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ACTION ITEM:  To brief OMB on the meeting during Wednesday.  Add this item to a future  OMB teleconference meeting agenda. 

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AOAC OMB AWARDS FOR 2019  a.

Recognition of Technical and Scientific Excellence MOTION:   For OMB to approve Bert Popping and Carmen Diaz‐Amigo for Food Allergens  guest editor section in the  Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL .    Gill moved, and Giancaspro seconded. Vote: 9 in favor; 1 opposed; 1 abstained.  Consensus: Motion passed.  Action Item:   Staff to contact recipients.  b. Expert Review Panel of the Year  MOTION:   For OMB to approve ERP for SPIFAN MCPD Methods as ERP of the Year.   Phillips moved, and Mastovska seconded.  Vote: 10 in favor; 1 abstained.  Consensus:  Motion passed.  Action Item:   Staff to contact recipients.    c. Technical Service Award of the Year  MOTION:   For OMB to approve Melissa Phillips, US NIST, for the Technical Service Award  of the Year   Boison moved, and Gilliland seconded.  Vote: 10 in favor; 1 abstained.    Consensus: Motion passed.  Action Item:   Staff to contact recipients.   Method of the Year  MOTION:   For OMB to approve AOAC 2016.15 (Whey Protein)   Boison moved, and Gill seconded.  Vote: 10 in favor; 1 abstained.    Consensus: Motion passed.  Action Item:   Staff to contact organizations to inform them of voting member status.  OFFICIAL METHODS BOARD COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS a. Update on Working Group on Certification of Application Notes  – Coates and McKenzie  reviewed the concepts with OMB.   Action Items : McKenzie and Coates to provide an example and include examples of  technical criteria used to judge an application note.   b. Committee on Safety  – Salfinger and Crowley led a discussion on the role of the Safety  Committee and the need to recruit new members and the challenges that face the  committee in its current form.  Several options were discussed with respect to keeping the  committee, appoint ERP members as safety reviewers for methods, etc…  Action Item : For OMB to reconsider an approach to ensuring the inclusion of method  safety in adopted methods.  c. Update on Working Group on Stakeholder Panels & Working Group Process Revisions  –  Agenda item not yet discussed at this meeting. Action Item: Move to a future OMB teleconference meeting agenda.  d. Update on Working Group on Vetting Experts for ISO TC 34  ‐ Agenda item not yet  discussed at this meeting. Action Item: Move to a future OMB teleconference meeting agenda.  d.

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