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MEETING MINUTES
I.
Welcome and Introductions
The Expert Review Panel Co-chairs, Michael Brodsky and Wendy McMahon, welcomed Expert Review Panel
(ERP) members, initiated introductions, and discussed with the panel the goal of the meeting.
II.
Review of AOAC Volunteer Policies & Expert Review Panel Process Overview and Guidelines
Deborah McKenzie presented a brief overview of AOAC Volunteer Policies, Volunteer Acceptance Agreement
and Expert Review Panel Policies and Procedures which included Volunteer Conflicts of Interest, Policy on the
Use of the Association, Name, Initials, Identifying Insignia, Letterhead, and Business Cards, Antitrust Policy
Statement and Guidelines, and the Volunteer Acceptance Form (VAF). All members of the ERP were required
to submit and sign the Volunteer Acceptance Form. In addition, she also presented an overview of the ERP
process including meeting logistics, consensus, First Action to Final Action requirements, and documentation.
III. Review of Methods
All ERP members presented a review and discussed the proposed OMA modification matrix extension
of
AOAC
Official Method 2009.03,
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in Foods and Environmental Surfaces, Assurance GDS for
Salmonella.
On
behalf of the method developer, Phil Feldsine was present and able to address the questions and concerns of
the ERP members. A summary of comments was provided to the ERP members and the method author
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consensus the ERP presented the following motions for OMAMOD-03
(AOAC 2009.03).
MOTION:
Motion by Hitchins; Second by Salfinger, to move method OMAMOD-03 (AOAC 2009.03) to First
Action Official Method Status.
Consensus demonstrated by: 8 in favor, 2 opposed, and 1 abstention.
Motion Did Not Pass.*
*Method must be adopted by unanimous decision of ERP on first ballot, if not unanimous, negative votes
must delineate scientific reasons. Negative vote(s) can be overridden by 2/3 of voting ERP members after
due consideration.
Delineation of Negative Votes/ Discussion
The negative votes were regarding concerns of whether the method was identified as a modification or
a matrix extension. There were concerns regarding the TSB, the performance of the PCR, the BHI
subculture being used before the TSB, and false negative results. It was noted that there were enough
samples and data to run the method with data presented to draw conclusion of the method
performance and that there is currently no literature for PCR in spices.
MOTION:
Motion by Hitchins; Second by Salfinger, to move method OMAMOD-03 (AOAC 2009.03) to First
Action Official Method Status.
Consensus demonstrated by: 8 in favor, 2 opposed, and 1 abstention.
Motion Passed.
Negative votes were overridden by 2/3 of voting ERP members.
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Attachment 1: Summary of Expert Reviewer Comments for OMAMOD-03 (AOAC 2009.03)
ERP PROFILE SUMMARIES
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