Natural Coloring Competitions for Students (2011 – 2012)

Guidelines

• The D.D. Williamson Competition Chair is Anne Hampton:
  • Anne.Hampton@ddwmson.com
  • D.D. Williamson Global Support Center
  • 100 South Spring St.
  • Louisville, KY 40206
• The focus of this competition is on food science product development skills utilizing natural colors in a food or beverage application. Judges will not give points for package graphics or other advertising material.
• All materials will need to be in English.
• All competing entrant/Team Captains will be informed if their abstract has qualified for the final round of the competition.
• All Abstract and Product Development Reports are to be emailed to the D.D. Williamson Competition Chair. Beverage or food samples for the Natural Coloring Competition will be mailed to the Competition Chair. All materials will need to be received on or before deadlines stated on pg. 1.
• Entering into the D.D. Williamson Natural Color Application Student Competition DOES NOT preclude the entry of this project/concept into other development competitions.
• Note: Patent rights belong to the individual teams and will be handled according to University patent policies. D.D. Williamson does not claim any responsibility or rights for product development ideas presented in this competition.
• If a competition rule has been breached, the Competition Chair will present a report detailing the infraction(s) to the judges. The entrant/Team Captain will be provided a sufficient amount of time to defend their actions to the judges. The judges reserve the exclusive right to make a decision regarding the case. Judges will communicate their decision to both the Competition Chair and the entrant/Team Captain.
• Failure to comply with any of the rules of the competition may result in penalization of entrant, including disqualification at the discretion of the judges and the Competition Chair.