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Next Meeting Date: July 18-21 2021, Phoenix, Arizona. Plan to organize
a PDG meeting prior to IAFP 2021. Next meeting is officially for IAFP 2021.
Meeting Adjourned: 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Panagiotis Skandamis.

Pre Harvest Food Safety PDG
Meeting not held.

Retail and Foodservice PDG
Attendees: Eric Moore (Chair), Tia Glave (Vice Chair), Adam Kramer,
Amani Babekir, Ann Marie McNamara, Anna Starobin, Ashley Eisenbeiser,
Atallah Al Baroudi, Audrey Kreske, Bassam Annous, Ben Chapman,
Ben Tarkington, Brian Himelbloom, Brian Turner, Chuck Seaman, Chip
Manuel, Chris Boyles, Chris Jordan, Chris Smith, Christina Wilson, Dale
Grinstead, Danielle Chouteau, David Ruttenburg, Deniz Alpaslan, Don
Schaffner, Elysha Dawson, Eric Edmunds, Francie Buck, Gina Nicholson
Kramer, Graham Houle, Hannah Bolinger, Jack Burnett, Jaclyn Hibner,
James O'Donnell, Jana Fiegel, Jeff Lindholm, Jeremy Zenlea, Jill
Hollingsworth, Jim Wilson, Joell Eifert, John Zimmermann, Julian
Graham, Kasey Ward, Kathleen O'Donnell, Ken Boyer, Kevin Edwards,
Kristina Barlow, Lisa Fuller, Marc Hughston, Mark Kreul, Michael Roberson,
Mike Luczynski, Minh Duong, Muhammad Shahbaz, Nada Alasiri, Natalie
Seymour, Patrick Brown, Paula Herald, Rachel Lang, Rocelle Claveto,
Sarah Jensen, Sima Hussein, Stephanie Wilkins, Steve Hails, Tamara
Mullin, Tom England, Tom Ford, Veronica Bryant, and Angela
(no last name given).
Board/Staff Present: Emilio Esteban, Ruth Petran, Didi Loynachan,
and Dina Siedenburg.
Number of Attendees: 73.
Meeting Called to Order: 1:26 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, September
21, 2020.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Minh Duong.
Old Business:
Outgoing Chair Tom Ford provided the PDG with a call to order and
his final thoughts as Chair. Tom Ford thanked Jay Neal, Suzie Hammons,
Francie Buck, Eric Moore, and Minh Duong. Eric, Minh, and Tia provided
introductions of their backgrounds and how they got involved with the
PDG. Eric provided a breakdown of the anti-trust guidelines before guest
speakers Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman shared their newly funded
research projects on COVID-19. Don and Ben are developing a " network "
that will allow for industry, academia, and government to share materials
and resources with one another. The project will feature a microbiological
aspect looking at SARS-CoV-2 survival starting with a bacteriophage
at the BSL1 level and working up to the BSL3 with SARS-CoV-2. Eric
provided an overview of minutes from last year and the group approved
them. Approved symposia and roundtables were shared with the PDG
and the times of the upcoming sessions at the Annual Meeting.
New Business:
Minh provided an update on student activities mainly focusing on the
Mentor-Mentee program. IAFP Connect was discussed as a method of
contact. Many concerns were voiced about participation levels not being
as high when using Connect compared to email. Similar PDG leaders
in during this meeting voice similar issues. One suggestion shared and
agreed on by many were a way to link emails directly to the Connect
reply. The ability to reply directly through email instead of signing in.
Tia provided an update on Journal of Food Protection's call for specific topics. Jill Hollingsworth shared that she and a group were working
on the " Food Safety Strategies for Supermarkets " one and they were
planning on reaching out to the JFP group. No additional feedback on
article titles or ideas were made during the meeting.
Eric shared a list of rejected proposals from IAFP 2020 and asked
the group if any were interested in resubmitting and the availability of the
IAFP webinar program in place of symposium/roundtable submission
for the Annual Meeting. Then, proposal ideas submitted before the PDG
meeting were shared. Glenda and Chris (from FDA), on behalf of Laurie,
provided their proposal idea of the New Era of Food Safety for Retail.
Julian Graham shared his idea on large-scale public events, illnesses,
and temporary employees. Eric Moore shared his idea on ventilation

guidelines to support the control of airborne viral agents and other
novel ventilation strategies. Tom Ford shared his idea on mom and pop
restaurants and how they have dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic stress
on their business. Dale Grinstead, on behalf of David Buckley, shared
his idea on disinfectant protocols and when to use them. Jill Hollingsworth, shared her idea on retailers' decisions and adaptations over the
COVID-19 pandemic and what they would do differently. The panel would
include government to inform of guidance developed on COVID and
academia to share outreach efforts. Finally, an idea from Sima Hussein
was shared about food safety culture implications on audits and standard
operating procedures and whether management pillars can impact food
safety culture overall, it was suggested that this idea be combined with
the topic submitted by FDA in an effort to provide industry insight and
perspective.
The meeting was closed with Eric Moore recommending Tia
Glave as the incoming Vice Chair. A link to the recorded webinar has
also been provided, go to https://transcripts.gotomeeting.com/#/s/
17175ec27679d6493487b9fde4e4f1afc5ef3a22ad568a03ea6d5b7fac644992.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Recommend approval of Tia Glave as the Retail and Food Service
PDG's new Vice Chair.
Next Meeting Date: July 18-21, 2021, Phoenix, Arizona.
Meeting Adjourned: 3:11 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Eric Moore.

Sanitary Equipment and Facility Design PDG
Names of Attendees: John Merenick (Chair), Rick Stokes (Vice Chair),
Bill Huntley, David Buckley, David Shelep, Dimitri Tavernarakis, Duane
Grassmann, Elizabeth Demmings, Fred Cook, James Zeigler, Jason
White, Jill Hollingsworth, Joe Stout, Joel Cook, John Holah, Josie
Greve-Peterson, Michelle Smith, Nathan Mirdamadi, Phyllis Posy, Robert
Roe, Roger Brown, Steve Sims, Tom England, and Yvonne Masters.
Board/Staff Present: Ruth Petran, Didi Loynachan, and Dina Siedenburg.
Number of Attendees: 27.
Meeting Called to Order: 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, September 15, 2020.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Rick Stokes, Vice Chairman.
John Merenick kicked off the meeting with etiquette, called-in names
request and agenda. A reminder for next year's Annual Meeting was
given for July 18-21, 2021 in Phoenix, AZ.
Roundtable or Symposia submission are due by November 10 to be
accepted.
Reviewed anti-trust guidelines with the group.
Ruth Petran reviewed updates from Board. The Annual Meeting
is Oct. 26 - 28 as a virtual meeting. Including as many elements as
possible in the virtual format. Lecture, regulatory update, Siliker lecture
and doing more of an interview style. Lots of symposia on technical and
poster sessions. Posters and recordings will be available outside of the
3-day meeting times. Virtual exhibits and award presentations will also be
happening.
Early registration expires Oct 1. A new diversity and inclusion council
has been formed within IAFP to ensure IAFP continues to be a welcome
place for everyone.
John encouraged the group to attend upcoming meeting online.
Old Business: None.
New Business:
John opened the floor for nominations for a Vice Chair-Elect.
Their term as Vice Chair would start on July 18, 2021. We will use IAFP
Connect within the next couple of weeks for voting when we have some
names.
John asked people calling in by telephone only to provide their
names to be recorded. Steven Sims and Elizabeth Demmings were two
names that may not have been captured.
John reviewed symposia ideas from the previous year's meeting.
Discussion was given on each of the topics with some members offering
help on the topics.
Several topics were discussed and asked for possible help from the
Food Hygiene and Sanitation PDG group in order to create a full symposium. A full list of topics and speaker suggestions will be emailed in the
coming weeks.

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