Nominations open for 2018 Eddie Andriessen Award

Posted by AMPC Blogger on Aug 1, 2018

Nominations are now open for the 2018 Eddie Andriessen Award, recognising significant contribution to Meat Inspection and Quality Assurance (MI&QA) in Australia in areas such as R&D, training or professional development of meat safety/QA personnel in the Australian meat industry.

Eligibility/selection criteria

Nominees must work in the Australia meat industry and have made a significant contribution to the training or professional development of meat inspectors or QA officers.

Nomination process

Nominations can be by a regulator, industry organisation, processor or RTO.

The nominator is to write (maxmium 2 x A4 pages) a summary of services and contribution to the industry detailing:

  • nominee name and current role
  • overview of relevant history and experience
  • description of services to MI&QA
  • support for the nomination by at least two people
  • signed by the nominee.

Nominations close 31 August 2018.

Selection process

The winner will be chosen by a committee made up of one representative each from AMIC, AMPC and MINTRAC.

The winner will be notified prior to the MI&QA conference and invited to attend the conference as a guest. The conference will be held at the Mantra Hotel at Surfers Paradise on 17 and 18 October 2018.

All nominations should be addressed to Jenny Kroonstuiver, CEO MINTRAC jkroonstuiver@mintrac.com.au 

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