National Pasta Association

National Pasta Association
AbbreviationNPA
Formation1904; 120 years ago (1904)[1][2]
HeadquartersNational Press Building
Suite 750
Washington, D.C., United States
Websitewww.ilovepasta.org

The National Pasta Association (NPA) is a trade association of professionals in the United States pasta industry.[3] The NPA originally formed as The National Association of Macaroni and Noodle Manufacturers of America in 1904, making it one of the oldest trade associations in the United States.

History

The first commercial pasta plant in the United States was founded in 1848 in Brooklyn, New York. By the turn of the century, the pasta industry had reached a growth point that triggered a large group of industry members to assemble in Pittsburgh for a discussion of manufacturing and marketing issues. The result of this meeting was the establishment of the National Macaroni Manufacturers Association. In 1981, the name was changed to the National Pasta Association.[4]

Mission statement

  • Increase the consumption of pasta
  • Promote the development of sound public policy
  • Act as a center of knowledge for the industry and the consumer[5]

Committees

  • Communications
  • Government Affairs
  • History
  • Technical Affairs

Presidents

  • 1904–1905 Thomas H. Toomey
  • 1919–1921 James T. William
  • 1922–1928 Henry Mueller
  • 1928–1930 Frank J. Tharinger
  • 1930–1932 Frank L. Zerega
  • 1932–1933 Alfonso Gioia
  • 1941–1948 C. W. Jack Wolfe
  • 1950–1952 C. Frederick Mueller
  • 1952–1959[6] Thomas A. Cuneo
  • 1968–1970 Vincent DeDomenico
  • 1978–1980 Paul A. Vermylen
  • 1980–1982 Lester R. Thurston Jr.
  • 1983–1992[7] Joseph M. Lichtenberg
  • 1992–2000[8] Jula J. Kinnaird

Publications

  • The New Macaroni Journal from May 1919 (volume 1, number 1) until December 1923 (volume 5, number 8)
  • The Macaroni Journal from January 1924 (volume 5, number 9) until December 1984 (volume 66, number 8)
  • Pasta Journal from January 1985 (volume 1, number 1) until April 2000, when the publication was discontinued.[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ National Pasta Association. "Backgrounder", National Pasta Association website, 2007. Retrieved on October 28, 2008.
  2. ^ "Related Resources and Links", California Wheat Commission website, 2011. Retrieved on September 13, 2011.
  3. ^ National Pasta Association. "About NPA" Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, National Pasta Association website, 2007. Retrieved on October 29, 2008.
  4. ^ M. J. Donna. "History and Aims of National Macaroni Manufacturers Association", The Macaroni Journal, vol. XXVII, no. 12 (Minneapolis, MN: National Macaroni Manufacturers Association, April 1946), p. 15.
  5. ^ National Pasta Association. "About NPA", National Pasta Association website, 2012. Retrieved on June 20, 2012.
  6. ^ "Reed v. Robilio, 273 F. Supp. 954 (W.D. Tenn. 1967)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  7. ^ "PASTA ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT JOSEPH M. LICHTENBERG DIES". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  8. ^ "Jula Kinnaird - LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  9. ^ The Pasta Journal discontinued using volume and issue numbers after May/June 1986 (volume 2, number 3) until January/February 1988 (volume 70, number 1). The last issue that contained a volume and issue number was March/April 1998 (volume 80, number 2).