2017 Mid-Year Meeting Voting & ERP Panels

Summaries of Expertise AOAC Expert Review Panel for Solids in Syrups

SNEH BHANDARI I am involved in nutritional analysis in food over last 25 years from various perspective. Reviewed solids in syrup method 932.14, 988.06 and extensively and reviewed the study slv of of 932.14 using digital density meter. JO MARIE COOK Expertise to be discussed by the AOAC Official Methods Board. MOHAMED HAMAD PHD in chemistry and director of food chemistry and Nutrition GEORGE JOSEPH Over 25 years of experience in analytical chemistry laboratory. DANA KRUEGER I have been involved with analysis of sugar based food products (juices, sweeteners and syrups) for over 30 years. I am familiar with most of the widely used test methods in this field. I gave an oral presentation last year on the subject of methods of solids analysis (focused on fruit juices) at the TCJJP meeting in association with last year's AOAC annual meeting. ELEFTHERIA KATECHAKI PhD in Chemistry Thesis title: “Effect of thermally dried starter cultures on ripening of hard-type cheeses” Expertise in the fields of food microbiology, immobilized cells technology, fermentation, exploitation of whey for the production of starter cultures, sensory evaluation Researcher in the programmes: “Exploitation of whey for the production of novel foods and products of added-value employing biotechnological methods” , “Integrated management of entomological and microbiological risks during processing, storage and transport of currants by using non-chemical, environmentally compatible methods: sustainability in practice” , “Obesity and metabolic syndrome: Nutritional intervention with currants in Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease / Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NAFLD / NASH). Investigation of molecular mechanisms of action” , Expertise in the fields of food chemistry and technology, food biotechnology, nutrition, food microbiology, immobilized cells technology, fermentation, exploitation agro industrial wastes, sensory evaluation, chromatography analysis, moisture analysis, acidity analysis, protein analysis. TOM PHILLIPS Expertise to be discussed by the AOAC Official Methods Board. PREM VIRMANI Spent 47 years working for major soft drink companies in various capacities. Created and helped created countless soft drinks, did or guided analysis including brix measurements using hydrometers, pycnometers, refractometers and DMA (densitometers).

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