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the end of Sept. with a goal to develop a guideline to give to other PDGs and to write a 2–3 page white paper to FPT so all members can learn how to do this. IAFP identifier: Katie says yes it would be useful, but you would need Board approval. Decided not to have an identifier b/c it could eventually be used maliciously. Development of small series of Webinars associated social media: a series of small Webinars. Presentation from IfIC, 2010 food and Health survey: Tony Flood and Katie Burns from IFIC presented data from their survey on consumer food safety perceptions. Executive summary made available at the end of the meeting. food safety Education for Physicians: The discussion of the food and health survey generated a good discussion about the gaps in food safety training of physicians: • • • Sub-committee from our PDG to pull this information together: Tony Flood and Christine Bruhn put together a group that could look for funding, potential chairs will E-mail Ben Chapman. For the sub-committee: • Include international perspective. • Physicians food safety knowledge… development of work for that group. Audience wants Web-based primers not print-based. • Going to physicians, can you get them to actually carry out with the information.

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How do you target different groups to encourage behavior change? (industry employees) • Finding the appropriate medium for that audience. • Food safety education interventions lessons learned. Good assessment of learning tools, how do you know if you are effective. (Shay deSilva to lead?) • People from culture and communications of behavioral, learning assessment. • Have to prove competency longitudinal assessments. Attitude/knowledge and behavior change. Effectively transferring messages to target audiences. Assessment of social media’s effect? Developing food safety education strategies for new businesses • Non-food science individuals on preparing a safe product, processing things w/o inspection. • “How do you educate people that have no clue?

recommendations to Executive board: 1. We wish for the Board to appoint Pamela Wilger as PDG Vice Chairperson. Recommendations for 100 Year Planning Committee: 2. Suggest that the 100 food safety tips that are created to be added to the IAFP Facebook page and put out as a tip of the day via twitter as a leadup to the meeting. Next Meeting Date: August 2010, Milwaukee, WI. Meeting adjourned: 3:00 p.m. Chairperson: Renee R. Boyer.

Potential Workshop for Milwaukee 2011: • • Working with media on how to tell food safety stories proactively and reactively – include social media/online. Chaired by: Gina Nicholson, Sue Snider, IFIC.

Election of New Vice Chair: • Pamela Wilger (Cargill), all in favor. Pamela accepted the position; we will bring this to the Board on Monday morning.

fruit and Vegetable safety and Quality PDG
Members Present: Jack Guzewich (Chair), Stan Bailey (Board Liaison), Kevin Allen, Bassam Annous, Larry Beuchat, Elizabeth Bihn, LeAnn Chuboff, Michael Cooley, Michelle Danyluk, Francisco Diez, Elena Enache, Eelco Franz, Donna Garren, David Gombas, James Gorny, Robert Gravani, Steven Grove, Keith Ito, Stephen Kenney, Sun Kim, Kalmia Kniel, Larry Kohl, Keith Lampel, Alvin Lee, Bashir Manji, Mayra Marquez Gonzalez, Karl Matthews, Sherri McGarry, Xiangwu Nou, Jitu Patel, Terence Peters, Suresh Pillai, Jena Roberts, Joan Rosen, Manan Sharma, Amarat Simonne, Michelle Smith, Stacy Stoltenberg, Thomas Taylor, Mary Tortorello and Randy Worobo. New Members: Henry Nahmad, Leslie Thompson, Jason Wan, Elaine Black, Roger Cook, Bridget Tinsley, Wendy Maduff, Carlos Menes, Andrew Farnum, Elsie Friesen, Jerry Erdmann, Hyun-Gyun Yuk, Joshua Gurtler, Jeff LeJeune, Tong-Jen Fu, Karl Reineke, Divya Jaroni, Christine Aleski, Zhinong Yan, Thomas McCaskey, Pat Millner, Stephanie Jensen, Pascal Delaquis and Sharon Lanini. Visitors/Guests: Sid Thakur. Meeting Called to order: 1:02 p.m., August 1, 2010. recording secretary of Minutes: Sherri McGarry. old business: Motion to accept Minutes from 2009 PDG Meeting was adopted. New business: outbreak Update: Sherri McGarry gave the FDA report on outbreaks linked to produce. There were six produce outbreaks in 2009 with approximately 288 illnesses reported. For 2009, agents involved Cyclospora and Salmonella with

food safety for temporary Events Document revisions: • • PDG’s publication revision requested. Subcommittee created to address: Albert Armstrong, Brian Turner, Renee Boyer and Ben Chapman.

100 safety tips for the 100 Years: • PDG will assist in creation of 10—15.

Potential symposium topics for 2010: • • • Theme: what has happened in food safety education over the last 100 years (meat safety microwave)? Reaching policy makers on food safety issues: • (1) How to intercede when secular advocacy influences the view of the policy makers. • (2) How to guide a legislature to determine science versus emotion. • (3) Local vs. national, European, Asian…. to get to the question. • (4) Speak about how and why decisions are made. How political decisions are made. Education for teachers, secondary education (Adriene Shearer to lead?) • Resources available. • Gaps. • Cooking skills. • Puppets as a communication vehicle?

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