The National Pasta Association (NPA) is a trade association of professionals in the United States pasta industry.National Pasta Association. "About NPA" , National Pasta Association website, 2007. Retrieved on October 29, 2008. 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.M. J. Donna. "History and Aims of National Macaroni Manufacturers Association", The Macaroni Journal, volume XXVII, number 12 (Minneapolis, Minnesota: National Macaroni Manufacturers Association, April 1946), page 15.
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 consumerNational Pasta Association. "About NPA", National Pasta Association website, 2012. Retrieved on June 20, 2012.
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 Thomas A. Cuneo 1968–1970 Vincent DeDomenico 1978–1980 Paul A. Vermylen 1980–1982 Lester R. Thurston Jr. 1983–1992 Joseph M. Lichtenberg 1992–2000 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.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).
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