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COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT GROUP MINUTES
a consolidated database for ease of access of data scripts for development
of effective models - even in JFP.
Risk Assessment: Symposia (AMR Assessment, Genetic Information (Risk
Assessment - NACMCF), risk optimization models, standard setting for
microbial and chemical risk assessment criteria - link with Law PDG, pros
and cons: expert elicitation (to make use of data sources - big data), sitespecific
information (generic to specific models).
Any other businesses: Dr. Panos suggested that we need to reactivate
webinars or the virtual software fairs - predictive modeling tools over a
series of webinars.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Discuss the possibility of removing " microbial " from the MRA PDG
mission of the MMRA PDG.
2. Recommend Dr. Heidy den Besten as Vice Chair to the Board for
approval.
Next Meeting Date: July 27, 2025, Cleveland, Ohio.
Meeting Adjourned: 10:01 p.m., Pacific Time, July 14, 2024.
Chairperson Name: Abdullatif Tay
Plant-Based Alternative Products
No minutes provided.
Physical Hazards and Foreign Material PDG
Attendees: Byron Chaves (Chair), Gale Beard (Vice Chair), Arlette Shazer,
Kitty Appels, Anika Bansal, Jared Bock, Adam Bolain, Polly Courtney,
Darlene Cowart, John Donaghy, David Flicek, Stephen Grove, Adrienne Hill,
Amanda Jones, Kent Juliot, Kunihiro Kubota, Sumin li, Christopher Mains,
Jacob Mitmoen, Linda Nadeem, Janet Rowat Kraiss, Paula Schwarz, Tom
Sidebottom, Dara Smith, Sarah Smith-Simpson, Jennifer Turpin, Adwy van
den Berg, Lea Wachowich, Lisa Wang, Patrick Wouters.
Number of Attendees: 29.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 2:45 p.m. Pacific Time.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Gale Beard.
Old Business: Previous year's meeting minutes approved. Discussion of
IAFP 2024 sessions to attend related to physical hazards and foreign
material, including RT1 The Inclusion of Foreign Material Inspection and
Foreign Material Forensics in Food Safety Programs and Management and
S22 Food Packaging Should Protect, Not Hurt: Assessing and Mitigating
Physical Hazards in Packaging Materials. Discussion of LinkedIn group
reactivation and invitation to join.
New Business: Virtual meeting frequency was established quarterly similar
to 2023-24. The discussion centered around prioritizing topics for webinars
and how to turn the webinar content into more permanent records, such
as a general interest paper in Food Protection Trends. The ranking of
topics resulted in the following: 1) Hazard analysis and risk assessment,
2) Establishing foreign material specifications, 3) Regulatory aspects at a
global scale; 4) Methods of detection, including root cause analysis. The
consensus was to focus on metal and hard plastics first. The webinars,
white papers, general interest papers, and any other output will be part of
the PDG's toolkit that can be hosted on IAFP Connect or another platform.
Multiple ideas for case studies were also floated around, including
investigating customer complaints and recalls due to foreign material.
The established deliverables are 1) Two webinars for 2024-2025; 2)
Coordination with other PDG (HACCP; Audit and Inspection; Pet Food) for
IAFP 2025 session proposals; and 3) Start invited sessions at the annual
PDG meeting, one internal (Nestle Purina offered to get us started) and one
external from another PDG.
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Next Meeting Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025, Cleveland, Ohio.
Meeting Adjourned: 4:15 p.m. Pacific Time.
Chairperson Name: Byron Chaves
Pre-Harvest Food Safety PDG
Attendees: Camila Rodrigues (Chair), Rafael Davila (Vice Chair), Erica
Miller, Getahun Agga, Saleh Almayman, Brienna Anderson, Javier Atencia,
Rebecca Bell, Deborah Briese, Kellie Burris, Kaicie Chasteen-Ko, Zoila
Chevez, Changsun Choi, Kim Cook, Sarah Cope, Paula J. Cray, Jianli Dai,
Bryant Davenport, Klaas De Baerdemaeker, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez,
Shiva Dubey, Randal Garrett, Brian Goodwyn, Eduardo Gutierrez Rodriguez,
Jeffrey Hall, Diana Hao, Lisa Harrison, Yosra Helmy, Stephen Hughes,
Annalisa Hultberg, Bala Jagadeesan, Cindy Jiang, Harsimran Kaur Kapoor,
Julie A Kase, Bijay Khajanchi, Larry Kohl, Greg Komar, Rob Kooijmans,
Alison Lacombe, Susan Leonard, Dan Li, Michael Michel, Patrick Mies,
Hansel Mina, Amie Minor, Mark Moorman, Scott Moosekian, Juan Moreira,
Claudia Narvaez, Neda Nasheri, Mehran Niazi, Evan Nuckolls, Rocio Ortega,
Roshan Paswan, Sulav Indra Paul, Bill Potter, Rawane Raad, Gustavo Reyes,
Kis Robertson Hale, Camila Rodrigues, Cathy Rubin, Hilal Samut, Rodrigo
Santibanez-Rivera, Nikki Shariat, Manan Sharma, Arlette Shazer, Manpreet
Singh, Jared Smith, Shabarinath Srikumar, Diana Stewart, Don Stoeckel,
Elisa Tobar, Zeynal Topalcengiz, Avinash Tope, Socrates Trujillo, Adriana
Vanegas Torres, Tamara Walsky, Rory Wang, Kimberly Williams, Yikai Yang,
Hung-Yueh Yeh, Shaohua Zhao.
Number of Attendees: 80.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, July 14, 2024, 08:30 a.m. Pacific Time.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Rawane Raad-Student Liaison.
Old Business: For the 2024 Annual Meeting, the Pre Harvest Food
Safety PDG had two sessions accepted as primary and three others
accepted as secondary sponsors. Updates on the IAFP Board and Board
announcements included a call to download the IAFP 2024 Meeting App
and resync it. Around 3300 attendees have registered for the IAFP 2024
Meeting. The chair highlighted the role of the professional development
groups for IAFP growth. In 2024, IAFP received 252 session proposals and
accepted 97 (38%).
New Business: Dr. Gustavo Reyes from Western Growers and Dr. Javier
Atencia from Pathotrak both presented topics about understanding
pathogen testing programs for leafy greens including sampling and real-life
testing methods. Both talks included the importance of a good sampling
program and the hurdles of detecting pathogens in leafy greens. Speakers
presented their expertise regarding best practices for developing a
sampling program on the farm.
The remainder of time was kept for a roundtable discussion with both our
speakers and Dr. Rafael Davila, while Dr. Camila was the moderator. The
roundtable included follow-up questions about the topic discussed as well
as the possibility for the poultry industry to learn from the leafy greens
testing programs.
Dr. Camila Rodrigues called to keep submitting symposium to the PreHarvest
Food Safety PDG. The Deadline for next year is October 1, 2024.
A zoom meeting is planned for August to discuss proposals, webinars
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