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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN FOOD SAFETY
Conference in Washington, D.C., the appointment of Jürgen Matern, vice president, Strategic Quality Management at Metro AG to succeed JP Suarez, Walmart as its Board Chairman. Matern took over the leadership of GFSI immediately. Commenting on the appointment, outgoing Chairman JP Suarez said, “The GFSI Board is delighted that Jürgen has agreed to take over this role, which occurs at an important time for GFSI. The initiative has gained tremendous momentum over the last few years in many parts of the world. GFSI still has a key role to play in effectively managing the adoption of GFSI recognized schemes by building awareness among key stakeholders in the food industry to demonstrate the efficiencies associated with having a set of globally accepted food safety schemes.” Jürgen Matern added, “There are many more challenges ahead, and we look forward to building on our existing work in global markets and across the entire supply chain, to continuing to build relationships between the private and public sector, and to expanding awareness of GFSI and measuring its global impact.” Jürgen Matern will become the fifth Chairman of the Global Food Safety Initiative. Having completed a Food Technology Engineering degree, Jürgen was responsible for Research and Development/Quality Assurance at Quaker Oats and Royal Canin in Germany from 1981 to 1989. In 1990, he joined Metro Germany to set up Quality Assurance for the food business in Germany. In the following years, he developed quality assurance in Metro to an international department with almost 500 engineers and specialists in 32 countries, covering the whole food and non-food business and assuring fulfillment of legal and company requirements in the stores.

Strategic Diagnostics Inc. Becomes SDIX

Key Technology Appoints Teri Johnson to InterContinental Sales Manager
ey Technology announces the appointment of Teri Johnson to the new position of intercontinental sales manager for the Australia/New Zealand, Asia Pacific, and Latin American regions. Ms. Johnson is responsible for leading Key’s sales and aftermarket activities in these areas to bring the company’s automated inspection, specialized conveying, product preparation systems, and world-class service to the market. “Key Technology has a long history of providing process automation systems to food processors and industrial customers. We need to constantly work to understand the changing dynamics of our diverse markets,” said John Boutsikaris, senior vice president of global sales and aftermarket. “Teri is ideally suited to take the lead in this important arena. Given the depth of her experience with our products and the industries we serve, she is a terrific resource for our customers and a valuable asset to our team.” Ms. Johnson has been with Key for 25 years. Most recently, she was the Fresh-Cut Industry manager responsible for supporting Key’s activities in this strategic industry around the world. Previously, she held a number of positions at Key including product marketing manager responsible for Key’s Smart Shaker® vibratory conveyors, systems engineer, sales engineering manager, service manager,VP/GM Automated Inspection Systems, and sales and marketing support director. She holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from Oregon State University, and has completed the California Institute of Technology’s Program for technology marketing.

trategic Diagnostics Inc., a provider of biotechnology-based products and services for a broad range of life science, biotechnology, diagnostic, and food safety applications, has announced it will be doing business as SDIX (Strategic Diagnostics Inc. d/b/a SDIX). The new SDIX name and logo are designed to better reflect the company’s evolution from its historical beginnings as an industrial diagnostics products and antibody production company to the company it is today, a biotechnology company, with all of its core capabilities and expanded expertise in developing and delivering a full suite of innovative immuno-solutions. The new name also aligns the company name with its Web site address and NASDAQ listing, making the company easier to find and connect to. Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Fran DiNuzzo, president and CEO of SDIX said, “Over the last twenty years, Strategic Diagnostics Inc. has grown by delivering value and innovation to our customers. Over the past several years, the company has emerged as an innovative supplier of immuno-solutions to new customers in the Life Science market. As such, the company has evolved beyond its name and brand. Today, our company is much more than the original Strategic Diagnostics name or SDI logo represented. We are transforming SDI into a biotechnology company with a key focus on growth in the Life Science and Food Safety markets. We intend for SDIX and our updated logo to symbolize our commitment to be experts at creating advantage for our customers and partners using quality, innovative, and effective immuno-solutions.”

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