The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) said Kraig Naasz will lead the McLean, Va.-based organization as president and CEO starting Feb. 1, 2009.

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), McLean, Va., said Robert Garfield assumed the role of interim president.

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) asked the Child Nutrition Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to include frozen products in the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Programs and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).

American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) Chairman Jim Matthews announced that Leslie Sarasin, AFFI president and CEO and a 19-year organization veteran, resigned effective Oct. 31, 2008.

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods turns to American Frozen Food Institute President  and CEO Leslie Sarasin for a Washington, D.C., insider’s view of ethanol subsidies and the “food-versus-fuel” debate.

Editor's note: A special AFFI meeting session featured an interview between Refrigerated & Frozen Foods Editor Bob Garrison and Ron Pillsbury, vice president of planning, distribution and customer service for McCain Foods USA. Following are excerpts from that conversation.