Join us this fall for the 18th Annual AAFP Conference, taking place September 1–3, 2026, at the Fayetteville Public Library in beautiful downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas.

This year’s program opens with “Where We Are Today in Food Safety”, bringing you the most current insights on foodborne illness outbreaks, recalls, and their impact on both consumers and producers. “Food Safety Tools” follows providing practical, real-world case studies addressing allergens, foreign materials, and pathogens, while highlighting strategies to strengthen food safety systems through risk assessment, food safety culture, emerging AI tools, and effective sanitation program design.

Day two features a strong regulatory and public health focus, including FSIS and FDA regulatory updates, advances in Salmonella serotyping and data collection, and insights from the Arkansas Department of Health Rapid Response Team and foodborne illness outbreak response. The meeting will close with emerging topics such as One Health, New World Screwworm, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, and Alpha-Gal syndrome.

Whether you're an industry professional, regulator, academic, or partner in food safety, this conference delivers the knowledge and connections you need to stay ahead. We look forward to seeing you in Fayetteville!

👉 Registration is now open for attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors.

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Refund policy: A full refund will be issued for cancellations made on or before July 10.
A 50% refund will be issued for cancellations made between July 2 and August 15 (inclusive).
No refunds will be issued for cancellations after August 15.
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2026 Conference Activity Registrations

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The 18th Annual AAFP Conference will be held on Tues-Thurs September 1-3, 2026 at the Fayetteville Public Library just off the beautiful Square in Fayetteville, AR. The Education Committee for the AAFP would like to invite all current and future members (must be an Arkansas Affiliate member at the time of abstract submission) to submit abstracts for scientific posters based on any food safety research/work they have done (current or past, published or unpublished). Students (undergraduate and graduate), post-docs, technical staff and professionals are encouraged to participate in the poster competition portion of the symposium. The poster presentation and competition will be held on Tuesday, September 1 at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center and followed by the welcome reception.