AOAC-RI ERP Book Micro Jan 19 2017

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ƒ Call for Experts or Volunteers is issued.

ƒ Members must be vetted by AOAC Official Methods Board (OMB). ƒ Demonstrated expertise ƒ Diversity and balance of the overall expert review panel ƒ AOAC volunteer appointment ƒ Serve at the pleasure of the President of AOAC INTERNATIONAL

ƒ Additional members may be added.

ƒ Can have nonͲvoting members

ƒ OMB assigns an OMB member to serve as a representative on each ERP

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ƒ Members of the BoD may act as voting members but it is recommended that they sit as non voting members of the panel unless the CSO can demonstrate that there are so Ͳ , few experts in the field available to the community that they are needed to move the project forward.

ƒ Paid consultants of AOAC and AOAC staff may not serve as voting members on ERPs.

ƒ If a single business location is represented by more than one person on an ERP, that location shall have only one vote.

ƒ The Chair of the ERP must be a member of AOAC INTERNATIONAL.