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MEMORANDUM
DAT
E:
March 2, 2017
TO:
Members of the Official Methods Board
FROM:
Deborah McKenzie, Sr. Director, AOAC Research Institute
SUBJECT:
AOAC Research Institute
AOAC
Official Methods of Analysis
SM
(OMA) Expert Review Panel for Fertilizers‐Urea
BACKGROUND
The AOAC Expert Review Panel for Fertilizers ‐ Urea will convene on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 from
1:00pm to 4:00pm during the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Mid‐Year Meeting.
The purpose of the meeting will be to review the following:
1)
OMAMOD‐05
: Modification to AOAC Official Methods 959.03, Urea in Fertilizers (Urease Method)
2)
Discuss First to Final Action requirements and Feedbackmechanisms.
RECOMMENDATION
Currently, there are 10 members on the ERP for Fertilizers – Urea that were vetted by the Official
Methods Board to evaluate candidate methods for Fertilizers – Urea as per the Expert Review Panel
(ERP) Policies and Procedures and revised last August. The current roster is as follows:
Last Name
First Name
Mar‐17
1.
Guertal
Elizabeth
cannot attend
2.
Hall (Chair)
William
Okay to attend
3.
Hartshorn
Jon
Okay to attend
4.
Hojjatie
Michael
Okay to attend – (method author)
5.
Joseph
George
Okay to attend
6.
Ma
Qiang
cannot attend
7.
Nacharaju
Krishnamurthy
Okay to attend
8.
Pereira
David
Okay to attend
9.
Phillips
Heidi
Okay to attend
10.
Tan
Rechel
cannot attend
OMB Meeting Book
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March 2, 2017