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across the web, though the document is downloadable only in its complete form; individual articles cannot be printed or downloaded. The IAFP staff will look into changing the format to enable this functionality. Subcommittee report. This was provided by LeeAnne Jackson. A subcommittee had been formed to develop a plan to recruit manuscripts. Due to personal an professional circumstances, LeeAnne had not been able to drive this process. However, David Golden indicated that he had been able to solicit papers based on poster presentations at the previous Annual Meeting. New Business: FPT Analysis Report. Discussion of this item was led from the Chair. It is clear that FPT continues to suffer from an ‘identity crisis’ and concerns continue with respect to the number of submissions of articles. Extensive discussion, based on a report from a consultant with extensive editorial experience in member and trade publications, revolved around the structure and format of FPT, particularly with respect to the nature and mix of articles submitted and published. It was agreed that change is necessary, though the committee was not in a position to recommend the nature and extent of those changes. There was consensus that more review articles should be published, drawn particularly from reviews prepared by graduate students, developed from posters, and from presentations given at the international meetings involving IAFP. Collectively, these were viewed as conduits for communication of activities that might not otherwise be seen by the membership-at-large. It was agreed that the Committee support the Board in considering the potential changes advocated in the consultant’s report. Further, the management meeting should form a subcommittee to develop a survey, to be administered online, to gather the thoughts of the membership-at-large on renovation of FPT. After a call for nominations, the members of the committee were Julian Cox (Chair), Kristina Barlow, Richelle Beverly, Benjamin Chapman, Beth Ann Crozier-Dodson, Michelle Danyluk, and Michael Musgrove. The Management Committee also agreed that the Board should consider employing a part-time ‘managing editor’, to implement changes deriving from the survey of the membership, and to assist in recruitment and preparation of articles for publication in FPT. Plagiarism. Julian Cox reported that discussion at the JFP Management Committee meeting highlighted a number of changes to be made to Instructions to Authors. Of those, the only change relevant to FPT related to plagiarism. The JFP Management Committee is to prepare an amendment to the JFP Instructions, including a clear explanation of plagiarism and penalties to be imposed upon authors found guilty of plagiarism. Recommendations to the Executive Board 1. Appoint a subcommittee to develop a survey determining directions for FPT, for distribution to the IAFP membership. Members of the Subcommittee are Julian Cox (Chair), Kristina Barlow Rochelle Beverly, Benjamin Chapman, Beth Ann Crozier-Dodson, Michelle Danyluk and Michael Musgrove. Appoint a part-time ‘managing editor’ to provide support for renovation of FPT and to drive provision of a range of articles, assisting with their preparation, for publication in FPT. Modify the Instructions to Authors for FPT to make explicit the nature of plagiarism and penalties for cases of plagiarism, consistent with such modifications made to the Instructions for JFP. Michelle Danyluk was elected as Vice Chairperson of the Committee. Next Meeting Date: August 1, 2010. Meeting Adjourned: 3:50 p.m. Chairperson: Julian Cox. Journal of Food Protection Management Committee Members Present: Mark Harrison (Chair), Margaret Hardin (Vice Chair), Julian Cox (FPT Chairperson), John Bassett, Byron Brehm-Stecher, Michael Cassidy, Tong-Jen Fu, Santos Garcia, Leon Gorris, Kendra Nightingale, Mangesh Palekar and Manan Sharma. Editors Present: Michael Davidson, Joseph Frank, Elliot Ryser and John Sofos. Board and Staff Present: Stan Bailey,Vickie Lewandowski, Lee-Ann Jaykus, David Tharp, Tamara Ford and Didi Loynachan. Visitors/Guests Present: Jinru Chen, Gary Dykes, Judy Greig and Joseph Odumeru. Meeting Called to Order: 10:05 a.m., Saturday, July 12, 2009. Recording Secretary of Minutes: Manan Sharma. Old Business: The agenda was reviewed and approved. The minutes of the 2008 meeting were reviewed and approved. Report from IAFP President: The recent focus on international activities (outside the US) has increased. In 2008, the 4th Annual European Symposium was held in Lisbon Portugal. Other international meetings were held in São Paulo, Brazil and Seoul, South Korea (IAFP-sponsored). Other meetings IAFP was affiliated with took place in Dubai, UAE (1,000 attendees) and Beijing, China (250 attendees). One “timely topics” seminar was held on raw milk (Washington, D.C.), and another Rapid Response symposium was held on Salmonella in peanut butter in Washington, D.C. Currently, 13% of IAFP members reside outside the US, and total membership is approaching 3,500. There are 101 Sustaining members, 15 Gold, and 11 Silver. Three new affiliates have been introduced: Colombia, Hungary, and Arkansas. The IAFP Foundation currently has close to $650,000 in its account. The Student Luncheon is in its 10th year; the Job Fair in its 9th year. A new agreement has been reached with Springer, Inc. to publish the Food Microbiology/ Food Safety series of books under “IAFP Press”. IAFP members will get a 25% discount on books in this series. Report from IAFP Office: David Tharp thanked the four editors and the committee members. IAFP operated within budget this year. IAFP’s Web site and software were upgraded. In addition, abstracts for the annual meeting presentations were distributed on thumbdrives with meeting registration materials. Report from the Journal of Food Protection Scientific Editors: (The complete report for Vol 71 can be found in the January issue of the JFP.) Briefly,Vol. 71 of JFP contained 2,636 pages and 369 articles (356 research papers), compared to 2,983 pages and 404 articles in Vol. 70. So far,Vol. 72 (2009) contains 1,592 pages and 194 papers, compared to 1,540 pages and 246 papers in Vol. 71. So far 39 fewer manuscripts have been submitted in 2009 than in 2008. The journal had excellent international (outside the US) contributions, with 56.3% of authors in Vol. 71 from outside the US. The editorial board in 2008 consisted of 150 members. Individuals interested in becoming a reviewer should submit a letter to the editors to show their interest. A discussion ensued concerning the rejection rate of the journal. Dr. Frank stated that the rejection rate has been consistent over the last 10 years. Although page 2. 3. 4. OCTOBER 2009 | FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS

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