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EXPERT REVIEW PANEL (ERP) MICROBIOLOGY FOR FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2019 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MEETING ROOM: SALON F/G GAITHERSBURG MARRIOTT WASHINGTONIAN CENTER GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND 20878 USA

EXPERT REVIEW PANEL CO-CHAIRS: WENDY MCMAHON, MERIEUX NURTISCIENCES & MICHAEL BRODSKY, BRODSKY CONSULTANTS

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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Expert Review Panel Co-Chairs

II. REVIEW OF AOAC VOLUNTEER POLICIES & EXPERT REVIEW PANEL PROCESS OVERVIEW AND GUIDELINES Deborah McKenzie, Senior Director, Standards Development and Method Approval Processes, AOAC INTERNATIONAL and AOAC Research Institute REVIEW OF METHODS For each method, the assigned ERP members will present a review of the proposed collaborative study manuscript, after which the ERP will discuss the method and render a decision on the status for each method. 1) OMAMAN-45: EVALUATION OF THE MC-MEDIA PAD™ RAPID AEROBIC COUNT DEVICE FOR THE ENUMERATION OF TOTAL AEROBIC COUNTS: COLLABORATIVE STUDY Co-Study Directors: Charlotte Lindhardt, Merck KGaA, Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt Germany and Benjamin Bastin, Q Laboratories, 1930 Radcliff Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45204 2) OMAMAN-48: EVALUATION OF THE GENE-UP ® CRONOBACTER METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF CRONOBACTER SPECIES IN SELECT FOODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES: COLLABORATIVE STUDY Study Directors: Ron Johnson, BioMerieux, Inc., 595 Anglum Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042 3) OMAMAN-49: EVALUATION OF THE GENE-UP ® SALMONELLA METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF SALMONELLA SPECIES IN A BROAD RANGE OF FOODS AND SELECT ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES: COLLABORATIVE STUDY Study Directors: Ron Johnson, BioMerieux, Inc., 595 Anglum Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042 4) OMAMAN-50: EVALUATION OF THE GENE-UP ® LISTERIA SPP. METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF LISTERIA SPECIES IN A VARIETY OF FOODS AND SELECT ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES: COLLABORATIVE STUDY Study Directors: Ron Johnson, BioMerieux, Inc., 595 Anglum Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042 5) OMAMAN-51: EVALUATION OF THE GENE-UP ® LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN A VARIETY OF FOODS AND SELECT ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES: COLLABORATIVE STUDY Study Directors: Ron Johnson, BioMerieux, Inc., 595 Anglum Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042 6) OMAMAN-52: EVALUATION OF THE GENE-UP ® E. COLI O157:H7 METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF E. COLI O157:H7 IN SELECT FOODS: COLLABORATIVE STUDY Study Directors: Ron Johnson, BioMerieux, Inc., 595 Anglum Road, Hazelwood, MO 63042

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