AOAC ISPAM Stakeholder Panel Meeting Book (August 26, 2018)

Launch of the Food Allergen Working Group (2016)

The determined the following priority allergens in food (food will be defined in the SMPR®):

1. Eggs 2. Milk 3. Peanut 4. Tree nut (hazelnut, almond) 5. Celery 6. Mustard 7. Gluten

Fitness for Purpose Statements – Quantitative and Qualitative

• Endorsed by ISPAM • Working Group Formed • Core Group formed to begin writing the draft

Outcomes of AOAC Annual Meeting 2016 Food Allergen Working Group

Fitness for Purpose Statement (Quantitative): • Quantitative analysis of sources of food allergens according to the priority sequence in environmental samples and foods by ELISA- based technologies with consideration of alternative technologies

Fitness for Purpose Statement (Qualitative): • Qualitative analysis of

sources of food allergens according to the priority sequence in environmental samples and foods e.g. by Lateral Flow device technologies