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3/17/2015
AOAC ® Standards Development and Official Methods of Analysis Overview
Deborah McKenzie, רב AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Sr. Director, Standards Development & AOAC Research Institute
March 2015
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About AOAC INTERNATIONAL
AOAC is a scientific standards development association dedicated to analytical excellence. • ~ 3000 members worldwide including organizational affiliate members 1/3 f b o o mem ers overseas • Established a wholly owned subsidiary – AOAC Research Institute o administers AOAC conformity assessment programs • Maintains 16 active international sections representing over 90 countries • Develops voluntary consensus standard method performance requirements (SMPRs) • Publishes the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL • Maintains an accredited Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program • Governed by a membership‐elected volunteer Board of Directors AOAC ® INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) is an independent third‐party international standards developing organization and AOAC has no vested interest in the development of standards or in the evaluation of methods of analysis.
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