Microsoft Word - LowLactose_ERP-Proposal-May2019

methods for sugars at trace levels.    Staff  Recommendation  YES – ADD TO THIS ERP 

Has instrumentation and method development experience; owns  laboratory for Cornerstone that does sugars and lactose testing.   

Mehmet Gumustas 

Ankara University 

Research 

Academia 

Turkey 

Statement of Expertise  I have expertise on chromatographic methods.  Staff 

Strong analytical chemistry, method validation, and instrumentation  background; however, none specific to sugars or carbohydrate analysis. 

Recommendation  NOT AT THIS TIME 

George Joseph 

AsureQuality 

Product  Certification 

Government 

New Zealand 

Statement of Expertise  Over 25 Years of experience in this area  Staff  Recommendation  YES ‐ ADD TO THIS ERP 

Strong analytical chemistry, method development and validation, infant  formula and dairy analysis, chair of the Sugars Fructans ERP; member of  Dietary Starch and Fiber ERP 

Markus Lacorn 

R‐Biopharm 

Instruments 

Industry 

Germany 

Statement of Expertise  Dear all  One oy my main areas of expertise is the development, validation and production of enzymatic test  kits  Sr. Staff Review  No information on familiarity of lactose or instrumentation other than enzymatic test kits  Staff  Has expertise in method development and method validation of enzymatic  tests, but not for sugars or carbohydrate analysis; however, he was a  member of the sugars working group.  Recommendation  NOT AT THIS TIME 

.  Brian Lang 

NIST 

Product  Certification 

Government 

USA 

Statement of Expertise  I have worked with Ion Chromatography for over 12 years, including measurement and identification  of sugars.  I have used Ion Chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection in the analysis of  various sugars and functionalized sugars at trace levels that are at are below the Standard Method  Performance Requirements.  

Staff  Recommendation  YES – ADD TO THIS ERP

Has method development experience and has published on sugar analysis  He also has significant experience with chromatographic plaforms and  nutritive component analysis.  

Sookwang Lee 

US FDA 

Regulator 

Government 

USA 

Statement of Expertise  Analyzed sugars (including lactose) in regulatory samples with a various types of matrices, both  domestic and imported.  Staff  Has significant expertise in sugars/carbohydrate analysis.  Also was a