ILSI NA: IAFP 2016: Essential Criteria for Making a Non-Thermal Validation Study....(Nate Anderson)

Essential Criteria for Making a Non-Thermal Validation Study Acceptable to a Regulator Presenter: Nate Anderson, FDA CFSAN ILSI North America Sponsored Sessions at The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) 2016 Annual Meeting July 31 - August 3, 2016 America's Center, St. Louis, Missouri. Sponsored by the ILSI North America Technical Committee on Food Microbiology How do I Validate That? Assuring Credibility of Non-Thermal and Novel Thermal Controls for Microbiological Hazards Tuesday, August 2, 2016 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Session Conveners: Mickey Parish, FDA CFSAN, Michelle Iannucci, PepsiCo Inc. Validation of hazard control measures is an important requirement of food safety management systems, and FSMA is amplifying the urgency of such validations. However, the vast majority of prior work and information available has focused primarily on reduction and control of microbial pathogens via thermal processes. In contrast, criteria for the design, execution, and interpretation of validation studies for non-traditional/non-thermal controls often are unclear or simply unavailable. A wide range of products are subjected to process steps that provide pathogen reduction by solely non-thermal means, such as high pressure processing, varied wavelength light exposure, and/or radio frequency treatment. This session discusses approaches to validation of a selection of non-thermal control measures. For more information about ILSI North America, please visit http://www.ilsina.org