Food Authenticity Program Meeting Book (September 10, 2020)

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Food Authenticity Methods (FAM) Program Molecular and Genomic Methods for Authenticity

Working Group Chair: Daniele Sohier September 2020, 10 th

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Shortly

Daniele Sohier

Background

X 1999 - PhD in molecular biology and genetics, University of Bordeaux (Fr)

X 2000 – Assistant professor, molecular biology, University of Bordeaux (Fr)

X 01/2001-12/2002 : project manager, Adria (Fr) – implementation of molecular biology in the laboratory workflow and development of the service activities in food testing X 01/2003-07/2016: laboratory manager, Adria (Fr) – Adria became the most important European expert lab for alternative method validation in food microbiology X 08/2016-10/2019: development program manager, Bruker (De) - development of a mass spectrometry solution for industrial microbiology (adaptation and validation studies)

X Since 11/2019: coordination of scientific affairs in food protection , Thermofisher (UK) – industrial microbiology and food authenticity ¬ Strongly involved in international standardization with ISO and AOAC and used to convene working groups or projects, mainly on method validation ¬ New working project ISO 16140-7 including NGS – Co-chairs: Tom Hammack(FDA) and Pat Bird (PMB BioTek Consulting and AOAC International Consultant) - My first experience with AOAC International: Classification of Food Categories Table within AOAC ISPAM and ISO 16140 series activities

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