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Organizational Change in 2011-
2012
AOAC INTERNATIONAL
AOAC Research Institute
Copyright 2015 AOAC Research Institute
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Supported by contract funding for
standard setting and conformity
assessment
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Stakeholder Panels create SMPRs
in needed areas
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Expert Review Panels (ERPs)
determine candidate method(s)
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Method(s) validated against
SMPRs
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ERPs review data for First Action
and Final Action OMA status
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Non-proprietary methods
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Pay to play
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Conformity Assessment for
proprietary and commercial
methods
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PTM and OMA
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Method evaluations based
on AOAC guidelines in AOAC
OMA appendices.
AOAC Research Institute (RI)
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Incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of AOAC INTERNATIONAL administers the AOAC
conformity assessment programs and services and provides support for AOAC standards
development activities
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International Contributing Membership of commercial and/or proprietary method developers
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Certifies commercial and/or proprietary chemistry and microbiology methods
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260 current PTM certificates
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PTM Certification Mark has international recognition
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Administers ERPs for review and consideration of methods to be adopted and published in the
Official
Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
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Governance includes a separate Board of Directors and its sole voting member, AOAC
INTERNATIONAL
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Offers option of being a Contributing Member that has the benefits of program fee discounts and
Advisory Council
Membership