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Dr. Henley then introduced an ideation breakout
session that was originally introduced during IAFP
2022. Dr. Henley introduced the upcoming general
focus white paper submission entitled Food Safety
Education from Farm-to-Fork: Now and into the
Future. The goal of the breakout sessions were to
add/discuss the content outline from last year based
on the manufacturing, retail, consumer, and farm
backgrounds of the PDG members.
Vanessa Coffman from STOP Foodborne Illness
shared background on STOP, including the milestones
in inspection systems and FSMA law implementation.
Currently, STOP is advocating initiatives such as the
Cronobacter outbreaks, Salmonella as an adulterant in
stuffed raw chicken products, FDA reorganization, and
recall modernization. STOP shared new initiatives for
developing programs on food safety culture.
Katie Weston from the Partnership for Food Safety
Education (PFSE) shared their organization's future
projects, including a webinar entitled " Food Safety
Education for Everyone: Building Inclusive Messaging, "
coming in August. Weston also shared PFSE's
branding survey that assesses the graphics and
audiences used in PFSE, so that they can be more
effective in consumer education. Weston encouraged
members to participate in the survey.
Dr. Henley shared information about the
upcoming Netflix documentary on Poisoned,
with the mechanisms of a workgroup to provide
communications based on the documentary. Group
communications would be shared via IAFP Connect. A
panel on pop-culture as a tool for food safety followed.
Natalie Seymour then presented on pop culture
as a tool for food safety education. Seymour then
explained to PDG members why pop culture is used
in food safety (like making content more relatable to
consumers). Mary Yavelak then presented on social
media messaging and consideration to promote
food safety education " Safe Plates, " Ms. Yavelak
introduced general messaging development, such
as risk communication, cues to action, and audience
awareness, and Dr. Henley shared resources on
copyright and fair use.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. Dr. Ellen Shumaker recommended as the
Vice-Chair of the Food Safety Education PDG.
2. Since IAFP and IFT take place at the same
time, members request that the board avoids
conflicts for other major associations' meetings
in the future.
3. Members would like the association to
support students traveling to IAFP when they
have to acquire a visa.
4. A member suggested that the Education
PDG have a stronger focus on university
students in Food Science and developing their
education skills.
5. A PDG member asked that the Board
consider scheduling sponsored symposia/
roundtables at different times from each other.
This year, 2 PDG-sponsored symposia are at
the same time.
Next Meeting Date: Long Beach, CA, USA, July 14,
2024.
Meeting Adjourned: 10:31 AM EST on July 16,
2023.
Chairperson: Dr. Shauna C. Henley.
Fruit & Vegetable Safety & Quality PDG
Attendees: Kristin Esch (Chair), Enrique Garcia
(Vice-Chair), Laura Ajata, Grace Akumu, Adriana
Alfaro, Basim Alohali, Samir Assar, Adam Baker,
Akshaya Balaji, Clifton Baldwin, Ronny Barrera,
Rebecca Bell, Laura Pineda-Bermudez, Betsy Bihn,
Samantha Bolten, Maria Brandl, Alex Brandt, Robert
Buchanan, Collins Bugingo, Laurel Burall, Kellie Burris,
Isabella Casas, Diego Casas, Catalina Cespedes,
Sergio Nieto-Chavez, Neil Checketts, Pavana
Harathy Chennupati, Kinsey Clishe, Margaret (Peg)
Coleman, Kim Cook, Faith Critzer, Sitara Cullinan,
Carl Custer, Atin Datta, Megan Dixon, Cyril Nsom
Ayuk Etaka, Jorge Pinto Ferreira, Connie Fisk, T.J. Fu,
Zhujun (Abby) Gao, Alberto Garre, Andree George,
Violeta Mendoza Gomez, Sanjay Gummalla, Joshua
Gurtler, Alan Gutierrez, Wannes Hugo R. Van Hassel,
Evan Henke, Shauna Henley, Haknyeong Hong,
Melanie Ivey, Valerie Jackson, Tony Jin, Harsimran
Kaur Kapoor, Ryan Karns, Pete Kennedy, Margaret
Kirchner, Kathy Knutson, Greg Komar, Kavitha Koti,
Kento Koyama, Dave Largey, Juan Ponce De Leon,
Susan Leonard, Dan Li, Girvin Liggans, Susan Linn,
Blanca Ruiz Llacsahuanga, Teressa Lopez, Mallika
Mahida, Deon Mahoney, Eric Martin, Martin Martinez,
Rafael Martinez, Ann Marie McNamara, Vyom
Mehta, Yulie Meneses, Abigail Aba Mensah, Michael
Michel, Amie Minor, Ahmed El-Moghazy, Sergio Nieto
Montenegro, Scott Moosekian, Caroline Motzer,
Sudarsan Mukhopadhyay, Pham Hong Hanh Nguyen,
Xiangwu Nou, Kathleen O'Donnell, Rebecca Olsen,
Cory Ortego, Jitu Patel, William Patrum, Amanda
Philyaw Perez, Gabriella Pinto, Alda Pires, Ana
Allende Prieto, Rawane Raad, Gustavo Reyes, Nadira
Espinoza Rock, Robert Roe, Robert Salter, Deepti
Salvi, Brooke Schwartz, Nikki Shariat, Manan Sharma,
Cangliang Shen, Alexandre da Silva, Mariana Villarreal
Silva, Jared Smith, Rigo Soler, Matthew Stasiewicz,
Andrew Stephens, Don Stoeckel, Laura Strawn, Sriya
Sunil, Iryna Syb, Martha Sanchez-Tamayo, Phillip
Tocco, Zeynal Topalcengiz, Grace Tung, Mark Turner,
Tamara Walsky, Terri Wasmoen, Xiaohong Wei, Eric
Wilhelmsen, Jacqueline Wilhelmsen, Michael Wood,
Kristin Woods, Zhenlei Xiao, Kang Zhou.
Total Number of Attendees: 127.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, 1:03 p.m.
Eastern Time, July 16, 2023.
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