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New Business: PDG Leadership, Wenqing (Wennie) Xu (Chair),
Shauna Henley (Vice Chair), and Rawane Raad (Student
Liaison) introduced themselves to the PDG members.
Wennie read the announcement from the board on behalf of
Dr. Emilio Esteban, which provided an overview on the number
of attendees and exhibitors attending the 2022 IAFP meeting,
thanked the Giant Eagles for their warm welcome of IAFP 2022
and reminded the PDG members to check their passport's
expiration date and the visa requirements for Canada, if needed
for the next 2023 IAFP Annual Meeting.
Katie Weston from the Partnership for Food Safety
Education (PFSE) shared their organization's future projects
including call for abstract submissions for their upcoming
conference. Saunier invited the PDG members to attend a
free webinar: Breaking through Food Safety Barriers & Myths
happening on August 11 at 1 p.m. and called them the become
BAC fighter ambassadors.
The student liaison presented updates regarding the student
PDG (SPDG) activities and invited the PDG members to get
more involved with the SPDG.
The PDG Chair highlighted the seven symposia or
roundtables that were primarily sponsored by the PDG for IAFP
2022. The topics and times were announced for to encourage
attendance. The chair announced the publication of the disaster
pamphlet: " Before, During and After Disaster Strikes... A Guide to
Food and Water Safety in the Home " , discussed in 2018.
The ideation session for IAFP 2022 occurred.
The PDG members were asked to avoid duplicated topics
while submitting proposal and advised to start submitting the
2023 proposals early and to not collaborate with more than 3
other PDGs to avoid duplications.
The PDG chair called for nominations for the Vice Chair from
August to September 2022. Elections will occur from October
to December 2022 and Vice Chair elect will be announced in
January 2023.
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Next Meeting Date: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 16, 2023.
Meeting Adjourned: 4:55 p.m. EST on July 31, 2022.
Chairperson: Wenqing (Wennie) Xu.
Fruit & Vegetable Safety & Quality PDG
Attendees: Gretchen Wall, Enrique Garcia (Vice Chair), Abigail
Aba Mensah, Tiffany Greenlee, Samir Assar, Yuqiao Jin, Jason
Wan, Betsy Bihn, Steve Mandernach.
Number of Attendees: NA.
Meeting Called to Order: 1:02 p.m. Eastern Time, July 31, 2022.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Gretchen Wall.
Old Business: Meeting minutes from the virtual 2021 Meeting
were adopted. PDG members were reminded to utilize IAFP
Connect to communicate with the PDG, exchange ideas, and
sign up for other PDG participation. In April 2022, a webinar was
hosted by the PDG with speaker Sean Fogarty of University of
Vermont and the Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety titled
'Foundations of Produce Safety in Hydroponic and Aquaponic
Operations'. A recording is available on the IAFP website. If you
have suggestions for webinars for 2022-2023 please contact
Kristin or Enrique.
New Business: Welcome new Vice Chair, Enrique Garcia of
Hazel Technologies, Inc. based in the Pacific Northwest. He will
join incoming Chair, Kristin Esch of the FDA Produce Safety
Network to lead the PDG. The next cycle for Vice Chair will be in
2024 and open to a colleague in academia.
Executive Board updates included that this year's Annual
Meeting is about 75-80% of pre-pandemic attendance (close
to 3,000). Exhibitors are at about 80%, so all attendees were
encouraged to visit the exhibit floor and participate in the floor
passport. A special thanks to Giant Eagle for their support with
local arrangements.
Reminders were provided about the use of IAFP Connect for
PDG communications and sharing of professional development
opportunities. Symposia/workshop/roundtable proposals are
due to IAFP by Oct. 4, 2022 with a pre-screening date if seeking
PDG support no later than Sept. 23, 2022. This process allows
the Chair/Vice Chair to review proposals for scientific accuracy,
novelty, and connect individuals pursuing similar topics. A review
of the 13 FVSQ sponsored sessions for the 2022 meeting were
shared. PDG members are advised to send any suggestions for
webinars for 2022/2023 to Enrique or Kristin.
Thank you to all who stayed to participate in the produce
safety and quality think tank. We will be summarizing the
information we received and sharing this with the PDG after the
Annual Meeting concludes to create objectives for the upcoming
year.
Presentations were provided by several colleagues to
cover updates on behalf of the following organizations. The
presentation slides will be shared via IAFP Connect.
Abigail Aba Mensah - Student PDG
Tiffany Greenlee - FDA CORE - Produce-Related
Outbreaks
Samir Assar - FDA Division of Produce Safety
Yuqiao Jin - Sprout Safety Alliance
Jason Wan - Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance
Betsy Bihn - Produce Safety Alliance
Steve Mandernach - Association of Food & Drug Officials
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Recommend Enrique Garcia of Hazel Technologies, Inc. be
approved as incoming Vice Chair for the Fruit & Vegetable
Safety & Quality PDG.
2. Consider organizing a local tour (with registration cap) to
showcase a food facility, farm, or business that provides food
safety services in each host city during the Annual Meeting.
3. Provide more development opportunities for Chairs & Vice
Chairs to engage with PDGs, share what has worked/what
hasn't worked, and examples of PDG activities and output
that IAFP feels aligns with its mission and purpose of the
PDGs. Limited information has been provided to new chairs/
Vice Chairs, and the Saturday pre-meeting does not provide
much actionable information to prepare for leadership within
these roles.
Next Meeting Date: July 16-18, 2023, Toronto, Canada.
Meeting Adjourned: 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Gretchen Wall.
HACCP Utilization and Food Safety Systems PDG
Attendees: Fatemeh Ataei (Chair), Bala Kottapalli (Vice Chair),
Mopelola Oluwadare, Kerri Gehring, Taryn Polera, William
Lachowsky, Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Brian Izdepski, Sanjay
Kumar, Ellen Mendez, Sarah Kozak-Weaver, Loralyn Ledenbach,
Yvonne Masters, Ahnna Schulte, Titilayo Falade, Carol Wallace,
Deborah Briesmeister, Pamela Wilger, Catharine Carlin, Keith
Ito, Abhinav Mishra, William Burkhardt, III, Enrique Zuniga, Rick
Kralj, Minji Hur, Nancy Flores, Helen Taylor, Monica Garcia, Lone
Jespersen, Michael Fang, Darrell Donahue, Matthew Hahs, Yaxi
Dai, Anne Bigalke, Rocelle Grabarek, Barbara Grayes, Heather
Garcia, Karina Martino.
Number of Attendees: 38.
Meeting Called to Order: 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Sunday, July
31, 2022.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Bala Kottapalli and Fatemeh
Ataei.
Old Business: Chair Fatemeh Ataei welcomed attendees and
reviewed the meeting agenda. Fatemeh provided an update on
the Board meeting highlights to the PDG. The major points were
as follows: This year there will be 3000 attendees at the Annual
Meeting which is about 75-80% of the attendance pre-pandemic
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