AOAC STANDARDS & METHODS ORIENTATION E-BOOK

9/10/2019

Guide to Method Format

• Title • Applicability (SMPR can guide) • Principle • Apparatus (SMPR can guide) • Reagents • Sample 

Preparation/Analysis/Determination/Preparation  of Standard Solutions (may have subsections)

• Calculation • Reference

Preparing a Candidate Method

Publishing a technique  in a peer reviewed  journal can be a start,  but is not enough

Testing your method to  ensure that all method  parameters are  characterized, accuracy  determined and  precision are required Analytical working ranges,  recovery/accuracies, Forms of limits (LOD, LOQ,  MDL, AMDL, etc…) Commodity matrices for which  method applies Repeatability, robustness,  reproducibility*) •*Reproducibility is required  for Final Action consideration

Write the method into  AOAC format and see if  it can be followed as  written. 

Evaluate and Test the  Method !!!

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