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Basic Requirements of AOAC Programs
Requirement
PTM Certification
First Action
OMA
Final Action OMA
Method Developer
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Independent lab study
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Reproducibility Assessment
√*
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Robustness
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Product Consistency
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Product Stability
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Instrument Variation
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User Feedback
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3 panel expert reviewers
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Expert Review Panel
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AOAC Research Institute uses expert volunteers and AOAC guidelines for its
testing protocols and data collection
Official Methods Board
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Product consistency, product stability and instrument variation are all certification
requirements
*required for commercial proprietary microbiology methods
AOAC OMB Teleconference Materials
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