AOAC STANDARDS & METHODS ORIENTATION E-BOOK

9/10/2019

AOAC Resources • The following are accessible at the AOAC website: – AOAC Guidelines and esources – Statistical Workbooks – OMA Appendices (also available in e‐OMA) – AOAC Consulting Services for Official Methods SM (fee  based service, application required) • Draft and facilitate review and approval of validation  testing protocols • Formatting candidate methods into AOAC format • Drafting and formatting AOAC method manuscripts • Special Projects

Official Methods SM Program Methods Submission

Call for Methods • Based on Standards Development

Individual Sole Source • Individual submission not based on active call for methods • Methods performance not reliant on AOAC standards development • Submission at discretion of method author

• Method performance purport to meet relevant standard (standard method performance requirements) • Posted on AOAC Website

Methods and manuscripts in AOAC format • Can include raw data files along with paper • Reduce time to publication of method • Provide uniform approach for review of methods by ERP • Can easier identify changes in First Action methods for Final Action or modification reviews

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