SPADA Meeting Book

Soil Testing Working Group

Increased confidence and reliability in performance of assays  that meet the operational needs when deployed in the field  requires evaluating inhibition, interference, and cross‐ reactivity of an assay.

Currently there is a lack of consensus standards for the  preparation and use of soil testing samples. 

The goal of the AOAC SPADA Working Group is to draft  standard procedures for preparation and characterization of  soils to be used in the evaluation of candidate biothreat  detection assays.

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Current SPADA Timeline

2019

2018

Aug

Oct

Dec

Feb

Apr

Jun

Aug

Oct

Dec

Today

Preparatory Work

SPADA Meeting: Working Groups Launch

10/15/2018

In‐PersonWorking GroupMeetings

10/16/2018

Working Group Teleconferences

11/2/2018

5/17/2019

Public Comment Period 7/12/2019

6/7/2019

Public Comment Discussion

7/8/2019

Preparation of Final Drafts by WG Chairs 8/9/2019

7/15/2019

SPADA Meeting 2

8/13/2019

Publication Period 

8/14/2019

12/31/2019

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