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							Official Program
					
			About this session
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While the role of systematic reviews becomes more fully appreciated, the quality of systematic reviews is inconsistent. As the field of systematic reviews evolves, there are an increasing number of frameworks and approaches that can be used to conduct such comprehensive research.  When conducting systematic reviews there are questions about how to: develop a protocol and PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome) questions, execute a search strategy, manage data, grade the literature, evaluate and manage biases, and ensure transparency of the process. This session will address these components by using a large multi-endpoint systematic review of caffeine which followed the framework of the IOM Report "Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews", as a case study.

There continues to be interest within the scientific community in what is a safe level of caffeine intake and if certain populations should have modified recommendations.  Since the 2003 release of the highly cited and valued review by Nawrot et al., "Effects of caffeine on human health", there have been more than 5,000 articles on the effects of caffeine in humans published, highlighting the need for an update to this body of work.

The Systematic Review of the effects of caffeine on human health took into account the challenges of including nutrition and toxicological evidence. The health endpoints reviewed for caffeine are: acute toxicity, behavior, bone and calcium homeostasis, cardiovascular health, developmental and reproductive toxicity, and pharmacokinetics in three healthy populations.  The session will present the lessons learned and will emphasize the efforts taken to ensure transparency and rigor that allow for the achievement of a high level of scientific quality.  Specific areas of focus will include challenges with identifying and integrating caffeine intakes by level of adversity (e.g., physiological or clinical endpoints), and difficulties in applying standard risk of bias tools across outcomes and endpoints.

Although this session will focus on the Caffeine Systematic Review as a case study, the process, findings, and lessons are relevant to nutrition researchers and professionals who utilize systematic reviews.

Agenda & Videos Expand Welcome
Alison Kretser, MS, RD, IAFNS The Caffeine Landscape - framing the need for the Systematic Review 
Dennis Keefe, PhD, FDA
Video Striving for the Gold Standard in the Systematic Review Process
Esther Myers, PhD, RDN, FAND, EF Myers Consulting
Video The Methodology and Challenges of the Caffeine Systematic Review
Daniele Wikoff, PhD, ToxStrategies
Video Q&A
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Video

10:10 - 10:25 Break

General Results of the Systematic Review
Daniele Wikoff, PhD, ToxStrategies
Video

Results of Specific Health Endpoints- Scientific Advisory Board Members

  • Harris Lieberman, US Army - Behavior - Video 
  • Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania - Behavior - Video (See Lieberman for pdf)
  • Jennifer Peck, PhD University of Oklahoma - Reproductive & Developmental Toxicity - Video 
  • Daniele Wikoff on behalf of Jeffrey Goldberger, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine- Cardiovascular - Video 
  • Connie Weaver, PhD, Purdue University - Bone & Calcium - Video 
  • Milton Tenenbein, MD, University of Manitoba - Acute & Pharmacokinetics - Video 
Panel Discussion with the Caffeine Systematic Review Project Team Members Video
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Panel includes: 6 of the 7 Scientific Advisory Board members, Daniele Wikoff of ToxStrategies (Scientific Review Team), Alison Kretser of IAFNS (Oversight Committee) Overall Conclusions - presented by Daniele Wikoff
Full session playlist  CoffeeBambooSmall

See IAFNS's other sessions at Experimental Biology 2017:

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Saturday, 22 April 2017
8:30AM - 12:30PM
Ballroom S100BC
Speakers: Dennis Keefe, FDA; Harris Lieberman, USARIEM; Esther Myers, EF Myers Consulting; Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Peck, University of Oklahoma; Milton Tenenbein, University of Manitoba; Connie Weaver, Purdue University; Daniele Wikoff, ToxStrategies
Supported by the Caffeine Working Group
Session Info & Videos The Changing Brain: How Brain Plasticity, Exercise and Nutrition Affect Function and Cognition
Saturday, 22 April 2017
3:00PM - 5:00PM,
Ballroom S100BC
  • Neurogensis and brain plasticity in the adult brain - Henriette van Praag, National Institute on Aging;
  • The Relation of Exercise, fitness, & Adiposity to Cognitive and Brain Health - Charles Hillman, University of Illinois - Video
  • Neuroinflammatory Processes in Cognitive Disorders - Sophie Laye, Universite Bordeaux - Video
  • Exercise, Nutrition and Brain Funciton: What are the steps toward dietary and physical activity Recommendations? - Mary Ann Johnson, University of Georgia - Video
  • Panel Discussion - Video
Utility of Predictive Modeling for Nutrition Research, Clinical Interventions and Public Health
Sunday, 23 April 2017
8:30AM- 10:30AM
S105BCD
Speakers:
  • Intro to Predictive Modeling: From Linear Regression Models to Mechanistic Mathematical Modeling - David Allison, University of Alabama at Birmingham - Video;
  • Use of Predictive Modeling in the Design of Clinical Studies Kevin Hall, NIDDK - Video;
  • Application of Predictive Modeling in Weight Loss Counseling -  Corby Martin, Pennington Biomedical Research Center - Video;
  • Application of Predictive Modeling in Personalized Nutrition - Ben van Ommen, TNO - Video;
  • Utility of PRedictive Modeling for Public Health Obesity Policies - Emily Dhurandhar, Texas Tech University - Video;
  • Summary and Wrap-Up - Diana Thomas, West Point - Video
    Supported by the Protein Committee
  • Full session playlist
Learning Lab: How to Access and Use a Fiber and Health Outcomes Database for Researchers and Policymakers
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
11:00AM - 12:30PM
S105AB
Speakers: Kara Livingston, Tufts University; Caleigh Sawicki, Tufts University
Supported by the Carbohydrate Committee Posters
Sources of dietary folate/folic acid in women of different races in the United States between 2009 and 2012: What is the role of fortified and enriched products?
PDF
Abstract Number: 6707
Poster Board Number C88
Presenter: Ray DeVirgiliis, George Washington University
Monday, 24 April
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Co-hosted by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and the IAFNS Technical Committee on Food & Chemical Safety

This workshop will bring together scientists from government, academia and industry to discuss the advances in testing strategies to reduce animal testing and the need for the development of a standardized approach for use of these alternative methodologies in food safety assessment.

Workshop Proceedings:

State of the Science on Alternatives to Animal Testing and Integration of Testing Strategies for Food Safety Assessments

Read the Proceedings Registration Expand

There is no fee to attend the workshop but, registration is required by Tuesday, February 21. Please register for the workshop using this link: Workshop Registration

Webcast Registration
Register for webcast here: webcast registration
Webcast participants can submit questions online during the event. These will be answered as time allows. Agenda Expand

8:30-8:40 am: Welcome Suzanne Fitzpatrick, FDA Mansi Krishan, IAFNS

8:40-8:55am
Introductory Remarks
Dennis Keefe, FDA
Heidi Bialk, IAFNS Member Scientist 8:55-9:35am
Integrated Testing Strategies in Food Safety
Alan Boobis, Imperial College London [30 mins + 10 mins Q & A] 9:35-10:15am
State of the Science on High Through-Put Screening (HTS): Food Safety Perspective
Nadine Bewry, FDA 10:30-11:10am
Case Studies to Describe the Limitations of Using HTS data in Food Safety Assessment
Rebecca Clewell, ScitoVation 11:10 -11:50am
Identify and Translate Learnings from On-Going Assay Validation Efforts into Standard HTS Testing Practices
Richard Judson, EPA 12:50- 1:30pm
Read Across Approaches: Chemical Structure and Bioactivity Profiling Applicable to Food Safety
Grace Patlewicz, EPA 1:30-2:10pm
FDA Perspective on Read Across Approaches
Tim Adams, FDA 2:10-2:50 pm
Organ on a Chip Technology
Daniel Levner, Emulate 3:05- 4:30pm
Panel Discussion Moderator: Suzanne Fitzpatrick, FDA Panelists:
All speakers, Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University and Katya Tsaioun, Johns Hopkins University 4:30-4:40pm
Concluding Remarks
Suzanne Fitzpatrick
FDA Mansi Krishan, IAFNS Videos Expand

A video of the workshop can be found on the FDA YouTube channel

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While the role of systematic reviews becomes more fully appreciated, the quality of systematic reviews is inconsistent. As the field of systematic reviews evolves, there are an increasing number of frameworks and approaches that can be used to conduct such comprehensive research.  When conducting systematic reviews there are questions about how to: develop a protocol and PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome) questions, execute a search strategy, manage data, grade the literature, evaluate and manage biases, and ensure transparency of the process. This session will address these components by using a large multi-endpoint systematic review of caffeine which followed the framework of the IOM Report "Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews", as a case study.

There continues to be interest within the scientific community in what is a safe level of caffeine intake and if certain populations should have modified recommendations.  Since the 2003 release of the highly cited and valued review by Nawrot et al., "Effects of caffeine on human health", there have been more than 5,000 articles on the effects of caffeine in humans published, highlighting the need for an update to this body of work.

The Systematic Review of the effects of caffeine on human health took into account the challenges of including nutrition and toxicological evidence. The health endpoints reviewed for caffeine are: acute toxicity, behavior, bone and calcium homeostasis, cardiovascular health, developmental and reproductive toxicity, and pharmacokinetics in three healthy populations.  The session will present the lessons learned and will emphasize the efforts taken to ensure transparency and rigor that allow for the achievement of a high level of scientific quality.  Specific areas of focus will include challenges with identifying and integrating caffeine intakes by level of adversity (e.g., physiological or clinical endpoints), and difficulties in applying standard risk of bias tools across outcomes and endpoints.

Although this session will focus on the Caffeine Systematic Review as a case study, the process, findings, and lessons are relevant to nutrition researchers and professionals who utilize systematic reviews.

Agenda & Videos Expand Welcome
Alison Kretser, MS, RD, IAFNS The Caffeine Landscape - framing the need for the Systematic Review 
Dennis Keefe, PhD, FDA
Video Striving for the Gold Standard in the Systematic Review Process
Esther Myers, PhD, RDN, FAND, EF Myers Consulting
Video The Methodology and Challenges of the Caffeine Systematic Review
Daniele Wikoff, PhD, ToxStrategies
Video Q&A
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Video

10:10 - 10:25 Break

General Results of the Systematic Review
Daniele Wikoff, PhD, ToxStrategies
Video

Results of Specific Health Endpoints- Scientific Advisory Board Members

  • Harris Lieberman, US Army - Behavior - Video 
  • Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania - Behavior - Video (See Lieberman for pdf)
  • Jennifer Peck, PhD University of Oklahoma - Reproductive & Developmental Toxicity - Video 
  • Daniele Wikoff on behalf of Jeffrey Goldberger, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine- Cardiovascular - Video 
  • Connie Weaver, PhD, Purdue University - Bone & Calcium - Video 
  • Milton Tenenbein, MD, University of Manitoba - Acute & Pharmacokinetics - Video 
Panel Discussion with the Caffeine Systematic Review Project Team Members Video
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Panel includes: 6 of the 7 Scientific Advisory Board members, Daniele Wikoff of ToxStrategies (Scientific Review Team), Alison Kretser of IAFNS (Oversight Committee) Overall Conclusions - presented by Daniele Wikoff
Full session playlist  CoffeeBambooSmall

See IAFNS's other sessions at Experimental Biology 2017:

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2022

Invitation-Only Dialogue: The World Health Organization’s 2022 NUGAG Draft Guidelines on Non-Sugar Sweeteners: Exploring the Recommendations

Virtual, Event

Join the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS), the International Food Information Council (IFIC), and the Calorie Control Council (CCC) for this invitation-only event to explore the science, the recommendations, and the implications with Dr. Tauseef Khan of the University of Toronto. As this is intended to be a dialogue, representatives from FDA and other authoritative experts are invited to contribute.

Read more about Invitation-Only Dialogue: The World Health Organization’s 2022 NUGAG Draft Guidelines on Non-Sugar Sweeteners: Exploring the Recommendations

IAFP 2022 Annual Meeting

Pittsburgh, PA

Each year, the International Association for Food Protection hosts an Annual Meeting, providing attendees with information on current and emerging food safety issues, the latest science, innovative solutions to new and recurring problems, and the opportunity to network with thousands of food safety professionals from around the globe.

Read more about IAFP 2022 Annual Meeting

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Each year, the International Association for Food Protection hosts an Annual Meeting, providing attendees with information on current and emerging food safety issues, the latest science, innovative solutions to new and recurring problems, and the opportunity to network with thousands of food safety professionals from around the globe.

This year, the IAFNS Food Microbiology Committee is supporting the three sessions at the IAFP Annual Meeting.

How Relevant is Finished Product Testing for Pathogens to Public Health Outcomes? Expand

Monday, August 1, 2022 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM ET

FDA's final rule "Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food" (the CGMP & PC rule) requires a facility that has identified hazards requiring preventive controls to verify that the preventive controls are consistently implemented and are effectively and significantly minimizing or preventing the hazard. Facilities also need to show the product has not been recontaminated after the preventive control. Verification activities can include physical measurements of the critical limits, product design measurements, environmental and/or product testing for indicator organisms or pathogens, which depend on the preventive control(s) and risks. However, many producers are asked by their customers to test for a multitude of pathogens in their finished product and their environment, to satisfy requirements for lot acceptance, regardless of whether the tests are relevant or even validated for the matrix in question. As a result, excessive testing diverts resources that could be focused on the real defined risks as well as causes products to be rejected to then be reworked or thrown away/wasted when they would not cause a public health issue. In addition, consumers may lose confidence in the food industry when recalls are announced that had no public health implications. This roundtable will discuss criteria for choosing organisms for testing finished product and/or the environment, debate if testing finished product vs. using HACCP monitoring, verification, and validation data are better indicators for lot acceptance, how human behavior fits into public health relevance, what should be recalled when no imminent public health risk has been identified, and whether zero tolerance should be the focus when testing.

Speakers:
• Ben Warren, US Food and Drug Administration
• Martin Duplessis, Health Canada
• Roy Betts, Campden BRI
• Heather Carleton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Pamela Wilger, Post Consumer Brands Whole Genome Sequencing: Challenging and Defining Foodborne Pathogen Species, Risk, and Virulence Expand

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM ET

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is now the gold standard for foodborne pathogen identification, epidemiological investigations, and broader studies in microbial ecology. WGS has redefined the foodborne disease outbreak landscape through improved time-to detection resulting in fewer cases. It has further increased resolution of foodborne disease outbreaks by identifying smaller outbreaks that may have historically been overlooked. WGS advances have influenced detection targets, confirmation procedures, and risk assessments. WGS has and continues to redefine genus and species classifications for some foodborne pathogens, as well as provide greater insight into virulence factors. While WGS has advanced understanding of all foodborne pathogens, this technology currently has varying utility among foodborne pathogens. The case studies presented in this symposium are strategically selected to investigate the variation in use and utility of WGS as an epidemiologic and phylogenetic tool. Leading experts will present state-of-the-art case studies of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica, and Bacillus cereus as representatives of the spectrum of advancements and limitations of WGS technology. This symposium will showcase current WGS impacts on defining or challenging current understanding of a species, its impact on regulation, insight into virulence capacity, and implications for the private sector.

Speakers:

WGS of Listeria monocytogenes: Advancements, Limitations, and Challenges
Martin Wiedmann, Cornell University WGS of Salmonella enterica: Perspectives on Strengths and Limitations
Dayna Harhay, USDA Agricultural Research Service WGS of the Bacillus cereus Group: Advancements and Challenges
Sophia Johler, University of Zurich Application of New Technologies for Improved Food Safety Expand

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM ET

The announcement of FDA's "New Era of Smarter Food Safety" initiative in 2020 brought heightened visibility to new technologies and approaches to create a safer food supply, including those to enhance traceability, improve predictive analytics, respond more rapidly to outbreaks, and reduce contamination of food. However, with more questions than answers on how the food industry can implement these technologies within their facilities and infrastructures, there exists an opportunity to help close the gap between what's achievable with these technologies and the current state. In this roundtable, a panel of regulatory and industry scientists will discuss how recent innovations in predictive analytics; new tools for risk assessment and environmental monitoring, including how to handle tracking and mapping data; and virtual monitoring technology for use in auditing and inspections can be used to improve food safety and sustainability. In addition, panelists will discuss whether the industry is using these technologies to their fullest extent, and limitations to implementing these technologies in the food industry.

Speakers:

Tim Jackson, FDA
Cindy Jiang, McDonalds
Joseph Holt, OSI Group
Derrick Bautista, Del Monte Foods

These sessions are supported by the IAFNS Food Microbiology Committee. Learn more about the IAFP Annual Meeting.

 

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