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PTM Certification Mark
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Use of the AOAC
Performance Tested
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cert ficat on mar in cates t at:
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The method has been evaluated in the AOAC
Performance Tested
Methods
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program; wherein a minimum of one independent third
party laboratory and a panel of independent experts deemed by
consensus that the method has sufficiently demonstrated a set of claims
and such information is clearly represented in the method’s user
information or instructions for use
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The method has been issued a current PTM certificate based on an
annual review that demonstrated that all stated claims are consistent
with the information on file from the method’s latest successful PTM
evaluation.
Organizations have executed a Certification Mark License Agreement
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with the AOAC Research Institute.
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Each method is issued an individual certification mark.
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