109th ACMSF Meeting 18 June 2025bruary 2025

One-hundred and ninth meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food will be held at 12:30 on 18th June. Hybrid meeting.

Public Attendance at this meeting

Members of the public are welcome to attend ACMSF plenary meetings as observers. Request to attend should sent to acmsf@food.gov.uk  by Thursday 12 June 2025.  Please note that space for observers is limited so we may not be able to accommodate everyone who wants to attend.

Venue

Food Standards Agency, Foss House, 1-2 Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PR

Microsoft Teams link is available for those who wish to join the meeting remotely.

AGENDA

12:30 - 13:15 (items 1-4)

1. Chair's Welcome

2. Apologies for absence

3. Declaration of Interests

4. Chair’s extended welcome and introduction to new members (ACM/1443) 

13:15-13:30 

5. Minutes of the last meeting (ACM/MIN/108)

13:30- 13:35 

6. Matters arising (ACM/1444)

13:35 – 14:35 

7. Food Safety Research Network (Matthew Gilmour) 

14:35-14:50 

Break

14:50-15:30

8. COT Workshop: Gut Reactions, Xenobiotics and the Microbiome (Olivia Osborne FSA) (AXM/1446)

Closed Session 

15:30-16:00 

9. Representing lag phase in microbiological modelling (Karen Pearson, FSS) (ACM/1445)-reserved business 

16:00-16:30

10. EFIG update (ACM/1447)- reserved business 

16:30-16:40

11. IID3 update - reserved business

16:40-16:50 

12. Committee Updates - reserved business

• AMR working group 

16:50-17:00 

13. AOB