Food Science Department Names Advisory Board

Members of the board include, top row, left to right: Sam Wright, The Wright Group, Crowley, La.; Colin Barrow, Ocean Nutrition, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Jeff Kleinpeter, Kleinpeter Farms Dairy, Baton Rouge, La.; Dave Lineback, Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), Southport, N.C.; and Harlon Pearce. Harlon's LA Fish, Kenner, La. Seated, left to right, are: Kelsey Short, Louisiana Department of Economic Development, Baton Rouge, La.; Gilbert Leveille, Wrigley Science Institute, Denville, N.J.; and Ron Zappe, Zapp's Potato Chips, Gramercy, La.

The new advisory board of the Department of Food Science had its first meeting on Sept. 17-18, 2007, in Efferson Hall on the LSU AgCenter campus to discuss the department’s status and goals, according to John Finley, department head.

Not pictured are Todd Abraham, Global Research, Glenview, Ill.; Toni Betschart, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Hamed Faridi, McCormick & Co, Inc., Hunt Valley, Md.; John Folse, chef and author, Donaldsonville, La.; Zdenek Kratky, vice president, Nestle USA Inc., New Milford, Conn.; and Bobby Yarborough, Manda Fine Meats, Baton Rouge, La.