SPADA

Approving AOAC Standards

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Working Group Chair or designee will present on the draft standard

method performance requirements including reconciled comments

received on behalf of the working group and moves for SPADA to adopt

the SMPR® as presented

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SPADA chair will entertain deliberation on the draft standard

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After due deliberation, SPADA chair will call for a vote

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Voting stakeholders will be able to vote in favor of the motion, against the

motion, abstain from voting

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2/3 vote in favor required to approve/adopt an AOAC SMPR

Documentation and Communication

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AOAC carefully documents the actions of the Stakeholder Panel and the

Working groups

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AOAC will prepare summaries of the meetings

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Communicate summaries to the stakeholders

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Publish summaries in the

Referee

section of AOAC’s

Inside Laboratory

Management

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AOAC publishes its voluntary consensus standard

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Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL

Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL

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AOAC publishes the status of standards in the

Referee

section of

AOAC’s

Inside Laboratory Management