SPADA Meeting Book

Soil Testing Working Group Work to Date

• Working Group Launch (October 16‐17, 2018) • Five teleconferences (October 2018 – April 2019) • Drafted   “ Voluntary Consensus Standard for Collection     and  Use of Soils for Biothreat Agent Method Validation and Site  Assessments” • Public comment period (June 4, 2019 – July 12, 2019) • Comments reviewed and document prepared for  SPADA review and approval 

Soil Document Key Points

• Provide Background  Information on Soil – Terms and Definitions – Soil as a matrix • How to select Soil to  use for Testing • Processing and Using  Soil • Additional Resources • Experimental Set‐up  recommendations