Food Safety: Getting Back on Track

Jenny Scott
Vice president of food safety programs - Food Products Association (FPA)
(2000-2001) President of International Asso. Food Prot. (IAFP)

Jenny Scott is Vice President of Food Safety Programs at the Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) in Washington, DC, where she has held a variety of positions since 1980. GMA/FPA is a not-for-profit trade association that promotes sound public policy, champions initiatives that increase productivity and growth and helps to protect the safety and security of the food supply through scientific excellence. Ms Scott directs the Association's food safety activities on issues including food inspections, HACCP and crisis management, along with providing technical assistance, expertise and guidance on issues and policies related to microbial food safety to GMA/FPA members and staff. She also oversees the Association's food safety training. She received an A.B. degree in biology from Wellesley College, an M.S. in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin, and an M.S. in food science from the University of Maryland. She has published numerous research papers and book chapters in the areas of microbial food safety and food processing. She has been active in professional associations such as the American Society for Microbiology, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), where she has chaired the Food Microbiology Division, and the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), where she was President in 2000-2001. She is a fellow of both IAFP and IFT. Ms. Scott serves on the US delegation to the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene and on the US National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods.

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