- Welcome and introduction to PDG by Chair persons
- Greetings/comments from IAFP Board Member
- Brief introductions of all present
2. Review of Agenda – Call for additional items
3. Discussion/Adoption of the 2016 PDG Meeting Minutes
4. Overview of IAFP 2017 program (Symposia and other Sessions of PDG relevance)
5. Short Updates on Food Safety developments from around the world
- incl. WHO, FAO, Codex, ICMSF, FSPCA, ComBase, and several countries)
6. IAFP 2018 Symposia
- Preparing submissions to the program committee for IAFP’s 2018 Annual meeting in Salt Lake City (8 to 11 July Salt Palace Convention Center)
- Discussion on ideas, themes and formats (Symposia, Round-tables, Technical Sessions, workshops), ideally supportable by other PDGs.
- IAFP’s deadline for online submissions is 3 October 2017.
7. Inter annual meeting PDG activities
- Discussion and proposals for PDG activities in between the annual meetings, such as Conference calls/email discussion forums, webinars/web meetings, white-papers/booklets, etc.
8. Upcoming Meetings of relevance to PDG
9. Recommendations for the IAFP Executive Board
10. Any Other Business