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ƒ Any approved method(s) along with supporting manuscript(s) and
documentation sent to AOAC Publications after the meeting.
ƒ AOAC Official Methods number assigned.
ƒ Method and method manuscript prepared for publication
in the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC
INTERNATIONAL and in Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
ƒ Updates on methods approved or status changes are
published in the Inside Laboratory Management magazine
and on the AOAC website
Format for AOAC
Official Methods of
Analysis
Online Technical Resources
Method Development, Optimization & Validation
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix F Ͳ Guidelines for Standard
Method Performance Requirements
™ Homogeneity
™ Guide for Writing Methods in AOAC Format
™ Statistics Protocol Review Form
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix D: Guidelines for Collaborative
Study Procedures to Validate Characteristics of a
Method of Analysis
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix G: Procedures and Guidelines for
the Use of AOAC Voluntary Consensus Standards to
Evaluate Characteristics of a Method of Analysis
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix I: AOAC INTERNATIONAL Methods
Committee Guidelines for Validation of Biological
Threat Agent
™ Methods and/or Procedures
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix J: AOAC INTERNATIONAL Methods
Committee Guidelines for Validation of
Microbiological Methods for Food and
Environmental Surfaces
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix K: Guidelines for Dietary
Supplements and Botanicals
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix L: AOAC Recommended
Guidelines for Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula
and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) SingleͲLaboratory
Validation
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix M Ͳ Validation Procedures for
Quantitative Food Allergen ELISA Methods:
Community Guidance and Best Practices
™ Safety Checklist
Method Review
™ Examples of Statistical Analysis
™ Statistics Manuscript Review Form
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix A: Standard Solutions and
Reference Materials
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix D: Guidelines for Collaborative
Study Procedures to Validate Characteristics of a
Method of Analysis
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix H: Probability of Detection (POD)
as a StatisticalModel for the Validation of
Qualitative Methods
Miscellaneous
™ Definition of Terms and Explanatory Notes
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix B: Laboratory Safety
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix E: Laboratory Quality Assurance
™ OMA Ͳ Appendix C: Reference Tables
All resources are accessible at
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Thelanguageofthemethodshouldbeconciseandcompletelyfreefromambiguity.
Concisenessisdesirable,bothtoensureclarityandtosavespace. Wheneverthereisaconflict
betweenclarityandstyle,clarityismoreimportant.
PresentTenseandImperativeMode
Checksentencesthatdonotbeginwithaverbandchangethem,iffeasible,tothe
imperativemode(e.g.Pipet10mL...,Stir...,etc.).Exceptionsare:useofadverbmodifier
("Accuratelyweigh..."),prepositionalclause("Forrefinedsugars,use..."),permissive
statements("Ferrichydroxidemaybeused..."),andstatementsinthe"Principle"section.
Abbreviations
MostabbreviationsarethesameasthoseusedbyChemicalAbstracts.Donotuse
abbreviationsintitlesandheadings. Seethe DefinitionsofTermsandExplanatoryNotes.
RepetitionandRedundancy
Eliminaterepetitionandredundancyasfaraspossible;useonlyforemphasis.Donotuse
"distilled"withwater,"concentrated"withcommonacids,"95%"withalcohol,or"ACS"with
reagentscoveredbyACSspecifications.Theseareunderstoodbydefinition.
Terminology, FormulaeandChemicalNames
Fornamesofchemicalcompounds,usethespelling,hyphenation,andworddivisiongivenin
ChemicalAbstracts. Useanationalpharmacopeiafornamesfordrugs. UseISO
nomenclatureforpesticidesandCodexnomenclaturefornamesoffoodadditivesandcolor
additives.
Consistency
Watchforinternalcontradictionsinthetext:volumesthatdonotadduporthatexceedthe
capacityofthecontainer;tooabruptatransitionfromoneoperationtoanother(alinemay
beomitted);andimpracticalorimpossiblenumbers(e.g.,100gNaCl willnotdissolvein100
mLwater).
CrossͲreferences
AllnewAOACmethodsshouldbewrittenascompleteandselfͲcontainedaspractical. Do
notrefertootherAOACmethods. IfpartofaprocedureinanOfficial MethodSMistaken
frommaterialpreviouslypublishedelsewhere,incorporatethosestepsinthemethodrather
thanreferringtheanalysttoanotherpublication.
Definitions
Thesection"DefinitionofTermsandExplanatoryNotes,"Official MethodsofAnalysisof
AOACINTERNATIONAL,isthebasicguidetoconventionsandconsistency.
IllustrationsandTables
Ifsymbolsareusedonthefigure,includeanexplanationinthecaptionortext. Provide
descriptivetitlesfortables. Explainanyobscureheadingsinafootnote.
BibliographicReferences
Checkallreferencesforaccuracy. UsestandardChemicalAbstractsabbreviationsfor
Journaltitles. Ingeneralavoidreferencesinmethod. Citebackgroundreferencesinthe
"Introduction"or"Discussion"sectionofthecollaborativestudymanuscriptͲͲnotinthe
method. Ifpartofaprocedureinan Official MethodSMistakenfrommaterialpreviously
publishedelsewhere,incorporatethosestepsinthemethodratherthanreferringthe
analysttoanotherpublication.
Safety
All methodsmustbereviewedforsafetyandpotentialhazards. Methodsshould
automaticallyincorporatecrossͲreferencestothesafetystatement(s),orpresent
questionedconditionstotheattentionoftheCommitteeonSafetyforresolution.
Decisionsregardinginclusionofsafetystatementsshouldbepractical,recognizingthat
overusewillbeselfͲdefeating.
Methodsthatcreatetoxic,obnoxiousorenvironmentallyhazardousfumesandwastes
shouldcontainpracticaldirectionsfordisposal.
CheckingEditedCopyandProofreading
Theauthormustreviewacopyoftheoriginalversionandeditedcopytoensurethatthere
hasbeennochangeinmeaning,tocorrecttypographicalerrors,andtoanswerany
questionsposedbytheeditor. Theauthormustreviewthetypesetmethodforaccuracy.
RevisedOctober2013
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