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PTM Certification Mark
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Use of the AOAC
Performance Tested
SM
certification mark indicates that:
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The method has been evaluated in the AOAC
Performance Tested
Methods
SM
program; wherein a minimum of one independent third
party laboratory and a panel of independent experts deemed by
consensus that the method has sufficiently demonstrated a set of claims
and such information is clearly represented in the method’s user
information or instructions for use.
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The method has been issued a current PTM certificate based on an
annual review that demonstrated that all stated claims are consistent
with the information on file from the method’s latest successful PTM
evaluation.
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Organizations have executed a Certification Mark License Agreement
with the AOAC Research Institute.
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Each method is issued an individual certification mark.
Publications - Website
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Each web entry line contains the
name of the method,
method
manufacturer,
method catalog
information, PTM certificate
number, original certification date,
analyte(s) detected by the method
and the matrices in which the
method detects the analytes.
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Hyperlinks include the
manufacturer’s website, the
certificate and detailed matrix
information.
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Each licensee must review and
approve the draft prior to posting.