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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”
OMB
Official Methods Board
POD
probability of detection
PTM
Performance Tested Methods
RI
AOAC Research Institute
RSDR
Relative Standard Deviation of Reproducibililty, sometimes referred to as “RSD big R”.
The variation between laboratories.
RSDr
Relative Standard Deviation of Repeatability, sometimes referred to as “RSD little R”.
The within laboratory variation, also called precision.
SPDS
Stakeholder Panel on Dietary Supplements
SMPR
Standard Method Performance Requirement
, frequently pronounced as in “smipper”.