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Old Business: Dr. Matt Taylor, PDG Chair, called the meeting to order at
11:05 a.m. Eastern. He began the meeting by presenting the 2020 Meat
and Poultry Safety and Quality PDG meeting minutes from the Oct. 1,
2020 virtual meeting; there were no changes or amendments. Mary Ann
Amalaradjou made a motion to approve the 2020 minutes as is, and John
Marcy seconded. The minutes were unanimously approved.
Matt introduced the Vice Chair nominee, Dr. Melvin Carter, Director
Risk Management and Innovations Staff, Office of Policy and Program
Development, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. There were
no objections, and the PDG will make recommendations to the IAFP
Board for approval. Matt shared the IAFP Executive Board announcements
with the membership. Dr. Emilio Esteban later shared greetings
from the Board.
New Business: Dr. Carter introduced the first speaker, Dr. Rachel
Edelstein, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development,
USDA FSIS to give the membership an USDA FSIS update.
She shared updated Salmonella Performance Standards for beef trim
and ground beef, 2 positives out of 48 samples for establishments > 50k
lbs./day. The agency is currently reviewing comments and do not yet
have a publication date. Campylobacter standards for poultry (chicken
and turkey) carcasses and parts are currently being updated and testing
methods are being revised. Proposed standards for comminuted chicken
or turkey products are 5 positives of 52 samples or 9.6% positive. Salmonella
Standards for pork products showed a total Salmonella prevalence of
13.6% for total pork products (comminuted, intact, and non-intact cuts).
Expansion of non-O157 STEC Verification Sampling Program to all raw
beef product that are also tested for O157:H7. She also shared regulatory
updates for egg product facilities. New Swine Slaughter Inspection
System update, which will implement new line speeds on June 30, 2021.
Few new Guidelines for Industry that are being developed, which involve
updates to FSIS Appendix A (Salmonella lethality), Appendix B (Stabilization)
and will shortly release these revisions. Recently posted various
HACCP and Sanitation guidelines and models.
Melvin then introduced the second speaker, Dr. Kis Robertson Hale,
Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, FSIS Office Public Health. She discussed USDA's actions
during the pandemic. Verification testing was not significantly affected
and USDA FSIS was able to maintain meat and poultry inspection
through inter-agency collaboration efforts. She gave an update on recalls;
there was a significant decrease in recalls and public health alerts in
2020. This decrease was attributed to a decrease in incident reporting
to FSIS and was reflected in few reported foodborne outbreaks (n = 6).
Matt introduced the final speaker, Dr. Mindy Brashears, Professor
of Food Microbiology and Director of the International Center for Food
Industry Excellence at Texas Tech to discuss her previous role at former
Under-Secretary of Agriculture, USDA.
Lastly, Matt called for ideas for the IAFP 2022 Symposia, Roundtable,
or Webinar ideas. The deadline for proposal submitting is Oct. 5,
2021; there is no deadline for webinar proposals. Matt also reviewed the
2021 symposia that are supported by the Meat and Poultry PDG.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. The PDG recommends approval Dr. Melvin Carter as Vice Chair of
the Meat and Poultry PDG.
Next Meeting Date: July 31-August 3, 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Adjourned: 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Dr. Matt Taylor.
Microbial Modelling and Risk Analysis PDG
Members Present: Panagiotis Skandamis (Chair), Sofia Santillana
Farakos (Vice Chair), Alda Pires, Aljosa Trmcic, Andy Hwang, April
Bishop, Arie Havelaar, Beatriz Nunes Silva, Bradley Marks, Brendan
Ring, Carleigh Koops, Claire Zoellner, Clare Thorp, David Legan, Dennis
Seman, Ece Bulut, Erin Headley, Francisco Garces-Vega, Félix Ramos,
Hiroki Abe, James Dickson, John Bassett, Joseph Meyer, Josie Greve
Peterson, Manoj Shah, Mariem Ellouze, Mark H. Weir, Matt Igo, Mengyi
Dong, Michael Johnston, Nada Alasiri, Phil Coombs, Phil Steinbrunner,
Pushpinder Gill, Quincy Suehr, Regis Pouillot, Robert Buchanan, Subash
Shrestha, Sarah Murphy, Sriya Sunil, Yuhuan Chen, Yvonne Masters,
Marcel Zwietering, and Heidy den Besten.
Board/Staff Members Present: Ruth Petran, Executive Board, Didi
Loynachan, and Dina Siedenburg.
Meeting Called to Order: 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, June 22,
2021.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Sofia Santillana Farakos.
Old Business: No matters arising from the 2020 PDG Meeting.
New Business: Matt Igo is our new student liaison from the Student
PDG. Updates from SRA: Jane Mitchel SRA update by Mark Weir. Microbial
Risk Assessment Specialty Group. Scope within SRA. Committee
review abstracts for 2021 by research disciplinary theme. Survey QMRA
Wiki qmrawiki.org; Interacting with Education committee; Ongoing podcast
series; Seeking Webinar speakers E-newsletter; Bit.ly/MRASGnews;
ICPMF updates: Fernando Perez-Rodriguez, Fernando PérezRodriguez/Ursula
Gonzales-Barrón, One slide: ICPMF. International
conference was cancelled, but will take place in Japan in September
2023. Present Board members/old Board members.
A review of Accepted/Rejected 2020 Submission. Future Webinars
encouraged.
Future symposia/roundtables/workshop proposals discussed.
ISO Group Update 23961: Mariem Ellouze. Determination and use
of cardinal values. Microbiology of the food chain. ISO23961. Group lead
of the initiative. Objective to try to harmonize the way cardinal values
are being determined and provide examples on how to use. Harmonized
protocol to determine and use cardinal values for growth for: T, pH, aw,
inhibitors, etc. Standard for bacteria and yeast, not mold.
Guest speaker presentation: Heidy Den Besten " Predictive Microbiology
in a Variable World. "
Student poster Award presented Chair explained the process and
announced the awards, showing the certificates online. Students gave
a 5-minute presentation.
2nd place: Hiroki Abe, Hokkaido University (Japan), for the presentation:
Mechanistic Dose-Response Model for Campylobacter jejuni
Infection Probability.
1st place: Mengyi Dong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(U.S.) for the presentation: Hydroponic/Aquaponic Farming Food Safety
Risk Identification by Food Safety Practice Survey and NGS Microbial
Community Analysis.
Symposia/roundtables accepted/rejected for 2020. Excel posted on
IAFP Connect library of the community. Webinars and other communication
activities-Webinars listed, Future Webinars encouraged. Future
symposia/roundtables/workshop proposals. No other business identified.
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Next Meeting Date: July 31-August 3, 2022, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Meeting Adjourned: 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Panagiotis Skandamis.
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Pre Harvest Food Safety PDG
Meeting not held.
Retail and Foodservice PDG
Names of Members Present: Eric Moore (Chair), Tia Glave (Vice Chair),
Adam Friedlander, Amanda Cross, Anna Starobin, Ashley Eisenbeiser,
Barry Mikeska, Bassam Annous, Brian Hajas, Chip Manuel, Chris
Boyles, Chris Jordan, Chris Smith, Dale Grinstead, Deniz Alpaslan,
Donna Garren, Eric Martin, Gina Nicholson Kramer, Hilary Thesmar, Ian
Young, Jeff Anderson, John Zimmermann, Jack Burnett, Jeff Lindholm,
Jill Hollingsworth, Jim Wilson, John Marcy, Jonathan Basha, Kasey Ward,
Kathleen O'Donnell, Kathryn Davis, Katia Noll, Marc Hughston, Michael
Johnston, Paula Herald, Sarah (no last name provided), Theodore
Dohnal, Tom Ford, Veronica Bryant, Yale Lary, Christine Fierro, and Larry
Kohl.
Board/Staff Present: Emilio Esteban, Didi Loynachan, and Dina Siedenburg.
Number of Attendees: 45
Meeting Called to Order: 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, June 10,
2021.
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