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AOAC OMB Teleconference Materials
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MEMORANDUM
Date:
November 10, 2016
To:
AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board
From:
Deborah McKenzie, Staff Liaison – AOAC Official Methods Board
Subject:
II‐c. Proposal for AOAC Experts in AOAC AOAC Performance Tested Methods SM Program
Background:
The AOAC Research Institute, a subsidiary of AOAC INTERNATIONAL, administers conformity assessment programs, namely the AOAC Performance Tested Methods SM (PTM) Program and a version of the AOAC Official Methods of Analysis SM (OMA) Program, and the Consulting Service. OMB is mostly familiar with the AOAC OMA program either through AOAC standards development activities and associated expert review panels (ERPs). ERPs administered by the Research Institute operate quite similarly to those associated with stakeholder panels, but for individually submitted methods not in response to a call for methods. The Consulting Service is an auxiliary service in which validation protocols are developed, reviewed, and approved that can be used in either the PTM and/or OMA programs. The PTM program can be either an entry program or an end point for commercial proprietary rapid methods (test kits) and requires a full single laboratory validation along with an independent verification study. The end result of going through the PTM process is a certification of the method/test kit. Method developers are licensed to use the issued certification mark and a certificate with a synopsis of the method validation is posted on the AOAC website under the Research Institute and PTM Validated Methods tab. A key component of the PTM program and the Consulting Service is the approval of validation protocols and the peer review of the PTM validation manuscript. The approval of validation protocols is the responsibility of the AOAC Expert, formerly known as the General Referee (GR). This person is someone who is knowledgeable of the expectations of the OMA programs and validation guidance and serves as a link between the programs. AOAC Experts are recruited for each area for which methods are submitted for PTM review and certification. Enclosures: Credentials for two proposed AOAC Experts: one for seafood spoilage toxin methods and one for fats and oils methods. Also attached is information about the Research Institute, the programs, information on AOAC Experts. Recommendation: To approve Jeff van de Riet as an AOAC Expert for Seafood Toxins; and to approve Michael Blumenthal as an AOAC Expert for Fats and Oils.
11/09/2016
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