ISPAM Meeting Book

Achievements to date: OMs First Action

AOAC Official Method First Action Title 2012.04 

Method for the Determination of Antioxidant Activity in Foods  and Beverages by Reaction  with 2, 2’‐diphenyl‐1‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH): Collaborative  Study Analytical Parameters of the Microplate‐Based ORAC‐ Pyrogallol Red Assay  Development and Validation of an Improved Oxygen Radical  Absorbance Capacity Assay Using Fluorescein as the  Fluorescent Probe  Method for the Determination of Catechin and Epicatechin  Enantiomers in Cocoa‐Based Ingredients and Products by High  Performance Liquid Chromatography: Single‐Laboratory  Validation  Determination of Flavanol and Procyandin (by Degree of  Polymerization 1‐10) Content of Chocolate, Cocoa Liquors,  Powder(s), and Cocoa Flavanol Extracts by Normal Phse High‐  Performance Liquid Chromotography: Collaborative Study  Analysis of Cocoa Flavanols and Procyanidins (DP 1‐10) in  Cocoa‐Containing Ingredients and Products by Rapid  Resolution Liquid Chromatography 

2012.03 

2012.23 

2013.04 

2012.24 

2013.03 

2015.01 

Heavy metals in food

Working Group (WG) Initiative

• December 2014, AOAC Board of Directors initiates  WG Initiative  h i f AOAC O i i l Affili – as an a mec an sm or   rgan zat ona  ate  members to initiate  relevant standard development  projects using existing AOAC stakeholder panels • Expressed a need for a consensus standards and scientifically  valid fit for purpose consensus methodology • WG supported through AOAC Organizational Affiliates funded  and formed through AOAC staff  • AOAC works with Organizational Affiliates to find additional  Organizational Affiliates with the same need for scientifically  valid fit for purpose methodology – WG will develop SMPR to present to an existing  stakeholder panels for review