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Marty Mitchell Outstanding Service Award

The 2022 inaugural recipient of the Marty Mitchell Outstanding Service Award is Greg Sommerville. The Executive Committee developed this award to acknowledge an ASTA volunteer who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to volunteerism and to the success of the association. ASTA developed this new award in memory of Marty Mitchell, who passed away peacefully on […]

FASTA Nashville Pedal Tavern Tour

Join the Membership Committee on October 12, 2021 from 9:00pm to 11:00pm for a post-dinner event out on the town in Nashville.  This exciting event brings the young – and young-at-heart – professionals together for networking. Hop on the Pedal Tavern with ASTA colleagues or make new acquaintances while exploring Nashville’s vibrant downtown Broadway area. […]

FASTA Sponsorship Opportunities

The FASTA event offers ASTA members a variety of advertising and sponsorship opportunities to gain exposure for your company while supporting the event and promoting the interests of ASTA. FASTA sponsorship opportunities are available exclusively to ASTA members. To view options and secure a sponsorship today, click here.

Larry Lichter Reelected President of the American Spice Trade Association

Larry Lichter, Vice President of Global Quality & Food Safety at McCormick & Company, has been reelected as President of the ASTA Board of Directors. His leadership has been instrumental in increasing ASTA’s value to our members and the spice industry through expanded online educational opportunities and continued advocacy efforts during the pandemic. This year, ASTA […]

2021 Check Sample Program

Registration for the 2021 Check Sample Program is now open. The ASTA Check Sample Program is designed to allow spice laboratories to evaluate a common range of analyses on spices that are significant to the spice trade. The program allows individual laboratories to evaluate their performance and set goals for improvement and consistency in analyses. […]

ASTA Website Reconstruction

The ASTA website has been under construction to make it more user-friendly. To avoid any interruption in your ability to access the ASTA website, the site has been up and fully functional during this process. You may have noticed periodically some of the information may have moved off temporarily or moved to a new section, […]