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AOAC Acronyms and abbreviations
AMDL
acceptable minimum detection level
AOAC
AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC formerly stood for
Association of Official Analytical
Chemists
, but long-name no longer used)
CSO
chief scientific officer
ERP
expert review panel
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
LOD
limit of detection
LPOD
laboratory probability of detection
NGO
non-governmental organization
OMA
Official Methods of Analysis
, frequently pronounced like “o maa”
POD
probability of detection
SPADA
Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays
SMPR
Standard Method Performance Requirements, frequently pronounced as in “smipper”.