The New Jersey Food Processors Association is an organization of manufacturers and suppliers of food and agricultural products joined together to promote best practices, share information and expand the food industry of New Jersey and the surrounding region.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Member
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Renewals
New Member Shout-Out
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Farm to Fork
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NJBiz Article
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NJFPA Golf Outing
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On the Road Networking Dinners
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Roundtable Schedule
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President’s Message, Frank Catalana Hello NJFPA Members! We have been very busy since our Annual Meeting in February when my tenure as your President began. We hosted our Annual Farm to Fork event just a few weeks ago in early June in Trenton at the Statehouse. This was our 4th Annual Farm to Fork event where we partnered with the New Jersey Food Council, the New Jersey Farm Bureau and the New Jersey Restaurant and Hospitality Association to showcase our products to New Jersey legislators and share the importance of the Food Industry. We met with the Secretary of Agriculture, Doug Fisher who presented the group with a proclamation as well as Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo who presented our group with a ceremonial resolution on the General Assembly Floor. We had a great showing of member companies and want to specially thank Campbell’s Soup and Cumberland Dairy for their participation at the event! We also just hosted our annual Peter Pappas Memorial Golf Outing at Running Deer Golf Club which was a huge success! We had more golfers participate than ever before and it was a great day out on the green. Our Golf Outing is always a great event to relax and enjoy a day out in the sun with fellow the NJFPA members! We of course have many more events coming up in the Fall when we pick up again with our On the Road Dinners at Laurita Winery in New Egypt, NJ on October 13th and at Flying Fish Brewery in Somerdale on December 6th.
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The NJFPA Would Like to thank the following members for renewing their membership: Abington Nutrition Service LLC
Cumberland Freezers, LLC / Shoreline Freezers
LaMonica Fine Foods
Acme Corrugated Box Co, Inc
Delavau
Loar & Young, Inc
Advance Scale Co
Delaware Valley Packaging Group
Allied Specialty Foods, Inc
Dex-O-Tex by Crossfield Products Corp
Amcor Rigid Plastics
D'Orazio Foods, inc
Anderson, Kill & Olick, PC
D'Orazio Foods, inc
Archer & Greiner
Eastern Alliance Insurance
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Eatem Foods Co
Assured Environments
EMSL Analytical, Inc
Mid'lantic Precision
Atlantic Blueberry Co
Energy Procurement Partners, Inc
Miura North America
Atlantic Coast Freezers
Epsen Hillmer Graphics
MULTIVAC, Inc
Atradius Trade Credit Insurance, Inc
F & S Produce Co, Inc
National Food Trading Corp
Farm Credit East
New America Power
Food Sciences
New Jersey Food Council
Food Spectrum, LLC
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc
Garvey Corporation
Omni Baking Co
GE Mechanical
PermaFloor, LLC
Capital Bank of NJ
General Mills - Progresso Foods
Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC
Certified Laboratories, Inc
Grasso Foods, Inc
PNC Bank
Chelton House Products, Inc
Hoffman's Exterminating
Pratt Industries
Insurance Restoration Specialists, Inc / Infec-
ProCat Management Services
B & B Poultry Co, Inc B & G Foods, Inc
Magna Industries Mars Contractors Marsh and McLennan Agency Marshall Industrial Technologies, Inc Matsutani America
BCA Insurance Group Beef International, Inc C & E Canners Campbell Soup Co
Clement Pappas & Co, Inc Cocoa Services
tion Control Technologies RFC Container
Comarco Products
JCR Systems
Community FoodBank of NJ
Johanna Foods, Inc
County of Cumberland
Joulé Industrial Contractors
RK Environmental Services RLB Food Distributors
County of Gloucester CROWN Cork & Seal
Rowan College at Gloucester County Keystone Engineering Group, Inc Royal Pest Solutions Kopa Group LLC Rutgers Food Innovation Center
CSG Partners Lacas Coffee Co, Inc Cumberland Dairy
Safe Pac Pasteurization, LLC / Vincent Lacher & Associates
Giordano Corp
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Safeway Fresh Foods
Sweet Boro
Scientific Marketing Group/ Services
Taylor Farms New Jersey
Sea Breeze
Temple Inland
Seabrook Bros & Sons, Inc
The Food Institute
Sentry Insurance Co
The Graham Company
Silgan Containers Corporation
The McIntyre Group
Snow's Brands / Bumble Bee Foods, LLC
Tropical Cheese Industries
Sonitrol Security of Delaware Valley
Wallace Supply Co
South Jersey Energy Solutions
Water Dynamics
South Jersey Gas
Webber/Smith Associates
South Mill Mushroom Sales
Weber Display & Packaging
Spartan Chemical Company, Inc
WeiserMazars
Standard Warehouse & Distributing Co
Western Pest Services
Stanker & Galetto, Inc
WhiteWave Foods
Stay Fresh Foods LLC
Widerman & Co Insurance
Stokes Equipment Co
Wiss & Co, LLP
Surfside Foods, LLC
Withum, Smith & Brown PC
Sustainable Resources Group, Inc
ZEP Sales and Service
We Would Like to WELCOME Our Newest Members to the NJFPA: AB Energy USA LLC Ameri Pak Buona Vita Inc Chemserve DuPont Nutrition and Health PICS Itech Scales Air NEW
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Farm to Fork FROM THE NEW JERSEY FARM TO THE DINNER TABLE, THE NEW JERSEY FOOD INDUSTRY SERVES YOU THE ENTIRE WAY
New Jersey has over 7,000 farms producing products valued at over $980 million annually. There are over 1,600 food and beverage manufacturers throughout the Garden State. Food wholesale and brokerage operations generate over $56 billion annually. Food and beverage retailers— including supermarkets, grocery stores, and convenience stores— employ over 107,000 workers annually. This years Farm to Fork highlighted the necessity and value of the food industry in New Jersey. Sixty-one percent of all post-farm gate food businesses are engaged in some form of foodservice. Foodservice businesses generate over $12.5 billion annually. The New Jersey food system is a $105 billion dollar industry and employs over 430,000 people within the state. The New Jersey food industry directly contributes approximately $21 billion to the gross state product annually. NEW
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From Farm to Fork event showcases latest food trends, products to N.J. business community
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NJBIZ By Meg Fry, June 3, 2016 at 11:47 AM
The fifth annual “From Farm to Fork” event — presented by the New Jersey Food Council, the New Jersey Food Processors Association, the New Jersey Farm Bureau and the New Jersey Restaurant and Hospitality Association — was successfully held on Thursday at the State House in Trenton. The event encouraged key legislators and policy Attendees at the Farm to Fork event, held at the State House in Trenton. - (FROM FARM TO FORK) makers to visit with each of the various organizations’ exhibits while enjoying complimentary beverages and snacks from retailers such as Kings Food Markets and Campbell Soup Company. “From farm to fork, New Jersey’s food industry is essential to the vitality of our economy, our communities and our residents, generating more than $105 billion each year and employing almost 600,000 workers,” Linda Doherty, CEO and president of the New Jersey Food Council, said. “This event is an effective opportunity to showcase the latest food products and trends to New Jersey legislators and administration officials. It also serves as an important reminder of the crucial role we play in the health and wellness of New Jersey’s communities and state economy. New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher kicked off the event by discussing the importance of the food and beverage industry in the state, while Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo (D - Atlantic) presented the four food industry organizations with a resolution, co-sponsored by Senator Jim Whelan (D - Atlantic), which paid tribute to the industry’s numerous contributions to New Jersey. “My family business is B.F. Mazzeo Fruit & Produce in Northfield,” Mazzeo said. He and his brother, Ben, now co-own the grocery business started by their father in 1959. “We have about 42 employees,” Mazzeo said. “I have a soft spot for anyone in the food business because it is a very tough business. I also have a soft spot for farmers, because we deal with a lot of farmers directly. “Keep up the good work.”
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2016 Peter Pappas Memorial Golf Outing Lunch Sponsors
Hole Sponsors Advance Scale Co, Inc
Dinner Sponsors
B&B Poultry Co, Inc. BD Engineering Cumberland Dairy Delaware Valley Packaging Group F&S Produce
Hole-in-One Sponsor
Farm Credit East Hoffman’s Exterminating Johanna Foods Johnson Building Systems
Beverage Cart Sponsors
LaMonica Fine Foods Packaging Corporation of America People Logistics Silgan Containers Silgan White Cap Stokes Equipment Water Dynamics Weber Display & Packaging WeiserMazars
Awards Sponsor
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2016 Peter Pappas Memorial Golf Outing Member Companies in Attendance Acme Corrugated
LaMonica Fine Foods
Advance Scale Co, Inc
National Foods
Allied Specialty Foods
Packaging Corporation of America
AMCOR
People Logistics
Arthur J. Gallagher
Pratt Industries
B&B Poultry Co, Inc. BD Engineering Campbell Soup Co. Capital Bank of New Jersey ChemServe Comarco Products Cumberland Dairy Delaware Valley Packaging Group
RFC Container Co. Inc. Royal Pest Solutions Safeway Seabrook Farms Sentry Insurance Silgan Containers Silgan White Cap
Eastern Alliance Insurance
Sonitrol Security of DE Valley, Inc.
Evergreen Packaging
South Jersey Energy Solutions
Epsen Hillmer Graphics
Stanker & Galetto, Inc.
F & S Produce Co.
Stokes Equipment
Farm Credit East
Sustainable Resources Group
Garvey Corp
Vineland Packaging
Hoffman’s Exterminating
Water Dynamics
International Paper
Weber Display & Packaging
J.F. Kelly Company
Webber/Smith Associates, Inc.
Johanna Foods, Inc.
WeiserMazars
Johnson Building Systems K+R Vending Lassonde Pappas & Co
Western Pest Services Widerman & Co Zuckerman Honickman
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NJFPA On The Road Dinner We Invite You and A Colleague to Come Out for a Complimentary Dinner! Open to All NJFPA members and nonmembers!
Registration
October 13, 2016
(Please print)
Laurita Winery
Name: ____________________________________
85 Archertown Road New Egypt, NJ 08533 (609) 752-0200 http://lauritawinery.com/
Company: _________________________________
Email Address:
(Important for confirmation)
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December 6, 2016
Guest Name: ______________________________
Flying Fish Brewery 900 Kennedy Blvd Somerdale, NJ 08083 (856)504-3442 https://www.flyingfish.com/
Guest Company: ___________________________ Guest Email Address:
(Important for confirmation)
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Mail completed registration form to: NJFPA
Pre-registration is required.
150 West State Street. Suite 110
Cancellation policy: The courtesy of a call, at least 48 hours in advance, is appreciated. Our number is 609-392-5558. You will receive an e-mail confirmation of your registration. NEW
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Or fax to: (609)-392-2664 Or register online at: http:// njfoodprocessors.org/
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2016 Roundtable Schedule
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Rutgers Food Innovation Center (450 East Broad St, Bridgeton, NJ 08302)
July 12, 2016 at 9:00am Use of Electrolyzed Peroxide Spray for Eradification of Pathogens in the Food Processing Environment Speaker: Dr. David Kingsley, USDA ARS | Host Company: Infection Control Technologies
September 13, 2016 at 9:00am Solid Waste Reduction, Energy and Water Conservation Measures Speaker: Edward Bakos | Host Company: TBD
October 11, 2016 at 9:00am "Combating Contamination from Foot, Hand, and Wheel Traffic" Speaker: Leon Witham | Host Company: Rochester Midland Chemicals
November 8, 2016 at 9:00am Tools for Improving Compliance to basic Sanitation Activities in the Food Processing Environment for Implementation of Preventive Controls for Human Food requirements" Speaker: Joe Merker | Host Company: SCA (Tork)
December 13, 2016 at 9:00am TBD Speakers: Michael Bolinski & Dr. Jason Dwyer| Host Company: Water Dynamics
To volunteer as "host" or to offer a speaker for any open months, please contact: Donna F Schaffner
[email protected] or leave a message at 856-459-1900 x4528
SAVE THE DATE! NJFPA ANNUAL MEETING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2017 AT CROWNE PLAZA IN PRINCETON, NJ MORE INFORMATION TO COME
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