Arkansas Association for Food Protection

Welcome to the Arkansas Association of Food Protection (AAFP) website.   We are the Arkansas Chapter of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) represents a broad range of members with a singular focus — protecting the global food supply. Within the association, you will find educators, government officials, scientists, food industry executives and quality control professionals who are involved in all aspects of growing, storing, transporting, processing and preparing all types of foods.  Working together, IAFP members, representing more than 50 countries, help the association achieve its mission through networking, educational programs, journals, career opportunities and numerous other resources.

As for the Arkansas Chapter, we are a premier farm-to-fork region with some of the world’s largest companies in food safety, AAFP has the obligation to explore and provide cutting edge research about emerging pathogen and adulterant issues. The Arkansas chapter of AAFP is rare in that we have the world’s largest retailer/grocer, the largest meat company, and leading distribution/refrigerated transport companies headquartered within our state. We have an impressive and diverse group of food processors, produce, poultry, and livestock growers located around the state ranging from produce, fruit, prepared meals, canned foods, frozen foods, juices, wine, meat, sliced meats, etc. We have nationally prominent schools of agriculture and business, as well as the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s nationally recognized Center for Food Safety to support Arkansas’ farm to fork supply chain.   

FOOD SAFETY

PROTEIN PRODUCERS

FOOD PRODUCERS

Our Important Mission

2024 AAFP Annual Conference

We had almost 200 registrations at last October’s AAFP Annual Conference  Conferences in 2023, which means we are back at PRE-Covid attendance levels.  We want to thank our wonderful sponsors listed below.  Now it is time for 2024. The 16th Annual AAFP Conference will be held on Tues-Thurs September 24-26, 2024 at the Fayetteville Town Center on the beautiful Square in Fayetteville.  Our State’s food safety influence reaches far beyond Arkansas and the region with products and decisions made by global entities headquartered in our State. With this conference and other workshops, we make an effort to keep our food safety professionals informed of their impact at home and beyond Arkansas.  We may have some surprises for next year, so please put us on your calendar and conference list.  Please expect more updates soon. 

We look forward to seeing you at the next conference or….. one of our surprises.  Once again, we want to thank our gracious sponsors below that help make this conference a success. 

We appreciate your support, 

The Marketing and Advertising Committee

Barbara Smith (chair), Jerri Lynn Pickett, Paula Schwarz, Karen Beers and Brian Umberson

If you have any questions or concerns, please use the contact portal on our website that can be accessed via the following link:

https://www.arkafp.org/contact-us

We look forward to seeing you at future AAFP events.

Join The Association

The nationally recognized Arkansas Association for Food Protection – an affiliate of the International Association for Food Protection – invites you to join this professional organization and make plans to attend the September Educational Conference which annually features prominent speakers from industry, academia and government.

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