OFFICIAL METHODS BOARD
January 8, 2015 TELECONFERENCE
D
RAFT
T
ELECONFERENCE
M
INUTES
OMB MEMBERS
(present during all or part of the meeting)
Shauna Roman
Reckitt Benckiser
Chair
Erin Crowley
Q Laboratories
Member
Doug Abbott
Independent/USDA Retired
Member
Sneh Bhandari
Mérieux NutriSciences
Member
Joe Boison
CFIA
Member
Jo Marie Cook (by proxy)
Florida Department of Agriculture
Member
Perry Martos
University of Guelph
Member
Shang‐Jing (Jean) Pan
Abbott Nutrition
Member
Tom Phillips
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Member
Victoria Siegel
Eurofins
Member
Brad Stawick
Microbac
Member
John Szpylka
Mérieux NutriSciences
Past Chair (
ex officio
member)
OMB MEMBERS
(absent with regrets)
Qian Graves
US FDA CFSAN
Member
Yvonne Salfinger
Independent Consultant
Member
BOARD OF DIRECTORS & INVITED GUESTS
Erik Konings
Nestle
President
Norma Hill
US Treasury (retired)
President ‐ Elect
Darryl Sullivan
Covance Laboratories
Secretary
Jon DeVries
Medallion Labs/General Mills
Treasurer
Paul Wehling
Medallion Labs/General Mills
Committee on Statistics
AOAC STAFF
(present during all or part of the meeting)
Delia Boyd
Jim Bradford
Scott Coates
Deborah McKenzie
Alicia Meiklejohn
I.
INTRODUCTORY ITEMS/REVIEW OF POLICY DOCUMENTS
(Roman)
a.
Call to Order/Introductions/Announcements
i.
Roman called the meeting to order at 1:06pm.
b.
Approval of Draft Agenda
*
i.
MOTION:
For OMB to approve the agenda.
Bhandari moved and Phillips seconded. Consensus: unanimously in favor.
II.
WORK ITEMS FROM AOAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
a.
Hill and other members of the AOAC Board of Directors explained the rationale for requesting
DATE:
Thursday, January 8, 2015
TIME:
1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
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