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 New pathway to First Action Official Methods of
AnalysisSM :
◦ create standard (SMPRs) to judge methods.
◦ collect relevant methods.
◦ evaluate methods against SMPRs.
This is incredibly important.
Minimum requirements reflecting the communities
are now developed and documented (SMPRs)
before a method is evaluated.
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 Reviews methods resulting from an AOAC issued Call for Methods
 Vetted by Official Methods Board for balance and conflicts of interest
 Candidate methods
◦ Evaluated by the ERP and considered for First Action Official
MethodsSM status through the Alternative Pathway
◦ After 2 years, the ERP reviews any additional information (collaborative
t d fi i t ti th d t ti ) k s u y, pro c ency es ng, or o er ocumen a on , ma es
recommendation to the Official Methods Board for Final Action status
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