Cleaning/Sanitation Session
DAVID J RADZANOWSKI, RADZAN ASSOCIATES, 2107 CARVER STREET, MADISON WI 53713-1115, USA
ABSTRACT: With the passage of the U.S. Food and Drug
Modernization Act of 2010, Congress has dictated stronger regulations
for the food industry, with more frequent inspections demanded as well
as product submission to independent laboratories on a regular basis to
check for food safety. The costs of the inspections and laboratory
submissions are to be borne by the company. If we add to this the
breakup of ATF leaving TTB as the oversee agency of the Treasury
Department, will the FDA return to the heavy demand for regulations and
labeling requirements the agency tried to impose on the brewing industry
during the latter half of the last century? We will attempt to evaluate
the possible effects on the brewing industry.
David
Radzanowski began his brewing career in 1962, joining the Duquesne
Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, PA, after studying chemical engineering
at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University). After graduating with
the 1970 Siebel Institute Diploma Class, David was named the associate
supervising master brewer, sharing production responsibilities with the
vice president of production. With the closing of the Duquesne brewery,
David joined the Joseph Huber Brewing Company of Monroe, WI, in 1973 as
director of QC and assistant master brewer, eventually becoming master
brewer and vice president of production. In 1992, David joined the
Siebel Institute of Technology as vice president of educational
services, becoming president of the institute in 1998, serving until
2000. In 2000, David and his colleagues joined Alltech Inc., resulting
in the formation of the Alltech Institute of Brewing and Distilling
(AIBD) in conjunction with Herriot-Watt University. With Alltech, David
had a dual role as technical manager for Asia-Pacific, covering brewing,
ethanol production, and distilling, and as administrator of educational
services of AIBD. He is now president of Radzan Associates, offering
services to the brewing, distilling, and ethanol industries.
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