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Nominations open for 2018 Eddie Andriessen Award

Written by AMPC Blogger | 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