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COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT GROUP MINUTES
After a discussion about the recommendations to the Board, attendees
provided ideas and topics for upcoming symposia. The highest regarded
topics were Data Standards, AI, Data Quality, Data Governance, Predictive
Analytics, Data Cleaning, and Data Sharing. The ideas were recorded
through a Google sheet. Attendees participated by expanding on the topics
they selected. There was a reminder of upcoming deadlines. The Data
Standards topic was proposed to be a roundtable. AI: Case Studies and
Implementation of AI, AI in Food Supply Chains was proposed as a webinar.
AI: Understanding Regulations in Different Countries was proposed as a
roundtable. The topic Overview of AI: What does it mean? was proposed as
a possible webinar. Other topics that were mentioned: Quality Data, Data
Governance, Statistical Process Control: How to Analyze Observational
Data, which was proposed as a roundtable - it was suggested that this
topic could include a collaboration with other PDGs. It was recommended
to have a full symposium with all the information and experiences about
Environmental Monitoring as a case study.
Recommendations to the Board:
1. To provide clear recommendations on aspects they are looking for
in proposal sessions. Give additional guidance and feedback on the
proposals.
2. Better communication feedback from the Board, which can help
upcoming proposals.
Next Meeting Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025, Cleveland, Ohio.
Meeting Adjourned: 4:15 p.m., Pacific Time.
Chairperson: Sarah Murphy
Developing Food Safety Professionals PDG
Attendees: Jill Stuber (Chair), Alison Cousins (Vice Chair), Alphajou Bah,
III, Shahram Ajamian, Dosso Ali, Kitty Appels, Saif Arabi, Sakura Arai,
Janice Ball, Bruna Bertoldi, Richelle Beverly, Micah Black, Kaicie ChasteenKo,
Bhaswati Chowdhury, Sitara Cullinan, Bonny Dadji Stephane Serge,
Prashant Dahal, Madhuparna Deb, Brenna DeRocili, Maria Diaz, Samantha
Dicker, Shiva Dubey, Alejandro Echeverry, Natoavina Faliarizao, Jaber
Ghorbani, Tia Glave, Brian Goodwyn, Ellen Gravi, Sam Hadden, Yosra Helmy,
Shouhei Hirose, Cathleen Howick, Arpit Jain, Tahirah Johnson, YeonJin
Jung, Harsimran Kaur Kapoor, Veeramani Karuppuchamy, Sushant Kaushal,
Karuna Kharel, Arshpreet Kaur Khattra, Unji Kim, Elma Kontor-Manu, Patrick
Logan, Mark Loh, Gina Lorenzi, Kyle Lunsford, Aishwarya Nagesh Marathe,
Luis Maroto-Martin, Karina Martino, Scott McKinney, Sarah Medley, Patrick
Mies, Hansel Mina, Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi, Amit Morey, Cisse Moussa
Moustapha, Laura Munoz Leyva, Shpresa Musa, Charles Muyanja, Taylor
O'Bannon, Adeniyi Odugbemi, Amy Parks, Grishma Prabhukhot, Narindra
Randriamiarintsoa, Marco Reina Antillon, Paula Rosowicz, Hilal Samut,
John Saniga, Mari Schroeder, Katherine Sierra, Amarat (Amy) Simonne,
Shyam Singh, Kaitlin Smith, Sarah Smith-Simpson, Mary Snow, Autumn
Stoll, Gabriella Strocko, Cassandra Suther, Ross Travis, Chelsea Tyus,
Adriana Vanegas Torres, Kasey Ward, Benjamin Warren, Tom Weaver,
Pamela Wilger, Stephanie Windschitl, Michael Wood, Yikai Yang.
Number of Attendees: 87.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 10:15 a.m. Pacific Time.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Veeramani Karuppuchamy, Student
Liaison.
Old Business: Meeting called to order at 10:15 a.m., as Jill Stuber
welcomed everyone to the PDG. Jill recognized the outgoing Chair, Dr. Amit
Morrey, and welcomed the incoming elected Vice Chair, Alison Cousins. Jill
also welcomed the Student PDG Liaison, Veeramani Karuppuchamy, and
appointed him to record minutes. The anti-trust guidelines were reviewed at
10:18 a.m. The previous year's meeting were approved at 10:30 a.m.
New Business: At the beginning of the meeting, the participants did an
ice-breaker activity on finding commonalities with others and shared their
findings. The Developing Food Safety Professionals PDG is sponsoring
two roundtables and two symposia at the IAFP 2024. Pamela Wilger (Post
Consumer Brands), Board representative provided some statistics about the
IAFP 2024 (3300 attendees, 4557 members, visit exhibit floor, importance
of PDGs to the success of IAFP, quality vs quantity for the proposals,
possibility of webinars, sign-up for volunteer, download the IAFP 2024 app).
The five panelists in food safety pitch slam 2024 (Kyle Lunsford [FlexXray],
Stephanie Windschitl [corporate microbiologist-Lamb Weston], Tia Glave
[leadership coach-Catalyst], Zonia Elizabeth Caro Carvajal [CODEX], Sarah
Smith-Simpson [physical safety specialist-Nestle]) shared about the
important aspects of their job functions for five minutes. Then the panelists
answered the questions from audience. The PDG discussed about the
submissions of proposals along with deadlines for the IAFP 2025. Possible
ideations for IAFP 2025 were brainstormed at the end for approximately 20
minutes.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. To recognize Alison Cousins as the Vice Chair for the term of 2 years
before continuing into the Chair role for 2 years.
Next Meeting Date: Sunday, July 27, Cleveland, Ohio.
Meeting Adjourned: 11:46 a.m. Pacific Time.
Chairperson Name: Jill Stuber
Food Chemical Hazards and Food Allergy PDG
Attendees: Lili He (Chair), Amy Wise (Vice Chair), Carmen Alvarez, George
Anderson, Laura Bautista, Amanda Brookhouser-Sisney, Yanxuan Cai,
Michael Ciaramella, Betsy Craig, Gina Cullerton, Sabahnur Demirci, Eric
Edmunds, Amanda Farrens, Sanjit Fernandes, Todd Frantz, T.J. Fu, Leena
Griffith, Evan Henke, Dana Hoffman-Pennesi, Brittany Holmes, Cathleen
Howick, Marti Hua, Reid Ivy, Don Jones, Patrick Kachelmeier, Miseon Kang,
Amit Kheradia, Monica Khoury, Hyun Jung KIM, Minji Kim, Jon Kimble,
Paula Klassen, Deja Latney, Hyun Jung Lee, Raquel Medeiros, Joseph
Meyer, Nathan Mirdamadi, Jodi Nickerson, Mangesh Palekar, Rakhi Panda,
Shway Patel, Gale Prince, Benjamin Remington, Juliany Rivera Calo,
Dojin Ryu, Neal Saab, Sarah Sanderson, Sofia Santillana-Farkaos, Brian
Schaneberg, April Schumacher, Girdhari Sharma, Nic Sharman, Tracie
Sheehan, Frank Spiegelhalter, Helen Taylor, Ross Travis, Akhila Vasan,
Caroline Wang, Felicia Wu, Lily Yang, May Yeow.
Number of Attendees: 58.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 2:45 p.m. Pacific Time.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Yuzhen Zhang.
Old Business: Welcome from Lili He followed by introduction of Amy
Wise as Vice Chair. Speed date networking with surroundings. Review of
2023 submitted proposals and approved sessions. IAFP 2024 sessions
sponsored/co-sponsored by the FCHFA PDG:
* RT6 Ingredient Safety: Current Perspectives from Food Toxicologists
Paul Hanlon, Kevin Boyd, Elisabeth Anderson, Randolph Duverna,
Kristi Muldoon Jacobs, Eric Schwartz, and Rene Vinas, (1) Abbott
Nutrition, Columbus, OH (2) The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA (3)
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI (4) United States Department
of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, D.C.
(5) U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD Food Chemicals
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