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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
3.
Joe Boison
4.
Eric Garber
5.
Terry Koerner
6.
Todd Marrow
7.
Bert Popping
8.
Girdhari Sharma (Alternate)
9.
Paul Wehling
Proposed Candidates
10.
June Calero
11.
Yie-Hwa Chang
12.
Clyde Don
13.
Jupiter Yeung
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