• Introductions and circulation of attendance sheets
• Antitrust guidelines
• Updates from the IAFP executive board
• Approval of 2014 meeting minutes

Review of agenda, new business…

Election for Vice-Chair, Beverage and Acid/Acidified Foods PDG

• Candidates (so far):
  • Daniel  R.  Quillen, Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group

Note: please contact Fred Breidt (919-513-0186, or Fred.Breidt@ars.usda.gov) if you would like to add your name to this list! We are looking for candidates for incoming Vice-Chair (from the beverage side).

Brief updates on current issues: Guest speakers

• Mr. Kevin Smith, FDA, Director of Retail Food Protection Staff, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. To speak on the emergence of small scale fermentation in food service, risks and regulatory challenges.
• Dr. Rob Samson, Royal Netherlands Academy of Science (Amsterdam) at the CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre and group leader of the Applied and Industrial Mycology. To speak on recent changes in fungal taxonomy

Review of activities for IAFP 2015

• Workshop: Characterization and Identification of Spoilage-Causing Fungi: A Hands-On Workshop
  • Thursday, July 23 and Friday, July 24, 2015 (SOLD OUT! – register for waitlist)
  • 8:00 – 5 PM, Transportation provided to/from Oregon Convention Center
  • Instructors: Frank Burns, DuPont Central Research & Development, David Pincus, bioMérieux, Rob Samson, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands, Emilia Rico-Munoz, BCN Research Laboratories, Inc.

 

Review of activities for IAFP 2015 (continued)

• Symposium S18: Recent Developments in Food Mycology: From Safety to Spoilage
  • Sunday, July 26, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM C120 - C122 (Oregon Convention Center)
  • Organizers:  Emilia Rico-Munoz and Margarita Gomez
  • Convenors:  Margarita Gomez and Frank Burns

Ideas for IAFP 2016 Symposia/roundtables/workshops: proposals due by October 6, 2015

• Proposal ideas from 2014:
  • Process filings for acidified foods: progress under FDA guidance and FSMA
    • Fred Breidt and Barb Ingham
    • Molecular Ecology and metabiotic effects with yeasts and molds in acid/acidified foods
      • To be developed for 2016?
    • The fungal biodiversity: understanding your enemies!
      • Emilia Rico and Rob Samson
    • Attachment of spores to surfaces, biofilm formation and their effect on equipment cleanability
      • Emilia Rico and Margarita Gomez
    • Novel beverage processing technologies validation
      • Margarita Gomez, Jena Roberts and Indaue Mello
    • Non-microbial safety of beverage elements: myth busters!
      • Sean Leighton and Jena Roberts
    • Safety of fermented food from Asia
      • Deog Hwan Oh and Fred Breidt
    • Pre- and probiotics: how do they affect physiology and chronic disease
      • Ben Tall
    • Using predictive modeling to prevent food spoilage caused by spore-forming microorganisms
      • Florence Postollec, Ivan Leguerinel, Margarita Gomez, and Emilia Rico

 

• New Ideas for 2016:
  • Fermented foods in retail service, risks and challenges
    • Kevin Smith and Fred Breidt
    • Food microbial progressions and contamination events viewed through genomic and cultural hybrids
      • Greg Siragusa and Fred Breidt
    • Others ideas to be developed at the meeting
      • Your ideas welcome!
      • If you have additional proposals prior to the meeting, please sent them to Fred Breidt atFred.Briedt@ars.usda.gov
• Workshops or Webinars for 2016?
  • Note: the fungal ID workshop is usually presented every other year (next planned for 2017)

Final Items: other business/recommendations for the IAFP board