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Prospective Introduction of Methods at
Codex
• Methods to be presented to the Codex Committee on Nutrition
and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) for agreement
that the methods should move forward for technical review
– November 23-27, 2015 in Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany
• Methods could be presented to the Codex Committee on
Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) for technical review
of the methods
– February 22-26, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary
• Methods could be presented to Codex Alimentarius Commission
for endorsement
– June 27 – July 1, 2016 in Rome, Italy Page 7
AOAC Preparation
• Final Action methods and manuscripts to be published
• AOAC established May 31, 2015 deadline
– All method authors were invited to submit method manuscripts for
publication in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
– Method manuscripts accepted for publication fast tracked published in
the online Journal as raw data files by August 2015
• Subsequent reformatting and publication in print Journal to follow
• 7/8 Final Action methods manuscripts available
• 1 Final Action method manuscript available in print and online Journal
• All “fast track articles” are available at
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