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AOAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE  Expert Review Panel Chair Report for Dietary Starches & Dietary Fibers  Page 5 of  6 

MEETING MINUTES 

I. Welcome and Introductions  The Expert Review Panel Chair, Lars Reimann welcomed Expert Review Panel members and initiated introductions.  The Chair discussed with the panel the goal of the meeting.     II. Review of AOAC Volunteer Policies & Expert Review Panel Process Overview and Guidelines    Deborah McKenzie presented a brief overview of AOAC Volunteer Policies, Volunteer Acceptance Agreement and Expert  Review Panel Policies and Procedures which included Volunteer Conflicts of Interest, Policy on the Use of the  Association, Name, Initials, Identifying Insignia, Letterhead, and Business Cards, Antitrust Policy Statement and  Guidelines, and the Volunteer Acceptance Form (VAF).  All members of the ERP were required to submit and sign the  Volunteer Acceptance Form.  In addition, she also presented an overview of the ERP process including meeting logistics,  consensus, First Action to Final Action requirements, and documentation. III. Review of Methods  All ERP members presented a review and discussed the proposed collaborative study manuscript for OMAMAN‐38:  Total Dietary Fiber in Foods Enzymatic‐Gravimetric‐High Pressure Liquid Chromatography Method (Study Director:  Bray Business Park, Southern Cross Road, Bray, Ireland). The method author, Barry McCleary of Megazyme, was  present and able to address questions and concerns of the ERP members.  A summary of comments was provided to  the ERP members and the method author. 1   By consensus, the ERP presented the following motions for OMAMAN‐38.    ORIGINAL MOTION:  Motion by Szpylka; Second by Joseph to move this method for First Action Official Methods Status based on  the following revisions:   Expert Review Panel consensus on the nomenclature in 2 months.    Consensus demonstrated by: 8 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 abstentions (Unanimous). Motion Passed.   MOTION:   Motion by Austin, Second by Liu to move this method to AOAC First Action Official Methods status with editorial  changes:  Editorial changes to include:   • Include “as consumed”  • Change references from 2007 to 2017  • Change desalting and deashing to deionization  • Remove (NDO) from SDFS (NDO)  • Add a line to the diagram on page 321 to show that the two fractions are added together to show the  total dietary fiber which is the only result.  Consensus demonstrated by: 6 in favor, 0 opposed, and 1 abstentions (Unanimous). Motion Passed.   MOTION:  Motion by Szpylka; Second by DeVries to rescind the original motion.     Consensus demonstrated by: 5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 1 abstentions (2/3) Motion Passed. 

1  Attachment 1: ERP Summary of Recommendations (E‐Ballot) 

03/12/2018