Virginia Tech student Hayley Potts has been awarded the Edlong Dairy Technologies Scholarship through IFT, the Institute of Food Technologists. The IFT annual meeting and food expo is going on this week in New Orleans.

In anticipation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ruling on the GRAS designation of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), global palm oil leader IOI Loders Croklaan is bringing its PHO-free ingredients and reformulation expertise to the IFT14 Expo, to help manufacturers seeking trans-free, non-GMO oils and shortenings for their applications.