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4. The Membership Committee wishes to recognize the significant contributions of the IAFP Staff in facilitating the effectiveness of the Committee. Board Response: Agreed. 2. Nominating Committee Recommendations to Executive Board: None. Past Presidents Committee Recommendations to Executive Board: 1. Change meeting time to be conducted from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (on Saturday). Board Response: Agreed. Support ongoing efforts by the Raw Milk Subcommittee to: − Develop a mechanism for tracking raw milk state legislation from December 2009 – May 2010. − Identify lists of regional and national dairy safety expert teams that include nutritionists, medical doctors, dairy processors, dairy producers, dairy microbiologist, state and federal dairy regulators and parents of children that became ill from the consumption of raw milk. − Draft and finalize a laminated one-page factsheet on Raw Milk Quality and Safety for IAFP publication. − Coordinate with AVMA to develop a website containing factual and scientific information about the risks of raw milk consumption to offset the large number of websites containing mis-information that misleads consumers. Funding will be obtained from private sources. Board Response: The Board encourages the PDG and Subcommittee members to pursue these efforts. When financial resources are needed from IAFP, a budget request should be made to the Board. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUPS Applied Laboratory Methods PDG Recommendations to Executive Board: 1. Recommend the approval of Leslie Thompson as Vice Chair. Board Response: Agreed. 2. Recommend that the Board support webinars and educational sessions with adding features for multiple presenters, international call-in numbers, recordable features and attendance/roll of participants. Board Response: Agreed. Recommend that the Board reserve a one-day meeting room on Saturday at the 2010 IAFP Annual Meeting for purpose of the Sample Prep Working Group. Board Response: Agreed. 4. 3. Support updating the IAFP Dairy Quality & Safety PDG Web page by outgoing Chair Lori Ledenbach to include factual information on the dairy industry, more details on PDG minutes, meetings, conference calls, and activities, an international dairy meetings and events calendar, etc. Board Response: Committees and PDGs may submit information for posting on their individual Committee or PDG Web page through one contact (normally the chair). This contact shall work with the IAFP office. Calendar events may be submitted directly to the IAFP calendar through the IAFP home page (can also be listed on the PDG Web page separately if submitted for posting). Agree to publish a Listeria Control brochure (when completed), based on a summary of Dr. Lisbeth Godik’s Food Protection Trends article from 2008. Board Response: Manuscript of this brochure should be submitted, when completed, for Board review prior to publication. Support further development of the following possible 2010 Program ideas: − − − − National Food & Water Safety Regulatory Program Updates. Better Process Cheese Workshop. International, National and Private Food Equipment Standards. FDA Core Dairy Training Workshop (Dairy Plant Inspection, Dairy Farm Inspection, Special Problems, Advanced Training, Pasteurization Controls, etc.) – must be scheduled and coordinate with FDA’s State Training Branch and the State of California Department of Agriculture. Technical Requirements for Milk Heating Process – Pasteurization, UHT, ESL, etc. Single Food Agency – Pros & Cons – use speakers from CFIA, EFSA, FDA, USDA, ANZED, etc. Things That Keep Me Up at Night – Preventing Food Safety Nightmares. Keys to Effective Employee Food Safety Training. Chemical Hazards including Melamine – Where Are We Now? Applications of Pathogen Risk Assessment in Low Moisture Dairy Product. Effective Food Product, Ingredient and Packaging Traceability Programs. 3. Beverage PDG Recommendations to Executive Board: 1. Give weight to the availability of convenient laboratory space for potential wet work shops in decision for future meeting locations. Board Response: This can be considered with the primary focus on a meeting location and facility that meets the needs of the Annual Meeting. Proposals for workshops can also be structured around the locations selected. Kathy Lawlor was elected Vice Chair. Board Response: Agreed. 5. 2. Dairy Quality and Safety PDG Recommendations to Executive Board: 1. It is widely recognized that IAFP is an internationallyrecognized food safety organization and as such, we are asking the Board to authorize Mr. David Tharp, as IAFP’s primary representative, to sign onto letters intended to be sent to State Legislative committees during the December 2009 – June 2010 timeframe identifying risks related to the consumption of raw milk by humans. Board Response: IAFP has approved a position statement on consumption of raw milk but chooses not to engage in efforts that could be construed as lobbying. The Board encourages all individual Members to act on their own behalf in providing valuable input for discussions involving food safety issues. − − − − − − − OCTOBER 2009 | FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS

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