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Bhakti Petigara Harp, FDA CFSAN Dr. Bhakti Petigara Harp has been with FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) as a research chemist since 2000. Her current responsibilities include research and methods development for color additives and other components using various analytical for the agency’s color certification program. She also is a technical expert and troubleshooter to support the FDA

district laboratories in regulatory actions concerning the analysis of atypical samples of food, drugs and cosmetics containing organic color additives. In addition, Bhakti performs chemistry reviews of data establishing chemical identity, composition, stability, and manufacture of color additives submitted in support of color additive petitions. She serves as a volunteer in two AOAC working groups and communities.

Joe Konschnik, Plus One Consulting LLC

As Principal Consultant for Plus One Consulting LLC Joe applies his 40 years of analytical chemistry knowledge and experience to support his clients in the analytical testing industry. Prior to retiring from RESTEK in January, 2023 Joe was RESTEK’s Business Development Manager for the global Food & Agriculture market where he identified market needs, new technologies, new product opportunities and coordinated technical content development for new workflow solutions. Prior to RESTEK Joe spent 19 years

working for some of the nation’s largest environmental testing laboratory companies as a bench chemist and in technical and laboratory operations senior management roles. Joe has been an invited speaker on sampling and analytical chemistry topics globally. He serves as a volunteer in multiple AOAC working groups and communities and previously served in volunteer leadership roles for the Independent Laboratories Institute (ILI), the American Council of Independent Labs (ACIL)’s Food Sciences Section and The North American Chemical Residue Workshop (NACRW). Direct correspondence at joe@plusone.llc.

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