As an international standards development organization, AOAC must
maintain the following principles throughout all its standard setting
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AOAC INTERNATIONAL
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Transparency
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Openness
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Balance of Interests
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Due Process
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Consensus
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Appeals
Stakeholder Panel Role and Output
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st
• Defines specific analytical issue(s)
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Forms working groups to draft
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standard(s) that address the issue(s)
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rd
• Comments on draft standard(s)
4
th
• Adopts voluntary consensus standard(s)
AOAC Voluntary Consensus Standards
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Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs)
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Published in
Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
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Manuscript published in
Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL