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Audrey Kreske, Mark Kreul, Eduardo Lecea, Glenda Lewis,
John Line, Arosha Loku Umagiliyage, Dumitru Macarisin,
Thomas McCaskey, Marianne Miliotis-Solomotis, TG Nagaraja,
Yemi Ogunrinola, Isha Patel, Jitu Patel, Alda Pires, Juan
Ponce de Leon, Victoria Pruente, Christophe Quiring, Mira
Rakic Martinez, Chris Ramezanpour, Elizabeth Reed, Todd
Rossow, Robert Sakata, Holger Schoenenbruecher, Arlette
Shazer, Rick Sibbel, Michelle Smith, Jennifer Stokes, Taurai
Tasara, Dimitri Tavernarakis, Todd Taylor, Phillip Tocco, Hong
Wang, and Claudio Zweifel. Number of Attendees: 68.
Meeting Called to Order: 9:00 a.m., Sunday, July 9, 2017.
New Business:
* Bassam Annous, Chair, started the meeting by welcoming everyone and introduced Dr. Walid Alali, Vice
Chair. Bassam asked those attendees who have not
registered yet in this PDG to do so through IAFP.
Check out this link for more information https://www.
foodprotection.org/upl/downloads/library/committees-pdgs-faq.pdf
* The Chair encouraged members to submit nominations for Vice Chair by the end of July 2017. Election
via email will follow.
* Bassam mentioned that the minutes from the 2016
meeting were E-mailed to all members and were
also available online at IAFP Web site. He asked for
a motion and second to approve them at this PDG
meeting and were approved. No old business was
raised.
* Dr. Rick Sibbel from Merck Animal Health presented "Overview: Farm Level Food Safety Risks &
Preventative Tools" (25 minutes presentation). A
five-minute question and answer period was followed.
* Kali Kniel, IAFP Executive Board Member, welcomed
all and gave the 2017 IAFP report. Kali suggested to
our PDG to consider giving awards to students presenting topics on preharvest food safety at IAFP.
* Bassam thanked Kali for IAFP support and the information provided. He then mentioned that our PDG
had nine symposia accepted for IAFP 2017. He
encouraged members to collaborate on symposia
with members of other PDGs. Bassam stressed the
importance of having three and six speakers per half
and full symposium, respectively. This format was
approved by the Program Committee and will be
enforced.
* The Chair suggested to have 3-4 webinars a year
including the possibility of students' presentations.
We welcome suggestions from all members. a couple
of topics for future webinars were suggested by Rick:
* Antibiotics and food safety
* Animal welfare and impact on food safety
* The deadline for submitting proposals for symposia
and roundtables for IAFP 2018 is October 3, 2017.
Bassam then opened the discussion on symposia/RT
topics:
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Discussion on the new FDA regulations and compliance related to preharvest produce issues and agriculture water (Michelle Smith-FDA).
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A conversation on non-antibiotic alternatives (tools) to
the use of antibiotics in livestock (Jose and Rodriguez
from Merck Animal Health). Walid Alali can help.
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Antibiotic use and resistance in developing countries
(Issmat Kassim-American University of Beirut).

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The interaction between animal welfare and food
safety (Allen Bird-Diamond). Walid Alali can help.
Plant microbiome and the influence on preharvest
pathogens.
Big data in pre-harvest livestock production systems
(Walid Alali and Rodriguez).
Connect with producers and hear their perception on
food safety (John Heller).
Niche market farms that grows both animals and produce in relation to food safety (Alda Pierce)
Alfa toxins and crop food safety.

A couple of conference calls before October 3, 2017 will
be held to finalize the symposia topics.
Recommendations to the Executive Board
1. We suggest sending a copy of the finalized symposium
topics to the student PDG members so that they also can
look at them and have a chance to participate in symposia
of interest.
Next Meeting Date: July 8, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT.
Chairperson: Bassam Annous.

Retail and Foodservice PDG
Attendees: Michael Ames, Abdur Amin, Jeff Anderson,
David Baker, Rick Barney, Hannah Bolinger, Betsy Booren,
Chris Boyles, Alex Brandt, Pardeepinder Brar, Cheryl Brown,
Veronica Bryant, Frances Buck, Janet Buffer, John Burnett,
Allen Byrd, Benjamin Chapman, Teen Teen Chin, Peter Cook,
Meghan Cox, Carl Custer, Holly Dance, Dorothy Dupree,
Sarah Durham, Jeff Edelen, Ashley Eisenbeiser, Laurie
Farmer, Thomas Ford, Robin Forgey, Ireneusz Gasienica,
Kerri Gehring, Anne Gerardi, Bret Glembocki, Viswanathan
Gopalkrishnan, Julian Graham, Leena Griffith, Dale Grinstead,
Anyi Gutierrez, Steve Hails, Susan Hammons, Margaret
Hardin, Yingshu He, Cory Hedman, Peter Hibbard, Jane
Holicka, Jill Hollingsworth, Jason Horn, Alison Hurysz,
Matt Igo, Lee-Ann Jaykus, Marjorie Jones, Chris Jordan,
Kalmia Kniel, Bob Kramer, Gina Kramer (Nicholson), William
Lachowsky, Glenda Lewis, Xingchu Li, Julia Logsdail,
David Luedeke, Jing Ma, Chip Manuel, Patricia Marden,
Matthew Markiewicz, Eric Martin, Fabiana Martins, Ann Marie
McNamara, Barry Mikeska Jr, Guillaume Moncenis, Eric
Moore, Matthew Moore, Jack Neal, Giselle Nunes, James
O'Donnell, Haley Oliver, James O'Neal, Alli Pearson, Ruth
Petran, Sarah Potter, Sarita Raengpradub, David Reyda,
Michael Roberson, Todd Rossow, Christopher Rupert,
Aurora Saulo, Holger Schoenenbruecher, Dina Scott, Chuck
Seaman, Natalie Seymour, Rafael Solis, Laura Strawn, Celia
Suarez Pantaleon, Christine Summers, Todd Taylor, Hilary
Thesmar, Angela Valadez, Daniel Vassar, Abigail Villalba,
Robert Wagner, Benjamin Waring, William Weichelt, Han Wen,
Tim Westbrook, Zhinong Yan, and Giddy Zipori. Number of
Attendees: 105.
Meeting Called to Order: 1:00 p.m., Sunday, July 9, 2017.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Francie Buck.
Old Business:
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