Awards

IAFP welcomes your nominations for our Association awards. You are not required to be an IAFP Member to nominate a deserving professional or colleague for one of our awards. We also encourage Members to apply for the IAFP Travel Award for State or Provincial Health or Agricultural Department Employees (North America only) and for the IAFP Travel Award for Food Safety Professionals in a Country with a Developing Economy to attend the IAFP Annual Meeting. Student Members are invited to submit an application for the Student Travel Scholarship Award to attend the IAFP Annual Meeting. Student Travel Scholarship criteria can be accessed on the Students page.

2016 Award혻Recipients

Deadline for 2017혻Award Nominations Is February 21, 2017. The Call for Awards and Submission will open in October.혻

IAFP Awards

• Black Pearl Award

  Award Showcasing the Black Pearl. Presented in recognition of a company's outstanding achievement in corporate excellence in food safety and quality.

  Sponsored by: F&H Food Equipment Company

  2016 Recipient: Meijer

• Fellows Award

  Marble Plaque. Presented to Member(s) who have contributed to IAFP and its Affiliates with distinction over an extended period of time.

  2016 Recipient: David Golden, Leon Gorris, Jack Guzewich, William Sperber, Fred Weber

• President's Lifetime Achievement Award

  2016 Recipient: Thomas Montville

• Honorary Life Membership Award

  The Honorary Life Membership Award recognizes IAFP members for their dedication to the high ideals and objectives of the International혻Association혻for Food Protection and for dedicated service to the Association.혻

  2016 Recipient: Joseph Disch, Joseph Frank, Robert Gravani, Thomas McCaskey, Deog-Hwan Oh

• Harry Haverland Citation Award

  Plaque and $2,500 Honorarium. Presented to an individual for years of devotion to the ideals and objectives of IAFP.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by 3M Food Safety

  2016 Recipient: Elliot Ryser

• Food Safety Innovation Award

  Plaque and $2,500 Honorarium. Presented to an individual or organization for creating a new idea, practice, or product that has had a positive impact on food safety, thus, improving public health, and the quality of life.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by Walmart

  2016 Recipient: Sterilex Corporation

• International Leadership Award

  Plaque, $2,000 Honorarium and reimbursement to attend IAFP 2015. Presented to an individual for dedication to the high ideals and objectives of IAFP and for promotion of the mission of the Association in countries outside of the United States and Canada.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by Cargill, Inc.

  2016 Recipient: Khalid Mohamed Sharif Alawadhi

• GMA Food Safety Award

  Plaque and $2,000 Honorarium. This Award alternates between individuals and groups or organizations. In 2017, the award will be presented to a group or organization혻for highly significant food safety development or in recognition of a long history of outstanding contributions to food safety.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by the GMA

  2016 Recipient: Dale Morton

• Frozen Food Foundation Freezing Research Award

  Plaque and $2,000 Honorarium. Presented to an individual, group or organization for preeminence and outstanding contributions in research that impacts food safety attributes of freezing.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by the Frozen Food Foundation

  2016 Recipient: Michael Davidson

• Food Safety Magazine Distinguished Service

  Sponsored by: Food Safety Magazine

  2016 Recipient: John Larkin

• Maurice Weber Laboratorian Award

  Plaque and $2,000 Honorarium. Presented to an individual for outstanding contributions in the laboratory, recognizing a commitment to the development of innovative and practical analytical approaches in support of food safety.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by Weber Scientific

  2016 Recipient: Lee-Ann Jaykus

• Larry Beuchat Young Researcher Award

  Plaque and $2,000 Honorarium. Presented to a young researcher who has shown outstanding ability and professional promise in the early years of their career.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by bioM챕rieux, Inc.

  2016 Recipient: Haley Oliver

• Sanitarian Award

  Plaque and $1,500 Honorarium. Presented to an individual for outstanding service to the public, IAFP and the profession of the Sanitarian.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by Ecolab Inc.

  2016 Recipient: Karl Thorson

• Educator-Industry Award

  In 1982, this award was split into the Educator Award and the Industry Awards.

  1981 Recipient: Francis F. Busta

• Elmer Marth Educator Award

  Plaque and $1,500 Honorarium. Presented to an individual for outstanding service to the public, IAFP and the arena of education in food safety and food protection.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by Nelson-Jameson, Inc.

  2016 Recipient: Julie Jean

• Harold Barnum Industry Award

  Plaque and $1,500 Honorarium. Presented to an individual for outstanding service to the public, IAFP and the food industry.

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by Roka Bioscience, Inc.

  2016 Recipient: Douglas Marshall

• Ivan Parkin Lecturers

  2016 Recipient: Jeffrey M. Farber

• John H. Silliker Lecturers

  2016 Recipient: Renata Clarke

• Travel Award for Food Safety Professionals in a Country with a Developing Economy

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by the IAFP Foundation

  2016 Recipient: Lay Ching Chai and Folarin Oguntoyinbo

• Travel Award for State or Provincial Health or Agricultural Department Employees

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by the IAFP Foundation

  2016 Recipient: Veronica Bryant, Scott Troppy, Lauren Turner, Christopher Waggener, Chun Wang

• Student Travel Scholarship

  The International Association for Food Protection recognizes that students from around the world are the future leaders in the field of food safety. Since 2004, the IAFP Foundation has been dedicated to enhancing the career potential of exceptional students through the annual IAFP Student Travel Scholarship Program, which provides full funding for attendance at the Association?셲 renowned Annual Meeting.

  Sponsored by: The IAFP Foundation

  2016 Recipient: Sarah Allard, Takiyah Ball, Kaitlyn Casulli, Justin Falardeau, Kirtiraj Gaikwad, Abigail Horn, Isaac Kabazzi, Wan Mei Leong, Zach Marsh, Kira Newman, Thabile Nkambule, Ifeoluwa Olotu, Katie Satchwell, Daniel Weller, Lily Yang, Claire Zoellner

• Peanut Proud Student Scholarship Award

  The Peanut Proud Student Scholarship Award Provides a $2,000 academic scholarship and travel funding for a U.S. graduate student in the field of food microbiology - and specifically혻in the area of and peanut butter food safety - to attend혻the Annual Meeting. 혻Peanut Proud is a nonprofit industry organization based in Georgia.혻

  Sponsored by: Peanut Proud

  2016 Recipient: Soon Kiat Lau

• J.Mac Geopfert Developing Scientists Awards

  Sponsored by: Sponsored by the IAFP Foundation

  2016 Recipient: Please see detail page for expanded list of recipients.

• Undergraduate Student Award Competition

  2016 Recipient: Please see detail page for expanded list of recipients.

• President's Recognition Awards

  Given at the discretion혻of the current IAFP Executive Board President.혻

  2016 Recipient: Donna Bahun, Nicholas Forshee, Christina Harzman, Marilyn Lee and Ewen Todd

• C. B. Shogren Memorial Award

  2016 Recipient: Florida Association for Food Protection

• Samuel J. Crumbine Award

  From 1955 to 1966 two awards were given: the first for general environmental health, the second for food protection. From 1968 to 1973, the award was suspended due to a general lack of innovation in food protection programs during that period.

  Sponsored by: The award is sponsored by the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), in cooperation with the American Academy of Sanitarians, American Public Health Association, Association of Food and Drug Officials, Foodservice Packaging Institute, International Association for Food Protection, National Association of County & City Health Officials, National Environmental Health Association, NSF International.

  2016 Recipient: Wake County Department of Environmental Services, Raleigh, North Carolina

• John N. Sofos Most-cited JFP Research and Review Publication Awards

  2016 Recipient: Please see detail page for expanded list of recipients.

• JFP Most-downloaded Publication Award

  The first award was presented at IAFP 2015 in Portland, Oregon.

  2016 Recipient: Larry R. Beuchat, Evangelia Komitopoulou, Harry Beckers, Roy P. Betts, Fran챌ois Bourdichon, S챕amus Fanning, Han M. Joosten and Benno H. Ter Kuile. Low-water Activity Foods: Increased Concern as Vehicles of Foodborne Pathogens. J. Food Prot. 76:150??72.

• IAFP European Symposium Student Travel Scholarship

  The International Association for Food Protection is pleased to again offer a 2017 scholarship to support the travel of one qualified student to attend the 2017 IAFP European Symposium on Food Safety in Brussels, Belgium, 29-31 March 2017. Through generous contributions to the IAFP Foundation, this scholarship will be awarded to a student residing in Europe and enrolled full-time in a college or university food safety-related degree program in Europe.

  Sponsored by: The IAFP Foundation

  2016 Recipient: Amanda Demeter