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From: Dr. Michael M. Blumenthal [mailto:mmbphd@libralabs.com] Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 8:59 AM To: Lakia Phillips Cc: 'David L. Carrick'; Jerry R. Stockler Subject: RE: AOAC Research Institute - Urgently Seeking Experts - reply Dear Ms. Phillips,

I would like to participate as an Expert Reviewer for the development of five protocols for Malonaldehyde in Oils and Foods, Alkenol in Oils and Foods, Free Fatty Acids in Oils and Foods, Total Fat Content in Foods, and Lipid Peroxide in Oils in Foods. I have been an Associate Referee for AOAC on the topic of heated and oxidized oils under Dr. David Firestone, and have a Ph.D. degree from Rutgers Food Science Department specifically dealing with lipid chemistry, as well as an earlier undergraduate ACS certified Chemistry degree from Adelphi University. I am also currently an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers in the Graduate Program for the Food Science Department, and an Advisor to the Chairman of the department. I was very active in the past for the Institute of Food Technology and also the American Oil Chemists’ Society, and won the respective Chang Awards from both in 2001 for my research in Lipid Chemistry and Food Lipid Chemistry. I had to take medical leave from my laboratory from 2013 to 2015 for cancer treatment, continued consulting during treatment, and had returned to work in late 2015. My independent contract and consulting laboratory (founded 1979) has relocated to: Libra Technical Center, LLC 200 Centennial Avenue Suite 140 Piscataway, NJ 08854 My personal Cell number is 732-754-5802, and is my preferred contact number for professional activities. Attached please find my CV and Bibliography in MS Word format. Best Regards, Mike Blumenthal Libra Technical Center, LLC Michael M. Blumenthal, Ph.D., FAIC

200 Centennial Avenue Piscataway, NJ 08854

11/09/2016