AOAC ISPAM Stakeholder Panel Meeting Book 3-13-18

Outcomes of AOAC 2017 Annual Meeting • Launched WG on Acceptance Criteria of Quantitative Microbiology Methods – Fit-for-Purpose Statement Endorsed • To develop statistical analysis and acceptance criteria of quantitative methods that will balance the goals of: – 1. Minimizing the chance of accepting a method that is not fit for purpose – 2. While maximizing the chance of accepting a method that is fit for purpose – 3. Providing guidance on relevance of deviations

Outcomes of AOAC 2017 Annual Meeting

• Gluten in Oats Working Group – Presentation of the Draft SMPR

• Applicable to the quantitation of total wheat, rye & barley gluten in groats, rolled oats, steel cut oats, oat 17 flour, oat bran, and extruded/cooked/finished oat products. – Reference material source – SMPR approved unanimously