BATTLE CREEK, Mich. and BATON ROUGE, La., Feb. 24, 2010 - The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) and the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training at Louisiana State University (NCBRT) announced today that they have executed a Memorandum of Understanding covering their collaboration in the development and delivery of food protection training programs. IFPTI and NCBRT are launching their collaboration with the inaugural delivery of NCBRT’s course “A Coordinated Response to Food Emergencies: Practice and Execution.”  The course is being delivered February 24-25 at the McCamly Plaza Hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan to approximately 50 members of state and local emergency response agencies from around the U.S. [View Press Release]