ISPAM Advisory Panel-Food Allergen

ISPAM Accomplishments

– ISPAM recommended that developers of analytical methods follow ISO 16140-2 Annex A, Guidance on food matrices and food categories for method validation, as a guidance for choosing food categories to make a “broad range of foods” claim • ISPAM agreed to adopt the ISO 16140-1 Part 1: “Terminology of method validation” working definitions for “validation” and “verification ”

ISPAM Accomplishments

• Appendix N: ISPAM Guidelines for Validation of Qualitative Binary Chemistry Methods – Approved March 14, 2013 • ISPAM-Annual Meeting 2014-Boca Raton, FL – Approved WG development of Harmonization of BAM, USDA, Health Canada and ISO Salmonella methods – First Microbiology SMPR approved- 2014.017 Detection of Salmonella species in romaine lettuce and baby spinach as presented. • Unanimous approval on 9/6/14