Science and Regulatory Committee

ASTA has combined the Food Safety Committee and Government Relations Committee, Task Forces and Working Groups and rebranded the work under one committee to better align identification for projects into smaller working groups. The strategic goal is to facilitate food safety by providing resources to support industry efforts ensuring clean, safe spice & utilize global alliances to reach the entire supply chain. Through regulatory and policy developments, maintaining strong relationships with agencies, legislators, state governments and other key stakeholders, ASTA is able to develop comments and positions on emerging regulations to advocate for the spice industry and provide tools and resources on new policies and developments.

Science and Regulatory Committee	Member Roster 2022-2023
*Goals* Monitor new and emerging issues in the food safety arena that impact the spice industry Provide tools and resources to educate the industry on food safety issues and ensure a supply of clean and safe spices Conduct research on food safety issues specific to the spice industry as needed Publish science-based recommendations for compliance with FSMA Preventive Controls and other food safety requirements Review and update ASTA methods and oversee the ASTA “check sample” program Monitor regulatory and policy developments Maintain strong relationships with federal agencies, legislators, state governments and other key policy stakeholders Develop comments and positions on emerging regulations to advocate for the spice industry Provide tools and resources to educate the spice industry on new policy and regulatory developments including FSMA and much more Plan the ASTA Regulatory Workshop held in Washington DC annually	Troy Ayers, Eurofins Safia Babiker, Advanced Spice & Trading, Inc. Jenny Becker, P.K. Kinder Co., Inc. David Bolliet, Kalsec Erin Brathwaite, Elite Spice Inc. Ashley Brooks, Fuchs North America R.D. Cathey, Foreign Trade Services Anne Carr, Oregon Spice Company Heather Chick, Kalsec, Inc. Steven Clemenson, Nedspice Group Brent Cross, Harris Spice Co., Inc. Danielle Dalheim, PepsiCo Ron Elton, John H. Elton, Inc. Leonard Fong, olam food ingredients (ofi) Abdul Gaba, Kalustyan Jill Hoffman, McCormick & Company Ben Howard, Certified Laboratories, Inc. Aaron Huckabee, Eurofins Rick James, Givaudan Flavors Corp. Suzanne Jenkins, Red Monkey Foods Sebnam Karasu, Karasu Consulting Miriad Keka, Buhler Carol Kitchen, B&G Foods Erik Knedgen, Kalsec, Inc. Dan Hemming, Sensient Natural Ingredients, LLC Andrew Kuszynski, olam food ingredients (ofi) Lynda Lathrop, Griffith Foods Amy Lytle, B&G Foods, Inc. Doug Marshall, Eurofins Kurt Martin, Wm. E. Martin & Sons Co., Inc. Gerado Morantes, Buhler Inc. Ramesh Manoharan, olam food ingredients (ofi) AJ McCardell, Certified Laboratories, Inc. James Miller, Trece Inc. Kathryn Nixa, Givaudan Flavors Corp. Lisa Patel, Kalsec, Inc. Ozge Turk, Birlik A.S. Mark Davis, Pepsico Tracey Roane, Givaudan Flavors Corp. Kari Romanov, Wixon, Inc. Peter Sayia, (Board Liaison), A.A. Sayia & Co., Inc. Oliver Shapiro, olam food ingredients (ofi) Supat Sirivhica, Eurofins Allison Slaybaugh, Red Monkey Foods Tim Sonntag, Wixon, Inc. Vinay Sreekumar, olam food ingredients (ofi) Chris Stevenson, (Chair), McCormick & Co., Inc. Jen Stivers, Frontier Co-op Gabe Wilson, Hormel Foods Robert Wong, Agri-Neo, Inc. Leslie Thompson-Strehlow, SGS Vanguard Sciences, Inc Steven Yeager, Mountain Rose Herbs Shannen Kelly, ASTA Staff Liaison Laura Shumow, ASTA Staff Liaison
Analytical Methods Subcommittee *Goals* Update ASTA analytical methods Develop new methods as necessary Identify methods for deletion and revision	Gerardo Albornoz, McCormick & Co., Inc. Shankar Bhattacharya, Certified Laboratories, Inc. David Bolliet, Kalsec, Inc. John Cyprien, McCormick & Co., Inc. Leonard Fong, (Chair), olam food ingredients (ofi) Daniel Ferry, Griffith Foods Paul Ford, McCormick & Co., Inc. Jane Guido, Kalsec, Inc. Mohamed Hamad, Certified Laboratories, Inc. Dan Hemming, Sensient Natural Ingredients Benjamin Howard, Certified Laboratories, Inc. Aaron Huckabee, Eurofins Ramin Jahromi, Eurofins Lynda Lathrop, Griffith Foods Amy Lytle, B&G Foods Paul Maneesh, MANE, Inc. Ben Pointer, Eurofins Joanna Pratt, McCormick & Co., Inc. Kari Romanov, Wixon, Inc. Supat Sirivicha, Eurofins Cheryl Stephenson, Eurofins Tongtong Xu, USP
Task Force on Lead in Spices *Goals* Monitor and respond to regulatory developments on heavy metals in spices Conduct research on heavy metals Develop education and resources for the industry	Steven Clemenson, Nedspice Group Shawn Godspeed, Chesapeake Spice Company, LLC Andrew Kuszynski, Gel Spice Company, Inc. Ramesh Manoharan, Olam Spices Supat Sirivicha, Eurofins Laura Shumow, ASTA Staff Liaison Shannen Kelly, ASTA Staff Liaison
Validation Task Force *Goals* Develop resources and education on validation for the spice industry Oversee research projects on validation of spices	Karen Burns, Cosmed Group Eerdogan Ceylan, Merieux James Dickson, Iowa State University Barbora Dubovcova, Buhler Group Abdul Gaba, Kalustyan Greg Gamble, Asenzya Benjamin Howard, Certified Laboratories, Inc. Sherman Mah, Certified Laboratories Steve Markus, Sterigenics Douglas Marshall, Eurofins Gerardo Morantes, Buhler Group Laurie Pujol, Novolyze Greg Sommerville, Frontier Co-Op Leslie Thompson-Strehlow, SGS Vanguard Sciences, Inc. Robert Wong, Agri-Neo Nishand Dhurandhar, Microtrol India Laura Shumow, ASTA Staff Liaison Shannen Kelly, ASTA Staff Liaison