November 21, 2006

DEERFIELD, IL – The National Council of Chain Restaurants (NCCR) announced that the NCCR Board of Directors and Food Safety Task Force will meet at the2007 Food Safety & Security Summit in Washington, DC.

“NCCR believes it is only appropriate that its Board of Directors and Food Safety Task Force will meet at the 2007 Food Safety and Security Summit, said Jack Whipple, NCCR President.  The safety of the food our member companies serve daily throughout the world is our highest priority.”

“We’re delighted to host NCCR’s activities,” said Scott Wolters, Director of Trade Shows and Conferences for Stagnito Communications, owner of the Food Safety & Security Summit. “Foodservice represents a critically important component of the food supply chain and NCCR member companies play a lead role in creating best practices and policies that ensure safety and cleanliness for billions of consumers worldwide.”

The Food Safety & Security Summit is North America’s largest and most established trade show and conference dedicated to ensuring the safety of the global food supply. The event will take place March 6-8, 2007 at the Washington DC Convention Center.

Washington, DC-based NCCR is the leading trade association exclusively representing chain restaurant companies. For more than 40 years, NCCR has worked to advance sound public policy that best serves the interests of both chain restaurants and the people they employ.