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MEMORANDUM

DAT E:

January 30, 2015

TO:

Members of the Official Methods Board

FROM:

La’Kia Phillips, Conformity Assessment Coordinator

SUBJECT:

AOAC Research Institute Expert Review Panel for Food Allergens - Gluten

BACKGROUND AOAC will convene the Expert Review Panel (ERP) for Food Allergens – Gluten on Thursday, March 19, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Hilton Washington DC North hotel in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This meeting will be held in conjunction with the 5 th Annual AOAC Mid-Year Meeting. The purpose of the meeting will be to: 1. Review the Collaborative Study Manuscript for R-Biopharm, Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay Based On The R5 Monoclonal Antibody To Determine Partially Hydrolysed Gluten In Foods Containing Wheat, Rye, And Barley 2. Discuss First to Final Action requirements and Feedback mechanisms. RECOMMENDATION The following four (4) candidates are being submitted for consideration by the Official Methods Board to evaluate candidate methods for Food Allergens - Gluten methods as an addition to the current panel as per the Expert Review Panel (ERP) Policies and Procedures. Also, we are currently proposing Terry Koerner as the Co-Chair for this Expert Review Panel to serve with Shang-Jing (Jean) Pan. The following candidates are highly recommended by the Food Allergens Community and other Food Allergen experts. Many of the following candidates have participated in various AOAC activities, including but limited to, members of Committee H, and expert reviewers for the AOAC Research Institute’s PTM Program.

Current Panel 1. Shang Jing Pan (Chair) 2. Sneh Bhandari

8. Girdhari Sharma (Alternate) 9. Paul Wehling Proposed Candidates 10. June Calero 11. Yie-Hwa Chang 12. Clyde Don 13. Jupiter Yeung

3. Joe Boison 4. Eric Garber 5. Terry Koerner 6. Todd Marrow 7. Bert Popping