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5th Annual Food Safety Conference 2026

April 1 - April 2

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Overview

Join us for our 5th annual food safety conference where you will be able to hear from experts, network, and participate in hands-on training.

Description

Are you responsible for food safety or interested in the most recent food safety developments? If so, you are invited to Utah’s 5th Annual Food Safety Conference, April 1-2, 2026 at Thanksgiving Point! This conference is put on by the Utah Food Safety Task Force.

Topics

  • Sanitation Workshop
  • Food Safety Operations
  • Grease Management and Disposal
  • Raw Milk
  • Shellfish Education
  • Food Safety in Disasters
  • Legislative Updates
  • Biofilm
  • Pest Control
  • Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Our keynote speaker will be Patrick Guzzle from the National Restaurant Association. Patrick Guzzle is the VP of Food Science for the National Restaurant Association. With over 20 years of experience in retail food safety, his career began as an Environmental Health Specialist after his wife contracted E. coli O157:H7. Before joining the NRA, he led Idaho’s Food Protection Program and founded Mountain West Food Safety LLC. He holds an M.P.H. from Idaho State University.

This conference is for academia, farmers, industry, manufacturers, producers, public health, regulators, retailers, and anyone else who is interested in food safety.

This conference will be in-person only. You do not have to be from Utah to attend.

Exhibitor Information

If you would like to be an exhibitor at the conference click here to start the process.

CEUs

Full attendance of this conference will provide up to 15.0 CEUs.

Hotel Information for Food Safety Conference 2025

Hotel information TBD.

Travel Information

  • Salt Lake City International Airport is located 30 miles Thanksgiving Point.
  • Uber and Lyft from the Airport to the Conference is estimated between $49-$77 one way.
  • Taxi from the airport is estimated to be around $103 one way.

For questions

Email: [email protected] or contact Talisha Bacon at [email protected] or 385-229-2670.

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