SPIFAN Meeting (March 15, 2016)

AOAC Engages the Formula Industry

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Agreement with IFC signed in 2010

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Identify gaps in methods used to analyze label nutrients in infant formula

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Create AOAC voluntary consensus standards for methodology for 15 sets

of nutrients

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Evaluate and recommend “best” methods

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AOAC established the Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult

Nutritionals (SPIFAN) to develop the voluntary consensus standards

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Second agreement with IFC signed in June 2013

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Create standards for methodology for 9 sets of nutrients

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7 stakeholder panel, WGs, and ERP meetings

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1/7 – AOAC Annual Meeting, Chicago - 2013

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2/7 – AOAC Mid-Year Meeting, Gaithersburg - 2014

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3/7 – AOAC Annual Meeting, Boca Raton – 2014

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4/7 – AOAC Mid-Year Meeting, Gaithersburg – 2015

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5/7 – AOAC Annual Meeting, Los Angeles – 2015

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6/7 – AOAC Mid-Year Meeting, Gaithersburg, - 2016