ISPAM Advisory Panel-Food Allergen

*Draft meeting agenda is subject to change w/out notice version 7

International Stakeholder Panel on Alternative Methods (ISPAM)

Advisory Panel on Food Allergens

Meeting held at

AOAC INTERNATIONAL

2275 Research Blvd., Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20850

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

9:00AM – 5:00PM (Eastern US)

Draft Meeting Agenda

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS; OVERVIEW OF MEETING AGENDA AND OUTCOME

(Jim

Bradford, AOAC)

– 9:00am-9:15am

Bradford will welcome attendees, lead introductions and introduce ISPAM chair, Erin Crowley (Q

Laboratories). Crowley will review the meeting agenda and specify the outcomes of the meeting and how

the outcomes will impact ISPAM’s direction in developing standards for food allergens.

II.

OVERVIEW OF AOAC ISPAM

(Erin Crowley, Q Laboratories)

– 9:15am-9:30am

Crowley will provide an overview of AOAC ISPAM including its mission and achievements.

III.

AOAC STANDARD METHOD PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

(Scott Coates, AOAC)

– 9:30am-

9:40am

Coates will provide overview of what are AOAC Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs)

that the AOAC ISPAM Working Group on Food Allergens will develop.

IV.

PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FOOD ALLERGEN DETECTION: REGULATORY PERSPECTIVES

– 9:40am-10:40am

US Perspective

(Gregory Noonan, FDA CFSAN)

EU and Codex Perspective

(Samuel Godefroy, Université Laval)

PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FOOD ALLERGEN DETECTION: F

OOD INDUSTRY

PERSPECTIVES – 11:00am-12:00pm

Global Perspectives on Food Allergen Priorities – Issues and Challenges

(Jupiter Yeung, Nestlé)

Food Industry – Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)

(Kristen Spotz, GMA)

VI.

PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FOOD ALLERGEN DETECTION: TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER

PERSPECTIVES – 1:00pm-2:00pm

Molecular and Nucleic Technologies

(Markus Lacorn, R-Biopharm, Inc.)

Immunoassays

(Scott Radcliffe, Romer Labs)

Emerging Technologies

(Brooke Schwartz, Brooke Schwartz Consulting)