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Meeting Adjourned: 12:16 p.m. Eastern Time. Motion was made by
David Legan and seconded by Jeff Kornacki
Chairperson: Keith Lampel.

Beverages and Acid/Acidified Foods PDG
Attendees: Barbara Ingham (Chair), May Yeow (Vice Chair), April Bishop
(Vice Chair-Elect), Adam Borger, Brian Himelbloom, Courtney Parker,
Erdogan Ceylan, Fred Breidt, James Cook, Jayne Stratton, Joseph Meyer,
and Sean McMonigle.
Staff Present: Didi Loynachan.
Number of Attendees: 13.
Meeting Called to Order: 3:33 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, October 16,
2020.
Minutes Recording Secretary: May Yeow, Vice Chair.
Old Business: Minutes of the 2019 PDG Meeting (July 1, 2019) were
approved with no objections.

Number of Attendees: 27.
Meeting Called to Order: 11:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, September 17, 2020.
Chair Wendy McMahon welcomed members, the anti-trust guidelines were reviewed, and the 2019 meeting minutes were approved.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Sarah Murphy.
Old Business: There was no old business to discuss.
New Business: Ben Warren (Director, Product Safety & Regulatory
Affairs, Land O' Lakes) presented on " Dairy Safety in Dried Products " and
Chad Galer provided an update on the innovation center guidance. Sarah
Murphy provided Student PDG updates. Wendy McMahon reviewed
solicitation of review articles for JFP, including sharing the list on IAFP
Connect. Upcoming conference call dates and times were reviewed. The
2020 meeting programming with Dairy PDG sponsorship were shared.
2021 Dairy PDG program ideas were discussed and a shared document
was provided to members to volunteer for working groups.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:

New Business:
Barbara Ingham, PDG Chair, announced that the Journal of Food
Protection is soliciting invited mini and comprehensive review articles. An
announcement was placed in the PDG Connect site on October 1, 2020.
Individuals should submit ideas to the scientific co-editors for topics for
review or to suggest authors.
Didi Loynachan, IAFP Staff, announced that registration for this
year's IAFP Virtual Annual Meeting is still open. She urged that there is
still some time for those members who are interested and have not yet
registered. She also shared with the PDG members that the recorded
meeting will be available for 6 months after the Virtual Annual Meeting
has ended in case PDG members are not able to attend the Virtual Annual Meeting October 26-28, 2020. Posters for the 2020 Annual Meeting are
already available for viewing.
Barbara announced and welcomed April Bishop as the Vice ChairElect.
The PDG submitted 5 topics to the Program Committee for the 2020
Annual Meeting, but none were accepted. Members discussed previous
symposia/roundtable/workshop ideas as well as new ideas for submission
to the Program Committee for IAFP 2021. The deadline for idea submission is November 10, 2020.
Three ideas that were discussed and that will be developed for
submission are: 1) The Forgotten Option: Formulation-based Preventive Controls for Human Foods (submitted for the IAFP 2020 Meeting)
organized by Adam Borger and Erdogan Ceylan; 2) Who Moves My Acid?
(submitted for the 2019 IAFP Meeting) - organized by April Bishop,
May Yeow, and Fred Breidt; 3) Beverages/Wine Safety/Validation/
Modeling (new idea and may partner with Dairy PDG) - organized by
Sean McMonigle and Courtney Parker. It is also recommended that the
organizers reach out to and partner with the other PDG(s) where they
see fit. Details of the ideas will be finalized by these three small groups
and will be submitted by the due date. PDG co-chairs volunteered to
help with idea submission, as needed.
If ideas are not chosen for the IAFP 2021 program, Barbara urged
work groups to consider the topics be considered for webinars; the PDG
can help facilitate webinar development.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Recommend approval of April Bishop as Vice Chair of the PDG
beginning at IAFP 2021 as elected by the PDG.
Next Meeting Date: July 18-21, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Meeting Adjourned: 4:11 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Barbara Ingham.

Dairy Quality and Safety PDG
Names of Attendees: Wendy McMahon (Chair), Josie Greve-Peterson
(Vice Chair), Allen Sayler, Andrea Etter, Benjamin Warren, Bill Huntley,
Cari Lingle, Chad Galer, David Legan, Doug Marshall, Erin Headley, Jie
Yin Lim, Kathy Glass, Loralyn Ledenbach, Matthew Dewitt, Megan Brown,
Michele Gorman, Neil Bogart, Phyllis Posy, Robert Roe, Samantha Gartley,
Sarah Engstrom, Sarah Murphy, Ted Gatesy, and Tim Stubbs.

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Staff Present: Didi Loynachan and Dina Siedenburg.

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1. Recommend the Board approve Josie Greve-Peterson as Vice
Chair of the PDG.
Next Meeting Date: July 18-21, 2021, Phoenix, Arizona.
Meeting Adjourned: 12:50 p.m. EST.
Chairperson: Wendy McMahon.

Developing Food Safety Professionals PDG
Attendees: Matthew Moore (Chair), Amit Morey (Vice Chair), Andrea
Etter, Brian Himelbloom, and Byron Chaves.
Board/Staff Present: Didi Loynachan and Dina Siedenburg.
Number of Attendees: 7.
Meeting Called to Order: 2:03 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, October 2,
2020.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Matthew Moore.
Old Business: Matthew Moore started the meeting with a welcome and
presented 3 sessions for which DFSP is either primary or secondary
sponsor: " How to Meet the Food Safety Concerns Surrounding Meat-Alternatives " (Primary); " Creating Awareness within IAFP Regarding Food
Safety in Africa " (Secondary); " Passport to Food Safety in Low- and
Middle-Income Countries: Rationale, Results and Reflections for Recent
Research Initiatives " (Secondary). Matt then introduced Dr. Byron
Chaves-Elizondo, who then delivered a talk titled: " Building a Food Safety
Program: Three Years into My Assistant Professorship at Nebraska, "
followed by a question and answer session.
New Business: After the presentation, Matt announced the results of the
Vice Chair election, which resulted in the election of Dr. Amit Morey, who
then introduced himself. This was followed by background about the 2021
call for proposals. The idea of developing a webinar series focused on a
common topic that is then translated to a series of announcements/summary notes as publication in an IAFP-hosted journal were discussed. The
webinar format was agreed to be the preferred format as it can provide
long-form treatment of a topic. Byron noted Food Protection Trends would
be a good host for such a series, possibly with different speakers/first authors from different areas of food safety both in topic and sector (industry,
regulatory, academia). In terms of topic, an ideal topic would be a current
challenge for which data exists and there is sufficient interest. One topic
proposed was an update on analytical/detection methods, including sample preparation and/or collection prior to detection. Another possible topic
would be an update on different inactivation/disinfection methods.
Next, potential session proposal guidelines and policies were
reviewed and ideas solicited. Amit discussed a proposal in works with
the meat and poultry safety PDG on safely operating in the time of
COVID-19; it was agreed that the DFSP would be a good co-sponsor for
it. Another idea discussed was on lessons learned from the disruption
caused in the global food supply as a consequence of COVID-19 with
respect to food security and safety. Another idea was a session on the
economic impact/burden of food recalls and foodborne pathogens. Amit

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