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Fresh Produce Project Overview
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The produce industry was identified as a community that is
underserved by AOAC
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Project adopted by ISPAM in 2013 and funded by AOAC
Research Institute
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Project kicked off during 2013 AOAC Annual Meeting
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Initial focus
: Salmonella
in leafy greens
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Initial goals:
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Develop best practices for sampling
Salmonella
in leafy greens fields
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Develop an SMPR for
Salmonella
detection methods for leafy greens
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Integrate SMPR and sampling best practices
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Stakeholder Participation
Chair, Fresh Produce Stakeholder
Panel
David Acheson
The Acheson Group LLC
Co-Chair, Fresh Produce
Stakeholder Panel
Brooke Schwartz
Brooke Schwartz Consulting
Chair, Working Group on Sampling
Plan
David Gombas
United Fresh Produce Association
Chair, Working Group on SMPR
Erin Crowley
for
Salmonella
Q Laboratories
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