AOAC SPSFAM March 16 2015 eBook

Fresh Produce Project Overview

• The produce industry was identified as a community that is  underserved by AOAC • Project adopted by ISPAM in 2013 and funded by AOAC  Research Institute • Project kicked off during 2013 AOAC Annual Meeting  • Initial focus :  Salmonella  in leafy greens  • Initial goals: – Develop best practices for sampling Salmonella in leafy greens fields – Develop an SMPR for  Salmonella detection methods for leafy greens – Integrate SMPR and sampling best practices

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Stakeholder Participation

Chair, Fresh Produce Stakeholder Panel

David Acheson The Acheson Group LLC

Co-Chair, Fresh Produce Stakeholder Panel

Brooke Schwartz Brooke Schwartz Consulting

Chair, Working Group on Sampling Plan Chair, Working Group on SMPR

David Gombas United Fresh Produce Association

Erin Crowley Q Laboratories

for Salmonella

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