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The Dairy Practices Council publishes educational guidelines for the dairy industry and is a nonprofit organization of education, industry and regulatory personnel concerned with milk quality, sanitation and regulatory uniformity.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD

The governing body is an Executive Board which includes representation from:

1. State Departments of Health & Agriculture
2. Federal Departments of Health & Agriculture
3. Dairy Industry - Production, Processing and Service
4. Education - Production, Processing and Engineering

OFFICERS

Michael Schutz Ph.D., DPC President,
Indiana Dairy Extension Specialist, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Tel. 765-494-9478

Rebecca Piston, DPC Vice President,
HP Hood LLC, Monroe, ME
Tel. 207-712-0312

M Jeffrey Bloom, DPC Executive Vice President, Dairy Practices Council, Richboro, PA
Tel. 215.355.5133

MEMBERS REPRESENTING REGULATORY

Ellen Fitzgibbons, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, MA
Tel. 617-983-6751

Chris Thompson, University of Kentucky, Division of Regulatory Services, Lexington, KY
Tel. 859-257-7357

Lloyd Kinzel, FDA Mid Altantic Region, Warrington, PA
Tel. 215-717-3729

Patrick Healy , USDA Milk Market Administrator, FMMA, Lenexa, KS
Tel. 913-495-9315

MEMBERS REPRESENTING INDUSTRY

Greg Leach, Losurdo Foods, Heuvelton, NY
Tel, 315-344-2444

Neil Bendixen, Dairy Marketing Services LLC, Syracuse, NY
Tel. 888-589-6455

Meikel Brewster, Charm Sciences, Inc., Lawrence, MA Tel: 978-687-9200

MEMBERS REPRESENTING EDUCATION

Joseph Zulovich Ph.D, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Tel: 573-882-2731

Chuck Boeneke Ph.D , Assistant Professor of Dairy Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Tel. 225- 578-4383

Robert R. Peters, Ph.D, Professor of Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Tel. 301-405-1401

TASK FORCE DIRECTORS

Task Force Directors also serve as members of the Executive Board.

Task Force I Farm Buildings & Equipment

Robert E. Graves, Ph.D, Penn State University
University Park, PA
Tel: 814-865-7155

Task Force II Plant Equipment & Procedures

John Partridge Ph.D, Dept. of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Tel. 517-355-8460

Task Force III Laboratory & Quality Control Procedures

Nancy Carey, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Tel: 607-254-7079

Task Force IV Regulatory Issues & HACCP

Philip Wolff, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, Manassas, VA
Tel: 202-720-9386

Task Force V Milking Systems & Procedures

Miles Beard, IBA, Inc., Shippensburg, PA
Tel. 717-423-6824

Task Force VI Small Ruminants

Dan Scruton, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, Montpelier, VT
Tel 802-828-3836

Contact The Dairy Practices Council :

19 Titus Court
Richboro, PA 18954 U.S.A.
Phone. 215.355.5133
Fax. 215.355.5133

» email DPC: dairypc@dairypc.org