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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

Donald M. Breiner, DPC President, Land O'Lakes, Inc., Carlisle, PA
Tel. 717-486-2213

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


Terry B. Musson, DPC Executive Vice President, Dairy Practices Council, Keyport, NJ
Tel. 732-203-1947

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

Jonathan Gardner, FDA Milk Safety Branch, College Park, MD
Tel. 301-436-2166

Kelly Wedding, Federal Milk Market Administrators Office, Louisville, KY
Tel. 502-499-0040

MEMBERS REPRESENTING INDUSTRY

Rebecca Piston, Quality Auditor, HP Hood LLC, Monroe, ME
Tel. 207-712-0312

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

Robert F. Roberts Ph.D , Associate Professor of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Tel. 814-863-2959

Richard Kersbergen, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Waldo, ME Tel. 207-342-5971

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

Jeffrey M. Bloom, Johnson Diversey, Newtown, PA 18940
Tel. 215-504-0152

Task Force IV Regulatory Issues & HACCP

Les Wood, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, Santa Rosa, CA
Tel: 707-527-6383

Task Force V Milking Systems & Procedures

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

Task Force VI Small Ruminants

Lynn S. Hinckley, Director, Conn. Mastitis Control Lab, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Tel. 860-486-4982

Contact The Dairy Practices Council :

51 E. Front Street, Suite 2
Keyport, NJ 07735 U.S.A.
Phone. 732.203.1947
Fax. 732.203.1947

» email DPC: dairypc@dairypc.org