Food Authenticity Program Meeting Book (March 13, 2019)

Potential Program - Food Fraud Initiative (con’t)

Approved Standards • Published in Official Methods of Analysis and on AOAC website • Call for Methods issued based on published standard • Call for Experts issued to form Expert Review Panel (ERP) to review methods Review of Submitted Methods • Vetted ERP members approved, appointed, and oriented • ERP chair does preliminary review of methods and assign ERP members to methods • ERP conducts electronic review of method against standard • ERP meets in person to review of methods and render a decision on adopt methods Adopted Methods • Method is codified and published in the Official Methods of Analysis as First Action status • Method manuscript is published in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL • Method is tracked for two years (collect feedback, reproducibility, etc.…) • ERP review First Action OMA methods and render a recommendation on method status changes (e.g., Final Action, repeal, or continuance of First Action)

Estimated Working Group Timeline

January 2019: AOAC will identify renowned subject matter experts to participate in the working groups and a working group chair for each.

March 2019: The working group chairs will present a ‘launch presentation’ to the stakeholders.

April 2019 to Sept 2019: The working groups will meet by teleconferences to draft standards, recommendations, and guidance documents. September 2019: The working group chairs will present draft standards for approval by SPSFAM during the 2019 AOAC Annual Meeting.

October 2019 – March 2020: Issue a Call for Methods, Call for Experts, followed by AOAC Expert Review Panel to review methods in March 2020.