ISPAM Advisory Panel-Food Allergen

ISPAM Mid-Year Meeting 2016

• Panel discussion on Global Food Safety Needs – Speakers • GMA

• FDA-ORA • USDA-FSIS • Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology • University of Buenos Aires • Labororatorio Technologico del Uruguay

– Most critical needs

• Allergen detection methods • Enrichment issues with Pathogen Detection • Environmental Sampling Plans and Testing- Data Acceptance • Whole Genome Sequencing- Standards

ISPAM Mid-Year Meeting 2016

• AOAC-RI Board of Directors agreed to form a working group on food allergens – Focus on rapid method technology – Molecular, Immunoassay, new and emerging technologies – Complement to SPSFAM current WG for select allergen detection using mass spectroscopy.

……Here we are!!