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Jordan Kiefer, Ian Klug, Kali Kniel, Jeffrey Kornacki,
Richard Kralj, Cornelie Aalders-Lankhorst, Susan Linn,
Christopher Mains, Ryan McDonald, Rachel McEgan,
Joseph Meyer, Jesse Miller, Gerardo Morantes, Kasey
Nelson, Celso Bruno de Oliveira, Michael O'Rourke,
Christophe Quiring, Timothy Rugh, Patricia Rule,
Kaylee Rumbaugh, Deepti Salvi, Mansour Samadpour,
Buddhi Sapkota, Michele Sayles, Scott Sayles, Ahnna
Schulte, Adrienne Shearer, Anru Shen, Yang Shen,
Szu-Chuan Shen, Gregory Siragusa, Doina Solis,
Rachel Teoh, Deepa Thiagarajan, Celina To, Jennifer
Turpin, Francisco Garces-Vega, Leya Susan VIiju, Sarah
Kozak-Weaver, Pamela Wilger, Chung-Hsin Wu, Kris
Young, Chee Zheng.
Number of Attendees: 64.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, 9:00 a.m.
Eastern Time, July 16, 2023.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Leya Susan Viju.
Old Business: The Chairperson (Beilei Ge)
summarizes IAFP 2022 Meeting Minutes including
Board Responses, and members approved the
minutes.
New Business: The Chairperson welcomed all
attendees to this PDG meeting, introduced the ViceChairperson
(Li Maria Ma), appointed a recording
secretary (Leya Viju, Student PDG liaison), and orally
reviewed the antitrust guidelines.
Tim Jackson, IAFP Board Liaison to this PDG,
welcomed everyone to the IAFP 2023 Annual Meeting.
He provided IAFP 2023 announcements from the
Executive Board. Leya Viju, representing the Student
PDG, gave an update about the 2022-2023 activities
and accomplishments of the Student PDG.
The Chairperson encouraged members to use
the IAFP Connect, sign up for PDGs and volunteer
opportunities, and opt in for messages from this PDG.
She mentioned that to be involved with the PDG, you
don't need to be a member of IAFP but membership
is highly encouraged to stay connected. She also
mentioned the opportunities for PDGs to host yearround
webinars.
The Chairperson reviewed the purpose and status
of the PDG and mentioned that this PDG will hold an
election for the next Vice-Chairperson prior to the IAFP
2024 Annual Meeting (in early fall) and encouraged
nominations. The group discussed PDG goals for
2023-2024 including having activities throughout the
year (e.g., quarterly webinars), and providing values to
the PDG community.
A list of symposium/poster/technical sessions
sponsored or co-sponsored by this PDG at IAFP
2023 was shown, including three symposium
proposals not accepted, which may be considered
for IAFP 2024 proposal or webinar submission. The
Chairperson provided statistics for both IAFP 2023
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session proposals and webinars, and thanked session
organizers/convenors/presenters.
Two technical presentations were given, one by
Gerardo Morantes, from Buhler Inc., on " Optical
Sorting Technology for Mycotoxin (Aflatoxin)
Reduction, " and the other one by Marla Keller
(presented by Beilei Ge) from FDA, on " Updates on
FSMA Implementation for Animal Food. "
Symposium/Roundtable/Workshop ideas for
IAFP 2024 were discussed by the whole group.
The Chairperson reminded everyone about the DEI
principals, involvement of international and next
generation of young scientists, and 2 PDG sponsorship
for each proposal. These ideas were distilled into
5 topics with potential organizers/speakers/cosponsoring
PDGs identified for further development.
The next step has been discussed for organizers to
solidify these topics for proposal submission by October
3, 2023. Broad topics discussed included pathogen
control in pet food, nutritional deficiencies in animal
food, human-pet linkage, genomic testing for animal
food fraud, and emerging trends including consumer
perspectives etc.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. If we are to propose a workshop (1 to 2 days),
would there be funding and support from IAFP?
2. Understandably, animal food is not traditionally
a focus of IAFP. The PDG members showed great
appreciation for the establishment and heathy growth
of this PDG and would appreciate very much that the
Board promotes this PDG whenever possible.
Next Meeting Date: July 14, 2023, Long Beach,
California.
Meeting Adjourned: 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
Chairperson: Beilei Ge.
Applied Laboratory Methods PDG
Attendees: Daniel DeMarco (Chair), Julie Weller
(Vice-Chair), Hany Anany, Marianna Arvaniti, Takiyah
Ball, Andrzej Benkowski, Rachel Binet, Melissa
Bohn, Mick (Joseph M.) Bosilevac, Makena Brand,
Alex Brandt, Antoine Cabon, Catharine Carlin,
Austin Cary, Erdogan Ceylan, Patrice Chablain,
Evan Chaney, Christine McIntosh-Cole, Margaret
(Peg) Coleman, Atin Datta, Kelly Dawson, Michael
Day, Melanie Downs, Emily Feldpausch, Baback
Gharizadeh, Jakob Gryniewski, Julie Haendiges,
Lauren Hamilton, Jon Hammond, Yihan He, Evan
Henke, Brittany Holmes, Kristen Hunt, John Jarosh,
Lee-Ann Jaykus, Megan Jensen, Vijay Juneja,
Jordan Kiefer, Minji Kim, Kento Koyama, Brenda
Kroft, Quynh-Nhi Le, David Legan, Shenmiao (Ivy)
Li, Zhiwei Li, Shaunti Luce, Alina Magnuson, Jessica
Maitland, Evelyn Maranan, Ryan Matsuda, Ryan
Maus, Alma Perez-Mendez, Joseph Meyer,
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