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AOAC Marine and Freshwater Toxins Task Force

This small group, which includes 12 plus the chair, is composed of a balance of government regulators, academics, and industry members. No single agency has more than 2 voting members. The first list of voting members was approved by AOAC’s President in August 2004. Both voting and nonvoting members make significant contributions to the Task Force.

James M. Hungerford, Ph.D.
Research Chemist
Seafood Products Research Center
PRL/NW
FDA
22201 23rd Dr SE
Bothell, WA 98021
Tel: 425-483-4894
Fax: 425-483-4996
E-mail: James.Hungerford@fda.gov

Lei Bao
Director of Mycotoxins and Marine Toxins Laboratory
Shan Dong Import-Export Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of China
No.70 Qutang xia Road
Qing Dao City
China 266002
Tel: 86 532 82929339
Fax: 86 532 82686382
E-mail: baoleiqd@yahoo.com.cn or
E-mail: baol@sdciq.gov.cn

Manuel Franco Leis (Industry Stakeholder Galician Spanish Shellfish Industry)
Managing Director, Producer
Organization of Galician Mussels (OPMEGA)
Avd. Malecón nº24 2ºB, P.C. 15.960
Ribeira (A Coruña) Spain
Tel: +34 629 30 88 23
E-mail: manuel@opmega.com

Richard J. Lewis, Ph.D. (Expert, Acadamia)
Associate Professor and Group Leader
Institute for Molecular Bioscience (QBP)
The University of Queensland
St. Lucia, 4072, Qld
AUSTRALIA
Tel: (617) 3346 2984
Fax: (617) 3346 2101
E-mail: r.lewis@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Website: http://www.imb.uq.edu.au

Ana Gago Martinez, Ph.D. (Expert, Acadamia) Professor
Universidad de Vigo
Dpto.Química Analítica y Alimentaria
Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario de Vigo
36200-Vigo-Espania
Tel: +34 986 812284 or + 34 619 016172 or
+ 34 986 354941 (Home) or
+ 34 986 812284 (Office)
Fax: +34 986 812556
E-mail: anagago@uvigo.es

Douglas A. McLeod (Stakeholder, European Shellfish Industry - European Mollusc Producers Association)
Mountview, Ardvasar
Isle of Skye
IV45 8RU, UK
Tel: 01471-844-324 or 07831-383-826 (Mobile)
E-mail: DouglasMcLeod@aol.com

Kenneth Moore (Stakeholder, Industry)
Executive Director
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
209-2 Dawson Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29223
Tel: 803-788-7559
Fax: 803-788-7576
E-mail: org issc@issc.org


Jim Lawrence, Ph.D. (AOAC)
Sir Frederick Banting Research Centre
Health Canada (Retired)
P.L. 2203D
Tunney's Pasture
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0L2
Tel: (613) 957-0973
Fax: (613) 941-4775
E-mail: jimlawrence@sympatico.ca

Ir. H.P. van Egmond, Ph.D. (Expert and Stakeholder, Govt)
Head, Section of Natural Toxins and Nitro Compounds
Laboratory for Food and Residue Analyses
RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 30 2742440
Fax: +31 30 2744403
E-mail: HP.van.Egmond@rivm.nl
Website: http://www.rivm.nl

Benjamin A. Suárez-Isla, Ph.D. (Expert, Acadamia) Director
Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Laboratory of Marine Toxins
Programme of Physiology and Biophysics
Faculty of Medicine
University of Chile
Av. Independencia 1027
P.O. Box 70005
Santiago 6530499 Chile
Tel: (562) 777-6886
Fax: (562) 732-9668
E-mail: bsuarez@conductor.med.uchile.cl

Aurelia Tubaro, PhD.
DEMREP
University of Trieste
Via Valerio, 6
34127 Trieste
Italy
Tel: 39-040-558 7910
Fax: 39-040-558 3215
E-mail: tubaro@units.it

William Watkins, Ph.D. (Stakeholder, Govt)
Team Leader: Shellfish Program Implementation Team
Division of Cooperative Programs
Office of Compliance
CPK1 RM2C012 HFS-628
CFSAN, USFDA
College Park, Maryland 20740
Tel: 301-436-2147
Fax: 301-436-2672
E-mail: William.Watkins@fda.gov

Takeshi Yasumoto, Ph.D. (Expert, Industry)
Technical Advisor
Japan Food Research Laboratories
Tama Laboratory
6-11-10, Nagayama, Tama-shi
Tokyo 206-0025
Japan
Tel: (042) 372-6973
Fax: (042) 372-6893
E-mail: yasumotot@jfrl.or.jp
or
E-mail: yasumotot@ttc.co.jp


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