2. Meeting call to the order
i. House-keeping item
ii. Update from IAFP Board /staff
iii. Current & new members/ visitor roster sign-in sheet
iv. Tribute to Drs. Scott Russel & John Silliker by PC Vasavada/ Kurt Westmoreland
3. Approval of the 2014 PDG meeting minutes
4. Update on the PDG Executive committee
5. Matters arising from 2014 PDG meeting
i. Symposia/roundtable
6. Timely topics: Interactive Discussion
i. Limits Testing for Salmonella: Melody Thompson, Cargill
ii. Norovirus method update: Lee-Ann Jaykus, NC State University
iii. New Listeria species update: Martin Wiedmann, Cornell University
iv. Enterotoxins in food: Sandra Tallent, FDA
v. Update on standard STEC detection methods: Joseph M Bosilevac
vi. Update on the Canadian Microbiological Methods Committee: Jeff Farber & Martin
Duplessis, Health Canada
vii. STEC CAP Grant research update on STEC methods: Rodney A. Moxley
7. Creation of Special Interest Groups: introduction by Christine Aleski
i. Topics: Analyte/Sample Prep/ Methods
ii. Lead & volunteers (Andy Jacobson/ Iryna Sybirtseva)
iii. Survey
8. IAFP 2016 Symposia – submission last date October 6, 2015
Resubmission of proposals from 2015
New ideas for 2016 proposals (round-tables, technical symposia, pre-meeting interactive workshops)
9. Webinars and other communications
i. Potential webinar topics 2015-2016
ii. white papers, articles and other ideas
10. Any other business arising
11. Recommendations for the IAFP Executive Board