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Recommendations to Executive Board as Taken from Committee Minutes of Meetings Held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Executive Board Response as Discussed by the Executive Board STANDING COMMITTEES Food Protection Trends Management Committee Recommendations to the Executive Board: 1. 2. 3. 4. Board to reappoint Pat Rule to replace Susan McKnight and serve on the committee through 7/27/2013. Board Response: Agree Board to appoint Richelle Beverly as Vice Chair of FPT Management committee effective immediately. Board Response: Agree Board to reappoint David Golden as Scientific Editor. Board Response: Agree Board to keep FPT management meeting in its current slot (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Sunday afternoon) and for the current length of two hours. Board Response: Agree Board to add tag line on committee meeting schedule summary sheet stating that each committee and PDG meeting is open to all to attend. Board Response: Increased efforts will be undertaken. 5. Journal of Food Protection Management Committee Recommendations to the Executive Board: 1. The Committee recommends that when the Strategic Plan is completed, it be made available to the entire IAFP membership. Board Response: Publication of the strategic plan will take place in a coming issue of Food Protection Trends. Program Committee Meeting Recommendations to the Executive Board: None. SPECIAL COMMITTEES 3-A Committee on Sanitary Procedures Recommendations to the Executive Board: Background. Since the inception of 3-A Sanitary Standards, IAFP has been a key partner in this important food equipment standards development body. In fact, an IAFP precursor organization (the International Association of Milk and Dairy Inspectors) was one of the three original associations of 3-A, along with associations representing dairy equipment manufacturers and dairy processors. 3-A standards have also been developed for egg products and pharmaceutical equipment (P3-A). The IAFP committee, currently named the 3-A Committee on Sanitary Procedures (CSP), has solidified the IAFP/3-A partnership, through active participation of CSP members in the development of 3-A Sanitary Standards and Practices. In addition, CSP members serve in leadership roles in the 3-A Steering Committee and Interpretations Committee. Through its partnership with 3-A, IAFP also has a bridge with the European food equipment standards community through collaboration of 3-A and European Hygienic Engineering Design Group (EHEDG). With the reorganization of 3-A and formation of 3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc. (3-A SSI), IAFP became a founding member, is represented on the 3-A SSI Board of Directors by two IAFP members, and the 3-A CSP was affirmed as an IAFP committee. The primary role of CSP has been its involvement in the 3-A standards development process and its primary membership base has been state dairy regulatory sanitarians. However, CSP has also served as an active committee of IAFP through development of symposia and workshops and through collaborative projects with the Dairy Quality and Safety PDG. The CSP has evolved into IAFP’s leading group in sanitary design, an important area of food protection and sanitation. With depth in sanitary engineering principles, CSP programs at IAFP meetings have been well attended and have had a broader interest to IAFP members at large from a variety of disciplines. Sanitary design has had increased interest in recent years with concerns for cross contamination from allergen residues in poorly cleaned and poorly designed food processing equipment, as well as recent food safety initiatives in the regulatory and industrial communities. The discipline and/or focus and activities of CSP have traditionally been in sanitary design. However, the committee name does not adequately reflect the depth of involvement in this discipline. This has created some confusion among IAFP members regarding the committeeís role and some possible overlap with Professional Development Groups (PDGs), which deal with more general sanitation issues. 1. Change the name of the committee to Sanitary Equipment and Facility Design Committee to more adequately reflect its focus and activities within IAFP. Board Response: The request for a name change is recognized and will be discussed with the 3-A Sanitary Standards organization. 2. Form a 3-A subgroup of the Sanitary Equipment and Facility Design Committee to allow for continued and enhanced involvement in the 3-A standards development process, and representation in 3-A leadership. Board Response: The alternative structure for this Committee will be investigated further. 3. Critically evaluate the current relationships between 3-A and IAFP, with the objective of enhancing future growth and development of both organizations. Board Response: Agree. This fits together with recommendation #1 and #2. Audiovisual Library Committee Recommendations to the Executive Board: Board Note: due to discontinuance of funding through the IAFP Foundation, the Audiovisual Library Committee will disband. 1. To develop through LexisNexis, an internet sourcing company (Tom Sizer, product manager at 937.865.1163) information that would be available to all members for training, education, research and the scope of IAFP. Board Response: Task Force involving the Food Safety Education PDG will be convened to study alternative educational opportunities. 2. To digitize the top 14 requested audiovisual library material and save to the above proposed internet sourcing company link on our IAFP home page. Board Response: Copyright issues must be considered before undertaking this effort. 3. To donate the remaining audiovisual material in outdated formats of presentation to a charitable cause. Board Response: Tapes could be distributed to current users. 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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food Protection Trends - November 2011

Food Protection Trends - November 2011
Contents
Sustaining Members
Food for Thought from Your President
Commentary from the Executive Director
A Comparison of Overall Versus Duty-specific Food Poisoning Prevention Knowledge among Restaurant Food Handlers
Relationship between Cleaning Practices and Microbiological Contamination in Domestic Kitchens
IAFP 2011 in Review
Award Winners
bioMérieux Industry – Black Pearl Award Winner
Ivan Parkin Lecture – Roger Cook
John H. Silliker Lecture – Jorgen Schlundt
Travel Award for State or Local Health or State Agricultural Department Employees
Student Travel Scholarships
Session Summaries
Executive Board Meeting Topics
Minutes of the 2011 Annual Business Meeting
Committee Minutes
Executive Board Response to Committee Recommendations
Silent Auction R esults
Exhibitors of IAFP 2011
IAFP 2012 Award Nominations
New Members
What’s Happening in Food Safety
Industry Products
Coming Events
Advertising Index
Journal of Food Protection Table of Contents
Booklet Order Form
Membership Application

Food Protection Trends - November 2011