AOAC SPIFAN Meeting Book 9-26-15

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Stakeholder Panel for Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) Meeting at Westin Bonaventure Hotel 404 South Figueroa Street - Los Angeles, California 90071 - USA STAKEHOLDER PANEL - DRAFT MEETING AGENDA Saturday, September 26, 2015 Meeting Start Time: 8:30AM (Pacific US) SPIFAN Chair: Darryl Sullivan (Covance Laboratories) ________________________________________________________________________________

Location: Santa Anita B/C

(Registration Opens at 7:30AM)

I.

INTRODUCTION (Bradford/Sullivan – 8:30AM‐8:45AM) Jim Bradford (AOAC)/Darryl Sullivan (Covance) will call the Stakeholder Panel meeting to order along with the introduction/welcome of participants, and review AOAC’s Antitrust and Conflict of Interest Policies. Voting Members of the stakeholder panel will be introduced.

II.

AOAC SPIFAN OVERVIEW (Sullivan – 8:45AM‐9:15AM) Darryl Sullivan (Covance) will provide an overview of the accomplishments and achievements in SPIFAN.

III.

WHEY PROTEIN: CASEIN RATIO UPDATE (Ziting – 9:15AM-10:00AM) Ziting Zhang (EUCCC) or representative will provide an update on Whey Protein: Casein Ratio.

IV.

UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (10:15AM-11:00AM) An update will be provided on current global activities.

1. UPDATE ON AOAC SPIFAN FINAL ACTION OFFICIAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS (Sullivan) Darryl Sullivan (Covance) will provide an update on the Final Action methods and their introduction to CODEX. 2. AOAC/ISO/IDF ACTIVITIES (Konings/Evers) Erik Konings (Nestlé/ISO) and Jaap Evers (IDF) will provide an update on the AOAC/ISO/IDF cooperative.

V.

UPDATE FROM PROFICIENCY TESTING (PT) PROGRAM TASKFORCE (Gilliland – 11:00AM- 11:15AM) Don Gilliland (Abbott) will provide an update on Proficiency Testing program.

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**Draft meeting agenda is subject to change w/out notice