slide presentations from past RFA Symposiums at anytime in the Member Center.

2013 RFA Fall Symposium - September 16-18 2013
San Jose, California - Details & Registration Coming Soon!

2012 RFA Fall Symposium & Seafood HACCP Workshop - September 10 - 13, 2012
Baltimore, Maryland

In conjunction with this year's Fall Symposium, the RFA hosted a special Seafood HACCP Workshop. The workshop was designed to educate RFA members on the FDA's Seafood HACCP regulations, including the new 4th Edition Hazards Guide. Participants were given the opportunity to receive a Certificate of Course Completion from the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) to demonstrate that they met the training requirement of the FDA Seafood HACCP Regulations. The Fall Symposium included speaker presentations and tours of the Elite Spice manufacturing and distribution facilities and the International Food Safety Training Laboratory at the University of Maryland. Symposium speaker presentations are available for download in the Member's Only section. Look for the October issue of the Chilled News for more pictures and highlights from the event!

2011 RFA Fall Symposium - September 19 - 21, 2011

Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota

ECOLAB and 3M

 Some of the RFA Fall Symposium attendees in front of the ECOLAB building in Minnesota.

2010 RFA Fall Symposium - September 20-22, 2010

Hosted at the Hilton Philadelphia Airport 

The 2010 Year's RFA Fall Symposium Offered Participants Unique Experiences

Program Overview:

The RFA Fall Symposium was an exciting two-day learning experience that combined expert speaker presentations with educational tours. It  took place at the USDA- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) just outside of Philadelphia, in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. The program included both Industry Development sessions and Technical/Food Safety sessions interwoven together over the two days. Highlights of the Symposium also included the Monell Chemical Senses Center, the Philadelphia Regional Produce Market and the Philadelphia Port Authority.

RFA members and USDA researchers in front of the USDA-Agricultural Research Service(ARS) Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Pennsylvania

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