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77 The number of new fit for purpose First Action methods adopted and published in
Accomplishments
the
Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
since 2011
11 The number of First Action OMA adopted through the AOAC Research Institute since
2013
47 The number of AOAC voluntary consensus standards developed since 2010
65 The number of analytes covered by AOAC voluntary consensus standards since 2010
35 The number of analytes for which AOAC voluntary consensus standards are currently in
development
12 The number of working groups in process for drafting AOAC voluntary consensus
standards
7
The number of working groups being launched in 2015
>230 The number of methods processed and reviewed by AOAC ERPs
ISO and AOAC Sign Cooperation Agreement for Joint Development and Approval of Common Standards
(for milk and milk products)
Working Group (WG) Initiative
•
AOAC Board of Directors initiates WG
Initiative on December 9, 2014
•
Individual or entity who expresses a need
for a method
•
WG may be funded and formed with
assistance of AOAC
•
WG will develop SMPR to present to an
existing stakeholder panels for review