The American Dairy Products Institute honored Phillip S. Tong with an Award of Merit, which recognizes individuals who have made a significant difference in the processed dairy products industry. Tong is Professor of Dairy Science and Director of the Dairy Products Technology Center at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He writes the “Culturally Speaking” column for Dairy Foods.
The Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition honored Dairy Foods columnist Clay Detlefsen (“Spotlight on Sustainability”) with the 2013 CFSAN Director’s Special Citation Award for “sustained exemplary leadership within the food industry to improve food defense awareness, outreach and implementation.”
The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association elected the following officers in July at its meeting in Door County, Wis.: President: Jeff Giffin, Masters Gallery Foods; Vice President: John Breene, Dairy Farmers of America; Treasurer: Dan Williamson, Kemps; and Secretary: Louise Hemstead, Organic Valley.