Schedule At A Glance

 

Monday, June 3rd 

Time / Location

Session

12:00 – 5:00 PM
South Foyer

Registration Open

3:00 – 4:30 PM
Mallard Hall

Board of Directors Meeting

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Ballroom F to J

General Meeting

  • Welcome. 
    • Jay Alappat: President, AOAC Midwest
    • Sebastien Moulard: President, Merieux Nutrisciences
    • Mary Kay Krogull: President, AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Evolution of AOAC INTERNATIONAL sections
    • Kate Mastovska: Deputy Executive Director & Chief Science Office, AOAC INTERNATIONAL, AOAC INTERNATIONAL Science Program Highlights

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
The Marquis Tent

Dinner, Sponsored by Vendors

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 4th 

Time / Location

Session

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Registration Opens

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mallard Room,
Conference Dining Room

ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, FERTILIZERS AND BIOSTIMULANTS

Session 1: Advances in Animal Feed Methodologies

  1. Presentation 1 – Use of ANKOM FLEX Vitamin Extractor for B-Vitamin Determination Dr. Darrell Clinton*, Office of Indiana State Chemist

  2. Presentation 2 – Use of ICP-MS for Simultaneous Determination of Essential Minerals and Heavy Metals: Dr. Yan Cheung*, Agilent Technologies

  3. Presentation 3 – Development/Findings for Analyzing Vitamin A in Animal Feed by UPLC/UV Michael Ewbank, Office of Indiana State Chemist, ewbankm@purdue.edu

Session 2: Developments in Fertilizer and Biostimulant Methods

  1. Presentation 1 – Observation and Determination of Residual Sulfur in Phosphate Fertilizers Using ICP-OES James J. Camberato, Peng Li*, Robert L. Nielsen, Office of Indiana State Chemist, pengli@purdue.edu

  2. Presentation 2 – Microwave Digestion Options for Elemental Analysis of Agricultural Products for Every Workflow Macy Harris*, Sam Heckle, Layla Abu-Al-Halaweh, CEM Corporation, macy.harris@cem.com

  3. Presentation 3 – Nitrogen and Sulfur Determination in Fertilizers: Optimizing the Analytical Approach using Combustion Analysis Jeffrey Gast*and Lloyd Allen, LECO Corporation, jeffery_gast@leco.com

  4. Presentation 4 – Strategies for Increasing Productivity and Efficiency by ICP-OES: Chris Conklin, Agilent Technologies

  5. Presentation 5 – Developments in Biostimulant Path to Market and Method Needs James Bartos, Office of Indiana State Chemist, jbartos@purdue.edu

  6. Presentation 6 – Determination of Microbial Beneficial Substances/Plant Biostimulants in Fertilizer Products – Availability of Methods and Challenges: Dancia Wu, Office of Indiana State Chemist, scharfd@purdue.edu

Session 3: Chemical Residue Analysis

  1. Presentation 1 – Multi-residue Analytical Method for the Confirmation and Quantification of 500+ Pesticides in Fruit and Vegetables Maria Laura Pati, Autumn Payne*, Nicola Barbieri, Alfredo Fantastico, Piero Pontrelli, Perkin Elmer, autumn.payne@perkinelmer.com

  2. Presentation 2 – Fentanyl analysis in beverages by SPME and Twister technique JP Schirle*, Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture

  3. Presentation 3 – Talk by Sarah O’Brien and Colleagues, MxNS Sarah O’Brien

  4. Presentation 4 – Talk by Sarah O’Brien and Colleagues, MxNS

  5. Presentation 5 –  PFAS talk Megumi Shimizu, Sciex

  6. Presentation 6 – Extraction and Analysis of glyphosate from soil Ken Kise*, Iowa Dept. Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Session 4: TBD

Session 5: TBD

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Marquis Tent

Lunch Break

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cardinal and Monarch

CURRENT STATUS AND PROGRESS IN THE ANALYTICAL LANDSCAPE OF DAIRY AND DAIRY PRODUCTS

Session 1: Harmonization of Methods, Activities/Participation across Organizations AOAC, ISO/IDF, CODEX 

  1. Presentation 1 – Harmonization, Part, Presenter: Wendy Warren, USDA

  2. Presentation 2 – Harmonization, Part II, Presenter: Nate Banner, Neogen

  3. Presentation 3 – Harmonization, Part III 
  4. Presentation 4 – Participation in Organizations, Career Perspective 

Session 2: Advancement in Technology, Rapid Methods/Automation/AI 

  1. Presentation 1 – CPMG-NMR, a practical and safer replacement of extraction methods for total fat determination in dairy samples

  2. Presentation 2 – Data Analytics for Dairy Analysis, University of Cornell

  3. Presentation 3 – Vendor – Current/Future Technology for Dairy Analysis, FOSS

  4. Presentation 4 –Vendor – Current/Future Technology for Dairy Analysis

Session 3A: Hot Topics in Microbiology, Enumeration/Genome Sequencing/Probiotics 

Session 3B: Hot Topics in Microbiology, Enumeration/Genome Sequencing/Probiotics

  1. Presentation 1 – Gut microbiome in Dairy Cattle for milk production and reduced methane
    emissions, Dr. Matthias Hess, University of California-Davis

  2. Presentation 2: – Probiotics in Dairy, Andrzej Benkowski, Eurofins

  3. Presentation 3 – TBD 

Session 4: Hot Topics in Chemistry, Protein Hydrolysates/Fatty Acid Analysis 

  1. Presentation 1 – Current AOAC Activity for Whey Protein Hydrolysate

  2. Presentation 2 –  Whey Protein Hydrolysate, Degree of Hydrolysis Methods

  3. Presentation 3 – Alternative use of whey for low-calorie tagatose sugar production, Orochem

  4. Presentation 4 – Analysis of Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in fortification for milk powder/IF, Orochem

 

 

 Wednesday, June 5th 

Time / Location

Session

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
South Foyer

Registration Opens

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cardinal and Salt Creek

NOVEL FOODS FROM ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN SOURCES: CURRENT STATUS, ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES

Session 1: Organoleptic and Sensory Analysis of Novel Foods. 

Session 2: Safety, Quality, and Acceptability of Novel Foods. 

  1. Presentation 1 – An Examination of Heavy Metals in Alternative Dairy Milks by Microwave Digestion and ICP-MS Macy Harris*, Samuel Heckle, Layla Abu-Al-Halaweh, Patrica Atkins, Alan Katz, Peter Catsoulis, CEM Corporation, macy.harris@cem.com

Session 3: Reference methods and materials in Novel Foods. 

  1. Presentation 1 – The Vital Role of Reference Materials in the Analysis of Novel Foods, Daniel Kim*, Laboratory Director, Merieux Nutrisciences, Markham, daniel.kim@mxns.com

Session 4: Allergen testing in Traditional/Novel Foods and potential challenges. 

  1. Presentation 1 – Overview of Allergen testing methodologies and the different tests available for food products. Tiffany Miller, Mérieux NutriSciences

  2. Presentation 2 – Food Allergens and Gluten Detection Methods and Recent Progress in Solving Unique Analytical Challenges of Fermented and Hydrolyzed Gluten.

  3. Presentation 3 – Cross-reactivity/False positive issues observed with Soy allergen testing in various foods.Eboni Perkins, Mérieux NutriSciences

    Presentation 4 – The integration of risk-based approaches for allergen management and labeling decisions, Joseph Baumert, PHD (Univ. of Nebraska, FARRP)

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Marquis Tent

Lunch Break

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM 
Mallard and Monarch Rooms

 

ADVANCES IN DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

Session 1: Challenges and Advancement of In-House Microbiological Testing for Dietary Supplements

  1. Presentation 1 – An In-House Laboratory Approach for Validating Rapid Microbial Methods Used for Dietary Supplements Krista Chapman*, Maria Mendres, NOW Health Group, maria.mendres@nowfoods.com

  2. Presentation 2 – Overcoming Challenges in Dietary Supplement Analysis for Microbial Pathogens: A Case Study John Mills*, Associate Director, Scientific Affairs, NOW Health Group

  3. Presentation 3 – Innovation of a Probiotic Species Identification Method Through Industry Partnership Patrick Bird* , Sr. Manager, Scientific Affairs, BioMerieux, patrick.bird@biomerieux.com

Session 2: Advancements in Quality Testing of Dietary Supplements

  1. Presentation 1 – Adapting Industry Standard Amino Acid Analysis Workflows to the Modern Dietary Supplement Laboratory: Donald A. Trinité, Sr. Principal Technical Support Specialist, Waters

  2. Presentation 2 – Determination of Huperzine A in Dietary Supplements by LC-MS/MS: Wendy Yuan, R&D Manager, Merieux NutriSciences

  3. Presentation 3 – Global Framework on Dietary Supplements – Analytical Challenges and Stability. Aditi Sharma, Ph.D. Senior Scientist – Analytical & stability, R&D Health & Wellbeing, Unilever

Session 3: Advancement in Quality Testing of Dietary Supplements

  1. Presentation 1 – Quantitation of Organic and Inorganic Arsenic Species in Kelp, Marine Oils, and Emerging Nutraceutical Ingredients by ICP-MS Dr. Jeffrey Buth*, Anna Plocicka-Okladlo, Katarzyna Banaszewski, Aaron Secrist, NOW Foods, jeffrey.buth@nowfoods.com

  2. Presentation 2 – Development of Quality Control Methods for Juniper Berries by HPTLC and HRAM LC-MS Sara Plowman*and Mark Krzeszowiec, NOW Foods, sara.plowman@nowfoods.com

  3. Presentation 3 – Streamlined Sample Preparation for LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS Multi-residue Pesticides Analysis in Botanicals and Teas Using Novel Mixed Mode Cartridge Pass-through Cleanup.
    Jerry Mueller, QC MS Specialist II NOW Foods, jerry.mueller@nowfoods.com

Session 4: Understanding Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Postbiotics from Concept to Testing

  1. Presentation 1 – Focus on the definitions and uses of pre/pro/postbiotics (Title pending), Mallory Gandhi, PhD – CTO Protect Probiotics, Hollison LLC (TBD). 

  2. Presentation 2 – Biotics – Their Future & Challenges Brian Schaneberg* , PhD – Director of the Illinois Tech Institute of Food Safety and Health (IFSH), and an Industry Professor of Food Science, bschaneberg@iit.edu

  3. Presentation 3 – Chemical Testing of Prebiotics (TBD) Rick Jeswein – Research and Development Chemist, Mérieux NutriSciences.

  4. Presentation 4 – Methods of Microbiological and Molecular Testing for Identity and Quantity in Probiotics and Postbiotics Andrew Morin, MS – Research & Development Microbiologist, Mérieux NutriSciences
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