MEMORANDUM
Date:
August 10, 2017
To:
AOAC Official Methods Board
From:
Deborah McKenzie, Standards Development, AOAC INTERNATIONAL
Subject:
Proposal to Revise Roster of ERP for SPSFAM Ethanol in Kombucha Methods
AOAC is planning to convene the Expert Review Panel for SPSFAM Ethanol in Kombucha Methods on
Sunday, September 24, 2017 during the AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. The
purpose of this meeting is to review submitted candidate methods received based on an issued Call for
Methods. To date, the following methods have been received.
Determination of ethanol in Kombucha by Gas Chromatography‐Flame Ionization Detector:
Intra‐Laboratory Validation
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Author(s): Xin Du and Yonglin Ren
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Submitted by: Xin Du, Murdoch University
Determination of Alcohol Content in Kombucha Tea by Headspace Solid Phase
Microextraction and Gas Chromatography‐Mass Spectrometry
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Author(s): Katherine K. Stenerson
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Submitted by: Katherine Stenerson, Millipore Sigma
Enzymic method for measurement of Ethanol in Kombucha
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Author(s): R. Ivory, E. Delaney, J. Larkin, V. McKie and B.V. McCleary
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Submitted by: Ruth Ivory, Megazyme
Enzytec™ Liquid Ethanol
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Author(s): Markus Lacorn and Thomas Hektor
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Submitted by: Patricia Meinhardt, R‐Biopharm