65 / 88
For 23 representatives and using the Broad Perspectives of Registrants as a based, 6% academia would
allow for one (1) to two (2) institutions. Government is 16% of the registrants, and this would allow for
four (4) agencies. As industry is 76% of the registrants, this would allow for 17‐18 companies. With NGO
being 2% percent of the registrants, this would allow for one (1) organization.
Adding the regional perspective, 74% of the registrants are from the US which would make 17 members
of the representative of stakeholder registrants from the US. Also, 15% of the registrants are European.
Therefore, to represent Europe among the stakeholders require three (3) to four (4) voting members.
These numbers need to balance with the regional perspective for the same set of registrants. One
voting member from India and New Zealand is representative of the other regions. Brazil may be
represented by the US as the organization that is in Brazil is also in the US and the organization may opt
to be represented by its US counterpart.
RECOMMENDATION:
For the AOAC Official Methods Board to review and approved the recommended proposal in Table 2 for
representative voting members for the SPSFAM meeting on Monday, March 13, 2017.
Table 2: Proposed Representative Voting Members
Broad Perspective Specific Perspective
Region
Organization (s)
1.
Academia
Research
Netherlands/US
RIKILT/Univ. of Nebraska
2.
Government
Regulatory
US
US FDA / US TTB
3.
Government
Regulatory – International Canada
CFIA/Health Canada
4.
Government
State Regulatory
US
FL Dept. Ag. / MD Dept. of Ag.
5.
Government
Reference Standards
US
US NIST
6.
NGO
Trade
US
American Beverage Association
7.
Industry
Food & Beverage
US
PepsiCo
8.
Industry
Food & Beverage
US
Ocean Spray/ Starbucks
9.
Industry
Food/Formula/Beverage
US / Switzerland
Nestle
10.
Industry
Food & Formula
US
Abbott / FrieslandCampina
11.
Industry
Food & Ingredients
US
ADM / McCormick
12.
Industry
Pharmaceutical Cannabis
Great Britain
GW Pharmaceuticals
13.
Industry
Technology provider
US/Brazil
Agilent
14.
Industry
Technology provider
US
SCIEX
15.
Industry
Technology provider
US
Waters/Shimadzu
16.
Industry
Technology provider
US
Phenomenex/VUV Analytics
17.
Industry
Test Kit company
US
Neogen / Romer Labs
18.
Industry
Test kit company
US
R‐Biopharm
19.
Industry
CRO
India
First Source Laboratory Solutions
20.
Industry
CRO
New Zealand
AsureQuality
21.
Industry
CRO
US
Merieux NutriSciences
22.
Industry
CRO
US
Covance / Microbac Laboratories
23.
Industry
CRO
US
Alkemist Labs / Eurofins