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AOAC INTERNATIONAL
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Founded in 1884 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
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Established the
Official Methods of Analysis
SM
Program
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< 2700
Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
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Governed by a membership‐elected volunteer Board of Directors
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17 sections worldwide including China and India
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Analytical method based communities ‐ chemistry and microbiology
methods
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~ 3000 members worldwide including 42
organizational affiliate
members
1/3 of members overseas
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Established a wholly owned subsidiary – AOAC Research Institute
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Standards development and conformity assessment