Stakeholder Panel on Strategic Food Analytical Methods (SPSFAM)
Chair: Dr. Erik Konings, Nestlé
March 16, 2015 | 1:00PM – 5:00PM EST
Registration Opens at 12:00 p.m.
Hilton Washington DC North | 620 Perry Parkway | Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20877
A G E N D A
I.
Welcome and Introductions (1:00pm-1:15pm)
SPSFAM Chair Erik Konings will lead a review AOAC Policies & Procedures and Approval of September 7,
2014 Meeting Minutes.
II.
Working Group Update (1:15pm – 1:45pm)
Erik Konings will provide an update on the meat species initiative and Jim Bradford will review brief the
panel and lead a discussion on the new Working Group model.
III.
Heavy Metals Speciation SMPR Presentation* (1:45pm-2:45pm)
Heavy Metals Speciation Working Group Chair Christopher Smith will present the draft Standard Method
Performance Requirements
℠
(SMPRs)
for review and adoption by SPSFAM.
IV.
Heavy Metals ERP Update (2:45pm – 3:15pm)
SPSFAM Heavy Metals ERP Chair Rick Reba will provide an update on the activities of the Heavy Metals
Expert Review Panel.
V.
AOAC ISPAM Update / Micro Discussion (3:30pm – 4:30pm)
AOAC ISPAM Chair Erin Crowley will update the panel on the activities of ISPAM, AOAC’s microbiology
focused stakeholder panel. SPSFAM Chair Erik Konings will lead a discussion on where the needs of the two
panels may overlap.
VI.
Next Steps and Adjourn (4:30pm – 5:00pm)
Accounting for the day’s discussions, SPSFAM Chair Erik Konings will review the next steps for SPSFAM and
adjourn the meeting.
*This item requires a vote
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