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Expert Statements of Expertise

Sneh Bhandari, Mérieux NutriSciences  Sneh D. Bhandari is the Director of  Chemistry Research & Development at Silliker Inc. and has been part  of  the Merieux NutriSciences /Silliker for over  twenty five years. He directs method development  related to food analysis and nutrition labeling including protein nutrition and quality evaluation. He did  his doctorate in Nutritional Biochemistry.  He has been working use of amino acid as finger print as tool to detect adulteration of skim milk  powder. He recently presented his research findings at the 254th ACS National Meeting in Washington,  DC, August 20‐24, 2017  in symposium on “Advancing Analytical Methods in Food Forensics &  Authentication”.    He has been ERP member of SPIFAN from beginning and was chair of Choline working group. He recently  successfully completed Folate collaborative study under SPIFAN for the AOAC method 2011.06.  He has been helping food industry clients in USA and Canada in evaluation of protein quality for  nutrition labeling and other purposes. He organized  a session on “Protein Nutrition and Quality  Assessment: A Global Perspective” this year at AOAC annual meeting. He also made a presentation  on  ‘Protein quality evaluation in protein enhanced formulations and nutrition labeling’ at 2017 AOAC  annual meeting and also at  5th Annual Protein Trends & Technologies Seminar at Itasca, IL on “Protein  and amino acid analysis  in relation to  nutrition labeling and protein quality”. He has also made  presentations on Protein quality evaluation and nutrition labeling for food industry clients and other  professional meetings.   He has  developed and validated  various methods in food and dietary supplement  analyses including  Vitamins A, D, E, K1, K2, Folate, Niacin & fatty acids, artificial colors, non‐caloric sweetners, antibiotics   etc.  Steering Committee Member of  USP  Skim Milk Powder Advisory Group (2010‐2015).  He was Chair  and member of the Amino acid finger print team under  USP  Skim Milk Powder Advisory Group (2012‐ 2016). Member of USP’s Non‐targeted Methods for Milk Ingredients Expert Panel (2016).    He is the Fellow of AOAC, was a member of OMB and various, ERPs, Stakeholder panels and working  groups. Earlier he has been member of technical committee C and General Referee for Vitamins.  He is  also actively involved with AOCS for a long time.  He  is the author of numerous refereed articles and  book chapters and  presentations at the professional meetings.  ‐‐‐  Nour Eddine Es‐Safi, Mohammad V University in Rabat (Morocco)  Chemist with knowledge of the AOAC Standards Development and Method Approval processes.