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Food Packaging PDG
3.
1. Recommend appointment of Tony Jin as the new
Chairperson of the Food Packaging PDG beginning
at the 2022 meeting for a two-year term.
Board response: Agreed.
2. Recommend the appointment of Tania Martinez as the
new Vice Chairperson of the Food Packaging PDG
for a two-year term beginning at the 2022 meeting,
and to then serve as Chairperson as a two-year term
immediately following.
Board response: Agreed.
Food Safety Assessment, Audit and Inspection PDG
None.
Food Safety Culture PDG
1. We respectfully submit a recommendation to the Board
to schedule our Food Safety Culture PDG meeting
so it does not overlap with Food Safety Education
and Developing Food Safety Professionals. We had
considerable feedback on the meeting schedule
challenges and experienced a large portion of our
members exiting our meeting so they could join a
portion of the other meetings.
Board response: This will be taken into consideration
when scheduling PDG meetings at IAFP 2023.
2. Additionally, we had several PDG members that
joined us but were not scanned during the transition
from the prior PDG. This potentially makes it difficult
to share our meeting outcomes with the interested
members. Perhaps we can have a scanning
attendance system (phone app) executed by the
student liaison?
Board response: For IAFP 2023, student members
will scan badges for attendance records. In 2022,
temporary help was hired, but only 60% showed up
to work!
Food Safety Education PDG
None.
Fruit and Vegetable Safety and Quality PDG
1. Recommend Enrique Garcia of Hazel Technologies,
Inc. be approved as incoming Vice Chair for the Fruit
& Vegetable Safety & Quality PDG.
Board response: Agreed.
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.
Board response: If a company wanted to offer and
support this activity, it could be accommodated on
Saturday prior to the Annual Meeting or on Thursday
after completion of the Annual Meeting.
Provide more development opportunities for Chairs
and 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.
Board response: It is planned to hold two or three
virtual meetings with the Chairs and Vice Chairs in
the coming year. Additional planning will go into the
Saturday meeting.
HACCP Utilization and Food Safety Systems PDG
1. Request recording of PDG meeting.
Board response: It is suggested to self-record your
meeting. If desired, you could post it within IAFP
Connect for your Members to listen to.
2. Scheduling HACCP PDG meeting such that it doesn't
conflict with other PDGs (ex: Sanitation, Auditing) that
also have common audience members or that deal
with similar topics of concern.
Board response: This will be taken into consideration
when scheduling PDG meetings at IAFP 2023.
International Food Protection Issues PDG
1. Caroline Smith DeWaal proposed if there is an activity
of IAFP at World Food Safety Day (June 7)? And if
not, it is advised to develop a strategy to also have
communication/promotion of IAFP and of food safety
at this day, since it is perfectly matching with our
mission.
Board response: IAFP had recognized World Food
Safety Day in past years through social media and
mention in the IAFP Report. Efforts will be made to
promote this event earlier and more widely.
Low Water Activity Foods PDG
1. Recommends Brad Marks for approval as Chair
and Laure Pujol as Vice Chair for upcoming terms.
Board response: Agreed.
2. It is recommended that the IAFP Meeting App be
synchronized with the web-based/online meeting
program, so that individual meeting plans can be made
in advance and then synchronized into the app.
Board response: Unfortunately, the " online program "
does not transfer information such as " selected
sessions " to the Meeting App. IAFP staff will work to
incorporate a message in the online program to alert
users of this situation.
3. Request: that the Low Water Activity Foods PDG and
Animal and Pet Food Safety PDG meetings at the
2023 Annual Meeting be scheduled to not conflict, as
there is very common overlap in members from Animal
and Pet Food Safety into Low Water Activity Foods.
Board response: This will be taken into consideration
when scheduling PDG meetings at IAFP 2023.
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