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AOAC INTERNATIONAL
(Technical and Scientific Excellence Award)
Person Making Nomination Team Nominee
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Project Summary
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Erin Crowley
SPSFAM Allergen Working
Group
Standard Method Performance
Requirements (SMPR) for Detection
and Quantitation of Selected Allergens
The Allergen WG has established an SMPR for detection
of milk, peanut, whole egg and hazelnut using MS
technology. The SMPR was approved by the SPSFAM
Stakeholder Panel at the 2016 Mid‐Year meeting.
This group worked diligently between the annual
meeting in 2015 until the mid‐year meeting to identify
critical needs for allergen detection methods using
mass spec technology. This group is diverse in
perspective, encompassing representation from
regulators, food companies, industry and international
organizations. They have set a precedent for future
working groups to establish acceptance criteria for
assays that
detect allergens using highly sensitive and robust
technologies