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MEMORANDUM
Date:
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June 22‐23, 2017
AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board
Deborah McKenzie, Staff Liaison – AOAC Official Methods
Board Item VIb – Volunteer Confidentiality and Nondisclosure
It was brought to my attention that volunteers do not sign off on maintaining confidentiality with
review of methods and protocols. The Performance Tested Methods (PTM) program has an
agreement that reviewers and staff can sign; however, there is no such thing witn OMA.
Since then, I realize just how much intellectual information is shared. I would like to discuss how we
go about encouraging more nondisclosure without impacting transparency and the expert
intellectual discussions groups need to make decisions.
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