AOAC STANDARDS & METHODS ORIENTATION E-BOOK

9/10/2019

International Harmonization Efforts

ALACC Changes: • Fulfills need to help labs interpret requirements. • More information on technical records

AOAC and ISO ‐ New Agreement  signed on18  October 2018       ISO TC 34 (Food  Products)and its  subcommittees &  workinggroups

IDF is engaged  through ISO TC 34  SC 5 Methods are  jointly submitted  to CODEXprocess  by AOAC, ISO,  and IDF for  dispute  resolution status

13 AOAC Final  Action Official  Methods

AOAC Laboratory  Accreditation  Committee  Criteria Guidance  on interpreting  ISO 17025

• LOTS OF NOTES INCLUDED AND ADDED!!! • Use of CRMs • Sampling and addition of online references • Technical records & Data Information Management • Method Uncertainty and validity of results • Proficiency testing

Engaged in  review of  methods  referenced in  Codex STAN 234  – Methodsof  Analysis and  Sampling

AOAC began in Washington, DC as the Association  of Official Agricultural Chemists (1884)

• Federal and state departments of  agriculture through the USDA  Bureau of Chemistry.   Initially to standardize  methodology to be used for  composition of fertilizers by state  laboratories  Directed by Harvey Washington  Wiley who wrote the 1906 law  that began the US Food and Drug  Administration (FDA) 

• By the 1980s AOAC’s membership  included microbiologist, food  science professionals • In 1991, Association of Official  Agricultural Chemists  legally  changed its name to AOAC  INTERNATIONAL  • Often referred to as Association of  Analytical Communities ‐ used to  encompass all of the scientific  disciplines involved in AOAC’s work.

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