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Technical updates from three speakers: Collaborative efforts to
advance molecular analytics in food safety and quality-Dr. Martin
Wiedmann, Cornell University. Tracking the spread of SARS-CoV-2
variants in Wisconsin-Dr. Kelsey Florek, University of Wisconsin
Madison. Salmonella: Put that in your BAX® and Quantify it, Dr. Savannah
Applegate, Hygiena.
New Business: The floor was open to discuss IAFP Symposia/Workshop/Roundtable
proposals for 2022. A potential topic of interest proposed
was virus, parasites, and genomic epidemiology (Pushpinder Litt).
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Next Meeting Date: July 31-August 3, 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Adjourned: 12:12 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Xiangyu Deng.
Applied Laboratory Methods PDG
Attendees: Joseph Meyer (Chair), Daniel DeMarco (Vice Chair), Abigail
Snyder, Alex Tudor, Bassam Annous, Cari Lingle, David Legan, Doug
Marshall, Gabriel Sanglay, Gregory Danzeisen, Hany Anany, Hongsheng
Huang, Isabel Walls, Jianghong Meng, Kristin Schill, Laurie Post, LeAnne
Hahn, Lei Zhang, Megan Brown, Michael Brodsky, Minji Kim, Narjol
Gonzalez Calona, Nisha Corrigan, Patrick Bird, Purnendu Vasavada,
Pushpinder Gill, Rocelle Grabarek, Ryan Maus, Sarita Raengpradub,
Sharon L. Brunelle, Taurai Tasara, Wendy McMahon, Yinghua Xiao,
and Kristen Houck.
Board/Staff Present: Michelle Danyluk, Emilio Esteban, Dina Siedenburg,
and David Tharp.
Number of Attendees: 38.
Meeting Called to Order: 9:34 a.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, June 8, 2021.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Doug Marshall.
Old Business: All members were reminded that IAFP Connect is the
primary communication tool for IAFP PDGs. The Antitrust Guidelines for
PDGs were reviewed on two slides.
The minutes of the 2020 meeting were reviewed. Rochelle Clavero
made a motion to accept the minutes and Bassam Annous seconded the
motion. The minutes were approved with no further discussion.
The PDG had made a recommendation to the Board to allow more
than one secondary PDG be allowed for symposia and roundtable proposals.
The Board responded that the Program Committee set the limit of
two PDGs to narrow the focus for attendees who review this information
in selecting sessions to attend.
New Business: An email message from Keith Lampel, outgoing Chair,
was shared. He expressed his thanks to all PDG members for their
contributions to the group and for submitting a significant number of
Annual Meeting proposals.
A brief review of each PDG leadership position was provided as well
as some background on the group. Incoming Vice Chair Dan DeMarco
offered remarks on his role going forward, including sending out a member
poll to solicit opinions on future direction for the PDG. Student Liaison
Minji Kim was welcomed to the PDG and she provided comments on her
role. Announcements from the IAFP Executive Board to the PDGs were
shared with members.
Joe Meyer reviewed Annual Meeting sessions sponsored by the
PDG and encouraged attendance. Proposals that were not selected for
program inclusion were also briefly reviewed. He encouraged resubmission
for next year and/or development as webinar sessions. David Legan
noted that program rejection was often due to too many submissions or
overlap with other proposals, not because the proposal was low quality.
Members were reminded that the Webinar Committee encourages presentation
of sessions as webinars. PC Vasavada recommended webinars
in the fall to get greater attendance.
Call for 2022 Program Submissions-deadline October 5, 2021. Joe
Meyer reviewed session types (symposia vs. roundtables) and encouraged
submissions. Members were asked for feedback on how the PDG
should participate in proposal submissions. David Legan recommended
a face-to-face meeting at the Annual Meeting on July 18 and a virtual
meeting sometime in early August. Dan DeMarco asked whether the
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face-to-face meeting can be done virtually also for those not in attendance.
Emilio Esteban recommended two symposia topics: quantification
of Salmonella and genetic serotype differentiation; and standardization of
genetic-based methods strain nomenclature.
The new Mentor Match Program was discussed and PDG members
were encouraged to participate as a mentor or mentee. Dina Siedenburg
is the program manager at IAFP and will accept direct conversations
about the program. David Legan mentioned he's been volunteering
with the Student PDG's mentoring program and said it has a valuable
experience and doesn't take that much time. The Student PDG program
is being absorbed into this new program.
Dan DeMarco recommended sending out a survey to PDG members
to better understand needs. A Survey Monkey poll will be sent out to
members through IAFP Connect in the coming weeks.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Recommend the Board approve Dan DeMarco as incoming Vice
Chair for the Applied Laboratory Methods PDG.
Next Meeting Date: July 31-August 3, 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Adjourned: 10:22 a.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Joe Meyer.
Beverages and Acid/Acidified Foods PDG
Attendees: April Bishop (Chair), Craig Reinhart, Dave French, Elizabeth
Andress, Fred Breidt, James Cook, Jayne Stratton, Loralyn Ledenbach,
and Matt Igo.
Board/ Staff Present: Ruth Petran and Dina Siedenburg.
Number of Attendees: 11.
Meeting Called to Order: 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, June 17,
2021.
Minutes Recording Secretary: April Bishop.
Old Business: Minutes from the 2020 Meeting, October 16, 2020 were
approved with no objections.
New Business: April Bishop (Vice Chair) reviewed the Antitrust Guidelines.
The PDG has had three sessions accepted for the IAFP 2021
Annual Meeting, July 18-21 in Phoenix, AZ: FDA's New Era of Smarter
Food Safety: One Year after the " Footprint " Release, How is the Industry
Embracing This Change? (roundtable; co-sponsor with Meat and Poultry
Safety and Quality PDG), The Forgotten Option: Formulation-based Preventive
Controls for Human Foods (short symposium), and To be Acid or
to be Acidified, That is the Question (short symposium). Congratulations
and thanks to those who contributed to acceptance and implementation
of these program ideas.
Topics for 2022 Submissions were discussed. Reviewed excel document
of 2019-2020 topic ideas. 7 topics on the list will be further looked
into to determine viability of the topic. Excel spreadsheet titled Beverage
and Acid_Acidified Foods PDG June 17, 2021.
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Next Meeting Date: July 31-August 3, 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Adjourned: 1:07 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: May Yeow.
Dairy Quality and Safety PDG
Attendees: Wendy McMahon (Chair), Josie Greve Peterson (Vice Chair),
Sarah Murphy (Student Liaison), Aljosa Trmcic, Amy Rhodes, Andrea Etter,
Arleen Tibayan, Catharine Carlin, Chad Galer, Chenhao Qian, Claire
Murphy, Cleober Fazani, Craig Reinhart, David Blomquist, David Legan,
Doug Marshall, Erin Headley, Gregory Danzeisen, Haiping Li, John
Bruhn, Justin Falardeau, Loralyn Ledenbach, Matt, Pete Kennedy, Peter
Kennedy, Purnendu Vasavada, Ravinder Reddy, Renata Ivanek Miojevic,
Samantha Gartley, Sarah Engstrom, Sean McMonigle, Steven Sims,
Timothy Stubbs, William Thomas Huntley, Yale Lary, Yvonne Masters,
and Zhinong Yan.
Board/ Staff Present: Dina Siedenburg.
Number of Attendees: 37.
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