SPIFAN Stakeholder Panel (March 15, 2017)

Fitness-for-Purpose

• Very early in process

• General statement of method

performance

• No or few acceptance criteria

• 1 or 2 paragraphs

• No formal format

• Not a standard

SMPR

• A deliverable

• Very detailed specification of

method performance

requirements

• Acceptance criteria

• 2 to 3 pages

• Standard format

• Formal AOAC standard

• Published in the OMA