AOAC Standards Development
Processes
Transparency, Openness,
Balance, Due Process,
Consensus, Appeals
US National Technology
Transfer and
Advancement Act (
PL 104‐
113)
Standards Process
Defensibility
Consensus
Acceptability
As an international standards development organization,
AOAC must maintain the following principles throughout all
AOAC INTERNATIONAL
standard setting activities:
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Transparency
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Openness
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Balance of Interests
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Due Process
•
Consensus
•
Appeals
