Global Food, Drug, and Cannabis Safety: New Tools, Issues, and Regulations

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Time	Speaker	Topic
7:30 AM		Registration/Breakfast
8:30 AM	Brooke Schwartz, Rheonix, President PSW-AOACI	Welcome
8:45 AM	Dan Solis, Director-Division of West Coast Imports, -FDA	Keynote: Effecting the future of FDA Port Operations with the use of Scientific Tools and Techniques
9:30 AM	Dr. Channah Rock, Associate Professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Environment Science, University of Arizona	Overview of the E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Investigation and Outcomes of the Leafy Greens Task Force
10:10 AM		Break
10:40 AM	Kirsten Blake, Vice President, Emerald Scientific	FSIS’s regulatory measures for managing risks in food safety
11:20 AM	Robert A Di Lorenzo, Senior LCMS/MS Applications Scientist, SCIEX	Beyond Contaminants – Assessing Citrus Oil Product Quality while Quantitatively Screening for Pesticides
12:00 PM		Lunch
1:00 PM	Darla Bracy, FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs, District Director, San Francisco District Office	Food Safety Modernization Act Update
1:40 PM		Break
2:10 PM	AOACI-PSW Business Meeting
2:40 PM	Jenny Nelson, PhD Research Scientist Agilent Technologies and Adjunct Professor UC Davis	Arsenic, Iodine, and Bromine Speciation Analysis in Infant Formula, and Nutritional Products using HPLC-ICP-MS
3:20 PM	Dr. Michelle Carter, USDA-ARS	Effect of packaging systems on the survival of important foodborne pathogens (Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella enterica) on commercial table grapes
4:00 PM	Deborah McKenzie, Senior Director, Standards Development, AOAC INTERNATIONAL	A Complete and Harmonized Quality System Through Analytical Excellence
5:00 PM	RECEPTION - All invited to attend

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Time	Speaker	Topic
7:30 AM	Registration/Breakfast
8:30 AM	Brooke Schwartz, Rheonix, President PSW-AOACI	Welcome
8:45 AM	Steven J Lehotay, Residue Chemistry and Predictive Microbiology Research, USDA - ARS	Keynote: QueChERs sample prep technology
9:30 AM	Alica Davis, NOAA-NMFS Western Region	Recent rules/program updates with an overview of organoleptic (sensory) grading of seafood (hands on)
10:15 AM	Benjamin Miller, PhD, MPH, Senior Director of Food Safety, The Acheson Group	Developing defensible sampling plans for hazards associated with cannabis edible products
10:55 AM		Break
11:25 AM	Cameron Prince, The Acheson Group	Canadian Food Safety Regulations and Implications for Edible Cannabis
11:55 AM		Lunch
12:55 PM	Travis Ruthenburg, CSO SteepHill Lab	Cannabis Testing and Analysis
2:00 PM	Mark Lewis, NAPRO	Terpene analysis and chemotyping of cannabis strains
2:30 PM		Break
3:00 PM	Kevin Smith, Lab Director, NaPro Research	Complexities of Pesticide Analysis of Cannabis and Hemp, Understanding Matrix Effects, and Best Practice Remediation Strategies for Both
3:30 PM	Marielle Weintraub, PhD; President of the Board of Directors, US Hemp Authority and Strategic Business Development Director, Eurofins	Farm Bill 2018 and Its Implications for Analytical Testing Requirements (Hemp)
4:00 PM	Michelle Philips, Senior Environmental Scientist, California Department of Food and Agriculture	California’s Industrial Hemp Program

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2019 Exec Committee - Partial

Brooke Grace and Norma

Mark Wong and Brooke Schwartz

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