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Seafood Safety & Quality PDG
Attendees: Jessica Jones (Chair), Jacquelina Woods (Vice
Chair), Brandon Voga, Keith Amoroso, William Burkhardt, III,
Monica Garcia, Cathy Liu, Patti Ross, Tori Stivers, Sharmeen
Khan, Johnathan Likens, Tanesia Cole, Salina Parveen, John
Boyce, Robert Corsino II, Katheryn Parraga, Evelyn Watts,
Rachel Rodriguez, Marlee Mims, Kristin Butler, Andrea Cerrato,
Jennifer Burke, Elizabeth Maeder, Anuradha Punchihewage
Don.
Number of Attendees: 24.
Meeting Called to Order: 1:03 p.m. July 31, 2022.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Andrea Cerrato.
Old Business: Jessica started the meeting giving the welcome
to everyone and reading the Executive Board announcements.
Andrea presented the different activities the Student PDG has
been doing and how the Seafood Safety & Quality PDG can get
involved during this new period. Jackie reviewed the Rules of
Order and Antitrust guidelines for everyone.
Reviewed 2021 Recommendations to the Board and
responses: confirmed the nomination of Jacquelina Woods
as Vice Chair and in response to the recommendation that a
mechanism to include calendar reminders with meeting/webinar
announcements be provided, the Board encouraged the use
of IAFP Connect to make announcements and reminded that
webinars do include a calendar reminder. Jessica clarified that
a call for nominations and subsequent voting will be conducted
virtually in the spring. Additionally, reviewed the Seafood Safety
and Quality PDG sponsored or co-sponsored sessions at the
2022 IAFP Annual Meeting.
New Business: Presentation " Effects of Aquaculture Practices on
Oyster Microbiomes and Vibrios Using Shotgun Metagenomics "
by Salina Parveen from University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Presentation " Dynamic Changes in Bacterial Communities
during Seafood Decomposition " by Kristin Butler from the FDA
Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory. Brainstorming discussion on
session proposals for 2023 IAFP Annual Meeting. Multiple
ideas developed and champions/points of contact identified
for six topics. Session proposals for the topics will be further
developed and refined via email/virtual meetings prior to the
submission deadline. Additionally, discussed and agreed upon
recommendations for the Board (as provided below).
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Recommend the Board schedule PDG meetings so that
PDGs likely to be of interest to the same attendees are at
different times. For example, there is much overlap in interest
between the Virus & Parasite PDG and both the Seafood
Safety & Quality and Produce Safety PDGs.
2. Recommend the Board encourage the Program Committee
to avoid scheduling symposia/sessions for specific topics
(e.g., seafood) at the same time as when the poster
presenters for the same topic are required to be available.
Next Meeting Date: July 16, 2023, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Meeting Adjourned: 3:01 p.m.
Chairperson: Jessica Jones.
Student PDG
Attendees: Claire Murphy (Chair), Ellen Mendez (Vice Chair),
Kaylee Farmer, Erika Estrada, Erin Ramsay, Manita Adhikari,
Kavita Patil, Cyril Nsom Ayuk Etaka, Carmen Cano, Lang Yao,
Auja Bywater, Camryn Cook, Riya Magiya, Ian Klug, Kasey
Nelson, Andrew Kearney, Makenzie Flach, Vishal Manjunatha,
Ava Weyrich, Gabriella Gephart, Andrea Cerrato, Minji Hur,
Alexis Omar, Kyle McCaughan, Margaret Kirchner, Ian
Hildebrandt, Narindra Randriamiarintsoa, Mari Schroeder, Wan
Zhan Lee, Joshua Owade, Tlaleo Marole, Savana Everhart,
Grace Dewi, Nadia Narine, Aaron Aboud, Rosa Heydenreich,
Francis Muchaamba, Clara Diekman, Laura Pineda-Bermudez,
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Mairui Gao, Aaron Dudley, Sana Riaz, Ali Strickland, Emily
Forauer, Eric Edmunds, Anand Soorneedi, Solomon Racharla,
Haknyeong Hong, Savannah Stewart, Erin Manville, Olivia
Haley, Weifan Wu, Yaxi Dai, Karuna Kharel, Jyoti Aryal, Tengfei
Li, Kayla Kimble, Taejung Chung, Marysabel Mendez Acevedo,
Tim Lott, Sriya Sunil, Shihyu Chuang, Jack Burnett, Patrice
Bonny, Alexia López Gachuzo, Manuel Alejandro Vega Iturbe,
Edmund Benefo, Shuyi Feng, Aishwarya Rao, Keshnee Reega,
Madison Goforth, Kiley Doherty, Jennifer Mydosh, Graham
Houle, Hui-Erh Chai, Joseph Meyer, Brian Goodwyn, Evelyn
Watts, Ruixi Chen, Urvi Shah, James Barkley, Loron Pinnock
Brown, Charles Bakin, Harmeen Prasher, Brad Taylor, Katheryn
Parraga, Robert Corsino II, Lauren Hamilton, Makena Brand,
Ariel Garsow, Ikechukwu Oguadinma, Dina Scott, Adam Baker.
Number of Attendees: 94.
Meeting Called to Order: 11:05 a.m. Eastern Time, Sunday,
July 31, 2022.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Surabhi Wason.
Old Business: The chair went over the IAFP anti-trust
guidelines with all student members. Incoming Chair bid
farewell to the outgoing board. All the board members (new
and previous) introduced themselves. The instruction to join
PDG using IAFP Connect were given. Chair updated on the
activities of last year. Meeting was conducted every month last
year. There was lot of engagement for SPDG elections this year.
Twelve people ran for elections in the month of April and board
members were announced in the first week of May. Incoming
PDG board members wore Hawaiian garlands to be easily
recognizable by students for any help and to connect.
All the student focused-focused activities in 2021-2022 were
successful including, mentor-mentee program, student liaisons
program, affiliate connection, trivia nights, coffee hours, and 3
MT competition; there were new sponsorship and partnership
with industry and local affiliates - Cargill, Merck, Arkansas
Association for Food Protection, Tyson foods, Chobani and
New Jersey and California association of Food Protection.
The instructions to participate as a mentor or a mentee were
provided. We had 27 student liaisons supporting PDGs and
Committees today. The affiliate representative increase student
engagement with other food safety professionals. It is helpful for
international student to build connections. Virtual coffee hours
and trivia nights saw lot of engagement. It is a great way to meet
other students and play games to get prizes. Attendees were
encouraged to check emails from SPDG for such information.
Meet your favorite food scientist was a new activity developed
couple of years ago. It allowed students to connect with 8
world class scientists from academia, government and industry.
Around 50 students all over the world came to at least one of
these meetings. We won't be able to sell t-shirts or stickers this
year, it will probably start from next year. However, everyone
was encouraged to consider donating money to foundation as
it funds lot of SPDG activities and student travel scholarship.
We would also like to extend our thanks to IAFP staff for their
guidance and help during past and future activities.
New Business: New IAFP SPDG Instagram page has been
opened where updates and other new activity information will
be posted. We encouraged everyone to join us on Instagram
and LinkedIn for updates. This year, SPDG has booth 925
where students can stop by to get some rest or connect to other
attendees and make connections. All students are welcome to
attend 3 sessions (2 symposia and 1 RT) sponsored by SPDG
this year. There are other networking opportunities during Annual
Meeting - student luncheon (July 31th Sunday); student mixer
(Tues, Aug 2nd) and coffee hours (virtual). Session monitoring
activity, rules and information on how to get paid were explained.
Students were encouraged to fill out student liaison survey and
be a liaison to PDGs and committees. There will also be fall and
spring social hours. Attendees were informed about session
proposal submissions on an area related to food safety, that is
emerging and unique. Dr. Don Schaffner presented about how to
communicate science to a lay audience using social media and
podcasts.
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