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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1
AOAC Introduction
1
AOAC Background
1
General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories
2
1.
Scope 2
2.
Normative References
3
3.
Terms and Definitions
3
4.
Management Requirements
4
4.1
Organization
4
4.2
Management System
4
4.6
Purchasing Services and Supplies 4
4.8
Complaints and Out of Spec Results
4.13
Control of Records
5
4.14
Internal Audits 6
4.15
Management Reviews
6
5.
Technical Requirements 6
5.2
Personnel
6
5.3
Accommodation and Environmental Conditions
7
5.4
Test and Calibration Methods and Method Validation 7
5.5
Equipment
8
5.6
Measurement Traceability 9
5.7
Sampling and Sub-Sampling
9
5.8
Handling of Test Items
10
5.9
Ensuring the Quality of Test and Calibration Results 10
5.10
Reporting the Results
15
Appendix A: Equipment 16
Appendix B: Microbiology
20
Appendix C: Chemistry
Appendix D: Pharmaceutical Analysis and Legal Standards 21
Appendix E: Legal samples
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