Technical Committee Meeting Agenda – March 23, 2013

Technical Committee Meeting
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Hammock Beach
Palm Coast, Florida
Harbor/Galleon Rooms
12:30 – 4:30 PM

Agenda

1. Call to Order – Committee Chairman, David Katzke, General Mills, Inc.

a. Introductions – David Katzke, General Mills, Inc.

b. Review of Antitrust Guidelines – Skip Myers, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

2. Administrative

a. Approval of Minutes – Jim Bair, NAMA

3. Items for Discussion

a. FSMA implementation – preventive controls proposal – Ricardo Carvajal, NAMA food safety legal counsel via telephone

b. Vitamin D update – Sherri Lehman, NAMA

c. Labeling of bleaching agents – Ellen Gay, Horizon Milling, LLC/Cargill

d. Potassium bromate usage – Ellen Gay, Horizon Milling, LLC/Cargill

e. Mycotoxins – Jim Bair, NAMA

i. Codex deliberations

ii. Canada laws and regulations

iii. Canadian Grains Council oat testing

f. Biotechnology – Jim Bair, NAMA

i. Wheat Innovation Alliance

ii. State labeling initiatives

g. Feed safety and assurance – Nick Weigel, ADM Milling Company

h. IPM – Jim Bair, NAMA

i. IPM manual

ii. Methyl bromide status

iii. Sulfuryl fluoride status

i. Nanoparticles – Bob Sombke, North Dakota Mill & Elevator, Inc.

j. Dicyanamide – Ellen Gay, Horizon Milling, LLC/Cargill

k. Wal-Mart sustainability – Nick Weigel, ADM Milling Company

l. Allergen labeling – soy presence and labeling in Canada – Nick Weigel, ADM Milling Company

m. NAMA funded research – Sherri Lehman, NAMA

n. Corn Dry Milling Conference – Sherri Lehman, NAMA

o. Location of fall Technical Committee meeting – David Katzke, General Mills, Inc.

4. Other Business

5. Adjournment