AOAC STANDARDS & METHODS ORIENTATION E-BOOK

9/10/2019

AOAC Voluntary Consensus Standards Development

Emerging  Topics

•Analytical  Solutions  Forum •Sole Source

Assemble  Experts

•Develop Draft  Standard

•Reconcile  Comments

Appeals

Reach  Consensus

•Broad  Stakeholder Input •Final Standard  Published

Stakeholder Panels vs Programs vs Individual Working Groups

Use of Analytical  Solutions Forum to start  new programs and  individual working  groups

AOAC formed  stakeholder panels and  used them primarily to  develop standards

SPIFAN is considered to  be an AOAC Program

Evolved stakeholder  panels into programs

A few things happened:

Stakeholder panels  developed their own  identity and support  mechanism to continue  work

AOAC placed all other  efforts into the two  panels it was supporting  and the overall effort less  defined

Stakeholder panels have  greater needs than just  the standards  development activity

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