2016 OMB Summer Meeting

AOAC OMB Meeting Book

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MEMORANDUM 

June 22, 2016 

Date:  

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board 

To: 

From:  

Deborah McKenzie, Staff Liaison – Deborah McKenzie 

OMB Working Group on Review of Candidate Methods 

Subject: 

AOAC’s pathway to Official Methods of Analysis does not guarantee Official Methods of  Analysis .  However, trying to demonstrate due diligence has led to repetitive calls for  methods for the same analytes/matrices with the results being either, few to no methods  submitted, to methods being reviewed by the ERP and deemed to require further  optimization and/or development with subsequent cycles of review prior to adoption.    AOAC is investigating ways to increase the number of methods that will likely meet the  SMPR submitted for identified stakeholder priorities, and ways of end potential open cycles  of review of methods that ERPs determine do not meet the SMPRs sufficiently for adoption  as Official Methods of Analysis .   AOAC OMB formed a working group that held its initial meeting on Wednesday, May 11,  2016 and led by Shauna Roman, with working group members including Erin Crowley, Don  Gilliland, Kate Mastovska, and Tom Phillips along with Delia Boyd and Deborah McKenzie.    Absent with regrets was ERP chair, Darryl Sullivan.  McKenzie provided examples from both SPIFAN and SPDS.  Roman provided a flowchart of  what the process should include.  The working group agreed that there was no need for any  changes in policy at this time, but rather:   More focus could be on more explicit training for ERP chairs  Additional communications with potential method authors regarding ERP comments  Reinforcement of deadlines and timelines for submission

These measures will also coincide with additional communications measures earlier in the  process at the Advisory Panel and Stakeholder Panel meetings pre‐SMPR formation. 

Attachments:   Examples (McKenzie) and Flowchart (Roman)