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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‐Metals
BACKGROUND
The AOAC Expert Review Panel for Fertilizers ‐ Metals 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)
OMAMAN‐28
: Simultaneous Determination of Arsenic, Cadmium, Calcium, Chromium, Cobalt,
Copper, Iron, Lead, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Selenium, and Zinc in
Fertilizers by Microwave Acid Digestion and Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Optical Emission
Spectrometry Detection: Single Laboratory Validation
2)
Discuss First to Final Action requirements and Feedbackmechanisms.
RECOMMENDATION
Currently, there are 15 members on the ERP for Fertilizers – Metals that were vetted by the Official
Methods Board to evaluate candidate methods for Fertilizers – Metals as per the Expert Review Panel
(ERP) Policies and Procedures. The current roster is as follows:
Last Name
First Name
Mar‐17
1)
Bartos
James
Okay to attend
2)
Clifford
Robert
No Response
3)
Gopala
Anil
No Response
4)
Hall (Chair)
William
Okay to attend
5)
Kariuki
Solomon
No Response
6)
Liu
Kai
No Response
7)
Oppermann
Uwe
No Response
8)
Parisi
Salvatore
Cannot attend
9)
Phillips
Heidi
Okay to attend
10)
Provance‐
Bowley
Mary
Resigned
11)
Reba
Rick
Okay to attend
12)
Shelite
Kristopher
Resigned
13)
Tan
Rechel
Cannot attend
14)
Tsourides
Dion
Okay to attend
15) Wegner
Keith
Cannot attend
OMB Meeting Book
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March 2, 2017