Jon G. Porter

Adjunct Professor, University of Arkansas, Center of Excellence
Education: BA; Park College, Philosophy,1959; M.Ed. Drury College,1965

Jon had over forty years in the food industry. His HACCP experience was gained from in-plant development and implementation since 1988 and attending education programs conducted by Kenneth E. Stevenson, Ph.D. and Dane T. Bernard as well as other industry leaders. Jon was an Adjunct Professor in the Center of Excellence at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Jon worked within the food industry in all aspects of processing and sanitation. He developed all education programs in-house for customers Bonewitz Chemicals, Henkel Food Division, and Ecolab. He continually developed and taught precursory HACCP and all food safety programs. While many programs were developed in conjunction with universities, product safety education, sanitation education, and OSHA compliance programs have been developed for individual customers. Several workshops and seminars were developed and conducted on the campuses of many universities such as Purdue University and the University of Arkansas. Workshop topics ranged from HACCP, prerequisite programs such as Chemistry in Cleaning, Chemistry of Sanitizers, Methods to Cause/Effect Identification, and Problem Solving Methods.

Jon’s experience transcended all segments of the food industry including poultry, juice, bakeries, candy packaging, and dairies.

Jon Porter passed away in November 2006, but his memory is still celebrated by his many friends and colleagues.

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