AOAC ISPAM Meeting eBook, March 17 2015

Meeting of the International Stakeholder  Panel on Alternative Methods (ISPAM)

March 17, 2015  10:30AM – 5:00PM EDT 

Erin Crowley Chair, ISPAM Microbiology R&D Supervisor, Q Laboratories, Inc .

Agenda

Welcome and Introductions (10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)  Erin Crowley, Q Laboratories, Inc., Chair, ISPAM 

II. Update: ISPAM Fresh Produce Initiative (11:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.)  Brooke Schwartz, Brooke Schwartz Consulting, Chair, ISPAM Fresh Produce  III. Stakeholder Panel on Strategic Food Analytical Methods Update (11:30  a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)  In conjunction with the Food Panel ( SPSFAM) Chair Erik Konings, Erin Crowley  will lead a discussion on areas of potential overlap between the two panels.  IV. Working Group Launch: Harmonization of Salmonella Methods (1:00 p.m.  – 2:30 p.m.)  Tom Hammack, FDA, CFSAN  a. Presentation of WG objectives and goal, Tom Hammack, FDA, CFSAN & Chair,  WG  b. Discussion and Vote on Working Group objectives and goal – ISPAM * 

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐Lunch 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. On Your Own‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐