September 2015 SPADA Meeting

Draft Standards

• AOAC will post the draft SMPR® for a 30 day  public comment period

• AOAC CSO and Working Group Chair will  reconcile comments – Revise SMPR® if needed – Reconvene working group if needed

Standard Methods Performance Requirements (SMPRs)

• Documents a community’s analytical method needs. • Very detailed description of the analytical requirements. • Includes method acceptance requirements. • Used to adopt AOAC Official Methods by Expert Review Panels. Published as a standard • .