ISPAM September 6 2014 Meeting

Decisions at ISPAM Annual Meeting August 2014  ISPAM approved a motion to have ISOTC 34/SC 9 WG 3 review ISPAM comments at their meeting in Seattle in November 2013 and finalize “broad range” claim of foods and include the final definitions in the revision to ISO16140 parts 1 & 2  ISPAM decided to discuss on-site verification guidelines for micro methods issues after ISOTC 34/SC 9WG 2 meeting on Statistics, which will be discussing the topic  ISPAM d d th t ISOTC 34/SC 9WG 3 t bli h recommen e a es a s a NewWork In Progress (NWIP) on on-site verification guidelines and report to ISPAM

Decisions at ISPAM Annual Meeting on August 2014  Harmonizing Methods on Salmonella:

 ISPAM agreed to work in concert with ISOTC 34/SC9 on future revisions to ISO Method 6579 on Salmonella with the goal of developing an internationally acceptable method for the evaluation of Salmonella detection methods

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develop optional protocols that will support the equivalence of multiple reference methods.