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by Dr. Isabel Walls. ICPMF updates: Dr. Skandamis provided
the update on ICPMF. One slide: ICPMF. International
conference will take place in Japan on 13-16 June 2023.
Presented board members/past board members. ISO Group
Update 23691: Determination and use of cardinal values. Dr.
Skandamis provided an update the effort to harmonize the way
cardinal values are being determined and provide examples on
how to use. Harmonized protocol to determine and use cardinal
values for growth for: T, pH, aw
, inhibitors, etc. Standard for
bacteria and yeast, not mold. Reach out to Mariem Ellouze for
feedback and suggestions.
Guest speaker presentation: Dr. Brendan Ring " AI in QMRA
and food safety. "
Student Poster Award presented.
Chair explained the process and announced the awards,
showing the certificates online. Students gave a 3-minute
presentation: 2nd place: Gustavo Reyes, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (US): Evaluating product testing combined
with other strategies for reducing risks from pre-harvest contamination
of E. coli O157:H7 on generic leafy green produce
using a farm to facility simulation.
1st place: Ali Strickland, University of Minnesota (US):
Quantitative Risk Assessment of Salmonella in Ground Beef.
Symposia/roundtables accepted/rejected for 2022 Excel
posted on IAFP Connect library of the community. Webinars
and other communication activities Webinars listed and Future
Webinars encouraged. Future symposia/roundtables/workshop
proposals See addendum. Any other businesses/Dissemination
activities.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Possibility of recording the future MMRA PDG meetings was
recommended.
Next Meeting Date: Sunday, July 16, 2023, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Meeting Adjourned: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Sofia Santillana Farakos (Chair), Panos
Skandamis (Outgoing Chair).
Plant-Based and Alternative Products PDG
Attendees: Yanyan Huang (Chair), Aaron Pleitner (Vice Chair),
Mathew Bartkowiak, Kantha Shelke, Jaclyn Merrill, Mileah
Shriner, Catherine Sander, Urvi Shah, Deepa Thiagarajan,
Jesse Miller, Alejandra Ramirez, Robert Price, Stephen Grove,
John Bassett, Harneel Kaur, Joe Holt, Gry Terrell, Chris Rupert,
Rocelle Grabarek, Judith Hajdenwurcel, Lijun Hu, Kent Juliot,
Kristin Schill, Hui-Erh Chai, Brad Taylor, Todd Napolitano,
Megan Rose-Martel, Emmanuel Onuoha, Ruth Petran, Steve
Taylor, Erica Bendix, Sarita Raengpradub, Michael O'Rourke,
Juming Tang, Patricia Rule, Olivia Arends, Vinayak Ghate,
Magdalena Olszewska, Justyce Jedlicka, Jignesh Rasania,
Ryan Maus, Ingrid Zamora, Melanie Downs, Joe Baumert,
Sanjana Laobangdisa, Sakshi Lamba, Steve Tracey, Guodong
Zhang, Hui Zeng, Kangming Ma, Lily Yang, Hany Anany,
Ivonne Litwin, Sampathkumar Balamurugan, Stefano Luccioli,
David Crabtree, William Whitman, Helen Taylor, Nic Sharman,
Marvin Mitchell, Jr., Vijay Krishna, Margaret Kirchner, Katie
Overbey, Emily Kingston, Maayan Abramovich, Evan Henke,
Daniel Smieszek, Varalakshmi Sudagar, Makena Brand, Erin
Dreyling, Will Gannon, Naveen Murthy, Jody Swaim, Grace
Kringle, Calvin Slaughter, Amanda Yackley, Katherine Qu, Ava
Weyrich, Gabriella Gephart, Weilin Shelver, Adeniyi Odugbemi,
Adejare Adegbuyi, Jeff Farber, Angela Anandappa, Niam
Abeysiriwardena, Bledar Bisha, Rafael Ferreira, Robert Brackett,
Lisa Lupo, Yuewei Hu, Shannon Koerber, Luciana Salles,
Subash Shrestha, Gregory Siragusa.
Number of Attendees: 98.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, July 31, 2022.
Old Business: None.
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New Business: Executive Summary: Scope of this PDG
is to cover PB and alternative proteins (cultured meat, insect
proteins, and air proteins): Lily Yang will lead our cultured meat
sub-committee. We need volunteers to lead insect protein and
air proteins.
Topics to be covered by this PDG: Unique and specific risks
to PB and alternative products on Micro, Allergen, Chemical
for food safety and quality, Regulatory, labelling, nutrition and
consumer perspectives; Testing methods specific for PB and
alternative products; Academia: research and safety data
sharing.
Submit abstract before Oct. 4, 2022 for 2023 program.
Please volunteer and communicate to Yanyan Huang and Aaron
Pleitner if you are willing to be part of the program planning. We
will host a workshop to finalize this. Stay tuned!
Please volunteer to speak at one of the webinars.
Topics discussed: Scope of the PDG: should the PDG
only cover PB? Or should the PDG cover other alternative
proteins: cultured meat, insect proteins, and air proteins.
Proposed decision: cover PB and alternative proteins,
PDG to serve as contact for industry of new and novel products
that do not have the competency to identify and mitigate
hazards, form subcommittee to lead on each alternative
proteins. If you are willing to lead one of the three categories
(Cultured meat, insect proteins, and air proteins), please contact
Yanyan Huang and Aaron Pleitner
Food safety (Micro, Chemical, Physical, Radiological,
Allergen): Identify the unique and specific Food Safety risks
to each type of PB and alternative product; Novel processes
(e.g., soy extraction) vs just soy for tofu, impacting overall safety
and quality stability of the product; Also, increase frequency
and volume of consumption per consumer; Impact of natural vs
derive vs synthesized ingredients
Micro: Insect proteins and micro hazards w/ preventive
controls; What does it look like on the consumer endpoint,
Alternative proteins - identification of hazards and risk, C. bot
10 day rule still apply? What about algae? What about shared
ingredients and mixing of microflora, Ingredient safety (and
testing methods), Spore formers in ingredients, GAP analysis
missing or not executed on with hazards, Mixing or hybrid
products (and how does one do predictive micro and risk
analysis)
Chemical: Insect protein, Chemical contaminants, AllergenTrue
unknown for allergenicity of things like cell culture and
insect, What is the true allergen profile?
Ingredient safety: micro on food safety and spoilages; How
does one set up their Food Safety plan when a hazard is not
necessarily known? Intrinsic risks to materials as well as shared
line carry over of unknown risks; Cell cultures - what goes into
production and who is the government entity overseeing?
Quality (spoilage, shelf life, appearance, taste...) The
decision is to have different subcommittee for Micro, Chemical,
Allergen but not dividing into food safety and quality and
ingredient safety. Please volunteer to be subcommittee leaders
for Micro, Chemical, and Allergen.
Terminology: Could we be a driver for standardized lingo/
language (i.e., what is cultivated meat, what is plant-based 'milk',
how to name insect proteins, etc.).
Combine regulation, labelling, nutrition and consumer
perspectives into one subcommittee: Regulation (EFSA joint
CODEX committee, FDA, EU) Combine with Labeling but
also split between Food Safety and Nutrition, Only intervene
is truly used inappropriately or could cause harm (from FDA
speaker), Labeling (soy-free, vegan, nutrition), Education for
consumers w/ sensory performance (e.g., Vegans not liking IF):
CFP conference for alignment in US, EU as well for standard of
identify, Nutrition, Consumer perspectives: Vegan preferences,
perception, Sustainability and impact on planet, 'Healthier'.
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