Allen Sayler

Allen Sayler

Allen Sayler, asayler@easconsultinggroup.com, is the senior director for food consulting services at EAS Consulting Group. His expertise in the areas of food processing, particularly in the areas of dairy processing, infant formula, bakery products, food additives, botanical products and food packaging, as well as GSFI third-party certification programs such as Safe Quality Food (SQF), has been of great value to EAS clients. He has spent more than 30 years as a food processing and regulatory expert, including vice president of regulatory affairs and international standards at the International Dairy Foods Association. In addition, Sayler represents the U.S. food processing industry at the Codex Committees on Food Additives, Food Labeling, Food Hygiene and Milk & Milk Products.Allen Sayler is vice president of regulatory affairs and international standards for the International Dairy Foods Association.

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A new testing concept is on the horizon

Metagenomics technology could become a valuable tool for dairy plants to quickly identify root-cause solutions to microbial problems.
Allen Sayler
Allen Sayler
April 21, 2013
Laboratory testing in a dairy plant is primarily divided into ingredients, in-process product, finished product, environmental testing and equipment start-up. All of these categories can be evaluated for quality and safety targets.
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Use benchmarks to improve food safety

Establish a dairy product benchmarking system to provide easy-to-understand data that compares key food safety indicators against target food safety goals.
Allen Sayler
Allen Sayler
January 17, 2013
Everyone in dairy companies, including corporate management, has increased their focus on food safety over the past two years.
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Prepare Your Plant to Comply with Food Safety Act

Look for some regulations contained in the Food Safety Modernization Act to be released as early as this summer, with more to come by year’s end and into 2013.
Allen Sayler
Allen Sayler
April 10, 2012
Most dairy industry meetings over the past year have devoted at least one session or agenda item to safety. DMI’s Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy established a Food Safety Committee almost two years ago to evaluate existing food safety tools and develop new ones. One of the main reasons for this focus was the passage in 2010 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
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The Dairy Industry Needs a Food Safety "Farm Team"

Allen Sayler
Allen Sayler
December 1, 2010
At a meeting of the Dairy Practices Council in Columbus, Ohio, Matt McKnight, vice president, market access and regulatory affairs of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, made a strong point about the opportunities for the U.S. dairy industry to expand the 5% to 10% (depending on the year) dairy export volume to the world.
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Sayler on Safety

Allen Sayler
Allen Sayler
April 1, 2010
Hydrolized vegetable protein, spices, instantized milk powders, peanuts and peanut products. Who would have guessed that the most significant food safety problem for the U.S. food industry would be ingredients?It
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