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September 18 - 21, 2011

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Wiley Award Symposium: Partners in Chasing and Tracing Chemicals in Food
Chair: Katerina Mastovska, Covance Laboratories

Speakers: 

Lucia Geis-Asteggiante, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Microcystins: Development and Validation of a Rapid Method for Analysis by LC-MS/MS in Fish Samples

Tomas Cajka, Institute of Chemical Technology
Metabolomic Fingerprinting/Profiling: An Efficient Tool in Food Quality and Authenticity Assessment

Eunha Hoh, San Diego State University
Application of Non-Targeted Analysis in Chemical Food Safety

Katerina Mastovska, Covance Laboratories
State-of-the-Art Tools in Pesticide Multiresidue Analysis

 

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Roundtable on Comprehensive Screening for Food Allergens in One Shot: Just a Nice Dream or a Feasible Project?
Chair: Terry Koerner, Health Canada

Speakers:

Bert Popping, Eurofins CTC
LC-MS/MS Screening and Comparative ELISA Data in Incurred Material

Petra Silke Lutter, Nestlé Research Center
LC-MS/MS for Sensitive Detection of Milk Proteins: Importance of Internal Standard Addition

Mark Ross, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Food Allergen Biomarker Discovery, Characterization and Analysis

Terry Koerner, Health Canada
Recent Development of Gluten Analysis Using LC-MS/MS

Antonietta Gledhill, Waters Corporation
Allergen Analysis Using MS - What's the Story?

Steve Lock, AB SCIEX
Towards Routine Application of LC-MS/MS in Allergen Analysis: Workflow Improvements

Franz Ulberth, European Commission - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
What Would Mass Spectrometry Methods for Food Allergens Need to Accomplish from a Legislative Perspective

 

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Roundtable on Hot Areas of Interest in Botanicals for Dietary Supplement Industry

Co-Chairs: Amitabh Chandra, AMWAY and Jatinder Rana, AMWAY

Speakers:

James Harnly, U.S. Department of Agriculture
ERP Guidelines for Botanical Identification Methods

Mark Roman, Tampa Bay Analytical Research, Inc
General Guidelines for Identification and Authentication Testing

James Neal-Kababick, Flora Research Laboratories
Pharmaceutical Adulteration in Dietary Supplements: A Proactive Phytoforensic Approach

Klaus Reif, PhytoLab GmbH and Co., KG
Contaminants: Pesticides, Unknown Screenings, Modern Techniques like HR-MS

Steven Dentali, American Herbal Products Association
Important Industry Standards

Jatinder Rana, AMWAY
Irradiation Testing of Botanicals: Challenges and Regulations

Joseph Betz, National Institute of Health Sciences
Role of NIH-ODS for Addressing the Quality of Botanicals in Dietary Supplement Industry

Amitabh Chandra, AMWAY
Qualitative ID of Standardized Extracts: Should there be a Criteria or Guideline

Edward Walker, Weber State University
Fruits and Fruit Juices Sold as Supplements

Mitzi Rettinger, Cerilliant
Quality and Certification of Reference Standards

Jana Hildreth, Blaze Science Industries LLC
True Reference Standards and Methods that Are Fit for Purpose

Oral Poster Presentation:

Ian Acworth, Dionex Corporation
The Application of HPLC with Photodiode Array and Coulometric Electrochemical Array Detection to the Study of Natural Products, Botanicals and Mammalian Tissues: From Targeted Analyses to Metabolomics

 

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Roundtable on What Do You Mean You Can’t Clean It? Validation of Allergen Sanitation SOP in Food Establishments

Co-Chairs: Samuel B. Godefroy, Health Canada and James Roberts, National Measurement Institute, Australian Government

Speakers:

Joseph Baumert, University of Nebraska
Components of an Effective Allergen Plan with Emphasis on Cleaning Control and Validation Strategies in Food-Processing Facilities

Lauren Jackson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Cleaning Control and Validation Strategies to Prevent Allergen Cross-Contact in Food-Processing Operations

Thomas Holzhauser, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
A Systematic Industrial Scale Approach to Reduce Food Allergen Cross-Contamination in Food-Processing Facilities

Paul Wehling, General Mills, Inc., Medallion Labs
Probability of Detection (POD) Model for Validating Lateral Flow Devices

Jupiter Yeung, Nestlé Nutrition
Allergen Testing and Management

 

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

New Blood 2011: Developing Methods for the Detection of Chemical Contaminants

Co-Chairs: Alexander J. Krynitsky, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Michael McLaughlin, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speakers:

Lauryn Bailey, Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratories
Soup to Nuts: Development of High Throughput Multi-Pesticide Screens in Fatty and Other Odd Matrices

Julie Kowalski, Restek Corporation
Chicken “Pot” Pie and “Stoney” Road Ice Cream: High Quality Analysis of Pesticides in Marijuana Used in Food and Medicine, Tackling Complex Matrices Using QuEChERS, Cartridge SPE Cleanup, GC-TOFMS, and LC-MS/MS

Matthew J. Hengel, University of California
Expanded Method Development for the Determination of Pesticides in Dried Hops by LC-MS/MS

Kelly Dorweiler, Medallion Laboratories
Method Develop Strategies for Building Large Multi-Residue Screens by LC/GC-Mass Spectrometry

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

8:15 am - 9:45 am

Inorganic Speciation Topics

Co-Chairs: Zoe Grosser, PerkinElmer, Inc. and Karen Barnes, Nestlé Nutrition

Speakers:

Sean Conklin, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Methods for Arsenic Speciation in Food

Jens Sloth, Technical University of Denmark
Speciation Analysis of Trace Elements in Food and Feed: Status and Future Developments

Russ Gerards, Applied Speciation and Consulting, LLC
Multi-Faceted Approach to Arsenic Speciation Analysis for Characterization of Food Products

Eric Poitevin, Nestlé Research Center
Validation of a Method for Arsenic Speciation in Food by Ion Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry after Ultrasonic-Assisted Enzymatic Extraction

 

8:15 am - 9:45 am

Alternative Methodology and Method Validation: Building an Internationally Harmonized Approach

Chair: Russell Flowers, Mérieux NutriSciences Corporation

Speaker:

Russell Flowers, Mérieux NutriSciences Corporation
Update on the Progress of International Stakeholder Panel on Alternative Methods (ISPAM) 

 

8:15 am - 9:45 am

Reference Materials for Food Allergens… Heaven Must Wait?

Co-Chairs: Carmen Diaz-Amigo, Eurofins CTC and Jupiter Yeung, Nestlé Nutrition

Speakers:

Franz Ulberth, European Commission - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
Reference Materials for Food Allergens: Clinical Versus Analytical

Reiko Adachi, National Institute of Health Sciences
Reference Materials for Food Allergens Used in ELISA Kits in Japan

Joyce Boye, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 
Development of an International Wheat (Gluten) Reference Material

Bert Popping, Eurofins CTC 
Development of Reference Materials for Food Allergen Detection

 

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Chemoinformatic Aided Compound Identification in Mass Spectrometry: Applications, Challenges, and the Future Development

Co-Chairs: Douglas Hayward, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Paul Yang, Ontario Ministry of the Environment

Speakers:

Kai Zhang, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Professional and Amateur Fishing Practices in Oceans of Mass Spectrometry Data

Michael Athanas, VAST Scientific Inc. 
Environmentally Related Differences in Wine from the Napa Valley

Pat Perkins, Agilent Technologies
Development, Improvement and Application of New Algorithms for Targeted and Non-Targeted Identifications of Chemical Contaminants Using Accurate Mass Spectrometric Data

Donald C. Hilton, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Automated Screening of Biological Fluids for Organohalogen Compounds Based on Isotope Clusters Patterns

Eva Duchoslav, AB SCIEX
Strategies for Parallel Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection and Tools for Mining of Accurate Mass Data

 

10:15 am - 11:45 am

TDRM/TDLM Symposium: The Many Uses of Measurement Uncertainty

Chair: Jane Weitzel, Quality Analysis Consultants

Speakers:

Franz Ulberth, European Commission - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
Measurement Uncertainty and Fitness-for-Purpose of Measurement Results

Jane Weitzel, Quality Analysis Consultants
Measurement Uncertainty throughout the Life Cycle of a Method

Oral Poster Presentation:

Karen L. Wojciechowski, Cornell University
A Ruggedness Study: Casein Content of Milk by Kjeldahl Analysis for Milk Concentrates and Non-Bovine Milks

 

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Cosmetics at AOAC

Co-Chairs: Perry Wang, U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Stanley Milstein, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speakers:

Colleen Rocafort, BASF Corporation
Technical Career Opportunities in the Cosmetic Industry: An SCC Perspective

Patricia Hansen, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Cosmetic Safety: FDA Regulatory Perspectives and Current Issues

Wanlong Zhou, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Rapid and Simultaneous Determination of hexa peptides in Anti-Wrinkle Cosmetics by HILIC-ESI-MS/MS

Nancy Hepp, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Lipstick: Leaded or Unleaded? Validated Method Results from an Extensive Survey

 

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Modern Analytical Techniques Used in Evaluating the Concentration of Trace Metals in Foods and Dietary Supplements

Co-Chairs: John Reuther, Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratories and Lars Reimann, Eurofins Scientific Inc.

Speakers:

William Mindak, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Real Samples, Real Challenges: Problems Encountered in the Analysis of Foods and Dietary Supplements 

Michelle Briscoe, Brooks Rand Laboratories 
Analytical Methods and Associated Challenges for Trace Metals Speciation: An Overview

Ilia Rodushkin, ALS Environmental
Applications of High Resolution ICP-MS in Food Analysis

Denise McClain, PerkinElmer ASLS
The Use of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Food and Edible Materials

 

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

TDRM/TDLM Workshop on Reference Materials and Laboratory Accreditation

Co-Chairs: Jane Weitzel, Quality Analysis Consultants and Hendrik Emons, European Commission - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements

Speakers:

Jane Weitzel, Quality Analysis Consultants 
Introduction to Workshop on Reference Materials and Laboratory Accreditation

Hendrik Emons, European Commission - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
Solutions to the Exercises Regarding Reference Materials and Laboratory Accreditation

 

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Experts Take on Detection of Non-O157:H7 STEC

Chair: Socrates Trujillo, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speakers:

Peter Evans, U.S. Department of Agriculture
FSIS Laboratory Analysis for Non-O157 STEC

Patrice Arbault, BioAdvantage Consulting
Non-O157 and O157 STEC in Europe: Current Situation, Analytical Methods and Prevalence Data

Julie Kase, U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
Development of Methods to Identify and Serotype Non-O157 STECs in Food

Burton Blais, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Progress on the Development and Implementation of Regulatory Test Capability for Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Canada

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

8:15 am - 9:45 am

Hot Topic Symposium: Antioxidant Testing: "Fit for Purpose" Goes Beyond Statistics

Chair: Steven Baugh, ChromaDex Analytics

Speakers:  

Steven Baugh, ChromaDex Analytics
Antioxidants: Where is the Electrochemistry and ESR?

Ron Prior, University of Arkansas 
Antioxidant Capacity Analysis Historical Perspective: Where Do We Go in the future?

Michael McGuffin, American Herbal Products Association
U.S. Regulation of "Antioxidant" Claims

Ian Acworth, Dionex Corporation
Redox Biology: The Role of Oxidants and Antioxidants in Health and Nutrition

Craig Hopp, National Institute of Health Sciences
Emphasis on Antioxidant Product Integrity at NCCAM

 

8:15 am - 9:45 am

Method Validation and Method Performance Criteria of Chemical Analysis

Co-Chairs: Jian Wang, Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Eric Verdon, Anses-Fougeres

Speakers:  

Jack Kay, University of Strathclyde
From Single Analyte to Multi-Residue Analytical Method Performance Criteria in One Easy Step?

Wolfgang Radeck, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
Within – and Between Lab Validation of Multi-residue Methods by Means of Experimental Factorial Designs

Mary Carson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Veterinary Drug Residue Methods in the U.S.: Expectations and Recent Examples of Multi-Residue Methods

Linda Stolker, RIKILT - Wageningen University
EU Criteria for Method Validation Applied to Pesticides Screening Methods

 

8:15 am - 9:45 am

Methods Harmonization: CURRENT Global Validation Schemes

Co-Chairs: DeAnn L. Benesh, 3M Food Safety and Socrates Trujillo, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speakers:  

Paul in't Veld, Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
ISO 16140 Revision: Update by the Committee Chair

Valentine Digonnet, AFNOR 
AFNOR Certification: Validation and Certification of Alternative Microbiological Methods

Netty Zegers, Netherlands Normalisatie-Instituut 
MicroVal Certification: Validation and Certification of Alternative Microbiological Methods

Karen Silbernagel, AOAC Research Institute 
AOAC-RI Certification: Validation and Certification of alternative Microbiological Methods

Daniele Sohier, Adria Development
Expert Laboratory Perspective on Validation of Alternative Microbiological Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative

 

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Unique Challenges of Dietary Fiber Assays

Chair: Jonathan W. DeVries, Sr., Medallion Laboratories/General Mills

Speakers:  

Jonathan W. DeVries, Sr., Medallion Laboratories/General Mills
AOAC History of Validating Official Dietary Fiber Methods to Meet Evolving Scientific Definitions

Garrett Zielinski, Covance Laboratories
Non-Digestible Oligosaccharides: Complex Testing Needs and Challenges

Paul Wehling, General Mills, Inc.
A Bird's Eye View of the Statistics Generated during Validation of AOAC Fiber Methods over the Past Three Decades

 

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids, Undesirable Plant Toxins in Food and Feed

Co-Chairs: Joerg Stroka, European Commission - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements and Hamide Senyuva, FoodLife International Ltd.

Speakers:  

Russel Molyneux, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Toxicity in Animals and Humans: Analytical Analogies and Contrasts

Patrick Mulder, RIKILT - Wageningen University
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Feed: A Potential Problem for Consumers? Results of Two Recent Carry-Over Studies

Arne Duebecke, Quality Services International GmbH
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (PAs) in Honey: Occurrence and Pattern in Honeys from Different Regions of the World

Till Beuerle, Technical University of Braunschweig
Novel Analytical Approaches to Estimate the Content of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Food and Food Supplements

Klaus Reif, PhytoLab GmbH and Co., KG 
Pyrrolizidin Alkaloids in Herbal Products: A Comparison of GC-MS and LC-MS Methodology

 

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Microbial Method Criteria Used in the Global Meat Industry

Co-Chairs: DeAnn L. Benesh, 3M Food Safety and Donna Douey, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Speakers:  

Irene Iugovaz, Health Canada
New Microbiological Methods Committee Guidelines for the Relative Validation of Indirect Qualitative Food Microbiological Methods

Roberto Becerra, Poultry Producers Trade Association of Chile (APA) and Pork Producers Trade Association of Chile (ASPROCER)
Challenges of the Export Industry to Comply Microbiological Requirements of Import Countries 

Xiaorong Huang, Fujian Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau 
Microbiological Methods and its Standardization of Food Testing in China

Peter Wareing, Leatherhead Food Research
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005, Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs

Peter Evans, U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA-FSIS Expectations for Industry Pathogen Sampling and Testing Procedures

 

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Refining, Validating and Implementing LC and LC-MS Methods for Marine Toxins

Co-Chairs: Michael Quilliam, National Research Council of Canada and Pearse McCarron, National Research Council of Canada

Speakers:  

Tim Harwood, Cawthron Institute
New Zealand's Experience with Implementing LC-MS Methodology for Lipophilic Shellfish Toxins in a Regulatory Setting

Arjen Gerssen, RIKILT, Institute of Food Safety
One Team, One Mission; LC-MS Interlaboratory Validation Study on Lipophilic Marine Toxins

Pearse McCarron, National Research Council of Canada
Recent Developments in Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Methods and Certified Reference Materials for the Analysis of Marine Biotoxins

Emanuel Hignutt, Alaska State Environmental Health Lab
Determination of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Alaskan Shellfish by Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Oral Poster Presentation:

Jeffrey van de Riet, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Liquid Chromatography Post-column Oxidation (PCOX) Method for the Determination of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Shellfish. Implementation and Collaborative Study

 

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

New Methods - New Surrogates for Efficacy Testing of Antimicrobials

Chair: Donna Suchmann, MicroBioTest, Division of Microbac Laboratories

Speakers:  

Daniel Klein, Steris Corporation, Microbiology and Clinical Affairs
Zen and the Art of Disinfectant Testing

Jafrul Hassan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Is C. difficile becoming Less Difficile?

Alice A. Young, NavSea
Hot Air Decontamination (HAD) of Bacillus Spores; JBADS (Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System) Program

S. Steve Zhou, MicroBioTest, Division of Microbac Laboratories
Predicting the Antimicrobial Activities of Chemical/Physical Agents: A Mission Accomplished or Impossible?

 

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Recent Advances in Veterinary Drug Research and Analysis

Co-Chairs: Perry A. Martos, University of Guelph and Steven J. Lehotay, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Speakers:  

Sherri Turnipseed, Food and Drug Administration
Quadrupole Time-of-Flight (Q-TOF) LC-MS/MS for the Detection of Target and Nontarget Veterinary Drug Residues in Food: Issues and Strategies

Bryn Shurmer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Software Tools for the Targeted Analyses of Veterinary Drug Residues by TOF MS

Perry Martos, University of Guelph
Complex Sample Analyses using UHPLC-qTOF

Steven Lehotay, U.S. Department of Agriculture
High-Throughput Screening Analysis by UHPLC-MS/MS of >60 Veterinary Drugs in Animal Tissues

 

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Best Practices for the Determination of Small Molecule Contaminants in Foods

Co-Chairs: Jerry Zweigenbaum, Agilent Technologies and Philip Wylie, Agilent Technologies

Speakers:  

Steven Lehotay, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Qualitative and Quantitative Method Validation of Low-Pressure GC-MS/MS for Analysis of 150 Pesticide Residues in Foods Using QuEChERS Sample Preparation

Susan Ebeler, University of California
Analysis of Small Molecules in Wine

Peter Fürst, Chemical and Veterinary Analytical Institute
Sensitive Determination of Dioxins, PCBs and PAHs in Food and Feed with GC/MS/MS

Alyson Mitchell, University of California
Mass Spectral Approaches for Food Verification

 

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

New Trends in Natural Toxins for Targeted/Non-Targeted Analysis by Using Mass Spectrometers

Co-Chairs: Hamide Senyuva, FoodLife International Ltd. and Joerg Stroka, European Commission - Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements

Speakers:  

Russel Molyneux, University of Hawaii at Hilo
An Overview of Advanced Tools for Mycotoxin Analysis

Sarah De Saeger, Ghent University
Challenges in Masked Mycotoxin Analysis

Michele Solfrizzo, National Research Council (CNR)
Proficiency Test for Simultaneous Determination of Up to Eleven Mycotoxins in Maize by Using LC-MS(MS) Methodology

Markus Kellmann, Thermo Fisher Scientific
High Resolution LC/MS for Qualitative and Quantitative Mycotoxin Analysis in Food and Feed

 

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Chemical Stability and Metabolism of Shellfish Toxins

Chair: Philipp Hess, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer

Speakers:  

Michael Quilliam, National Research Council of Canada
Biotransformation and Chemical Degradation of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Shellfish

John Ramsdell, US National Ocean and Air Administration
Toxicological Analysis of N-palmitoylbrevetoxin-B2: A Potent Metabolite in Gulf of Mexico Shellfish

Christopher Miles, Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Biotransformations and Chemical Reactions of Azaspiracid and Related Analogues

Philipp Hess, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
Analysis and Toxicology of Emerging Toxins in the Mediterranean Sea: Palytoxin and Related Compounds and Pinnatoxin

 

 






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