SPIFAN Stakeholder Panel (March 15, 2017)

Documentation and Publications

• AOAC carefully documents the actions and decisions of the Expert Review Panel

• AOAC will prepare summaries of the meetings • Communicate summaries to the Expert Review Panel members and method authors • Publish summaries in the Referee section of AOAC’s Inside Laboratory Management • AOAC publishes adopted methods in: • Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL • Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL • AOAC publishes the status of methods in the Referee section of AOAC’s Inside Laboratory Management 23

Documentation

Publication

Related Roles and Responsibilities

• AOAC Expert Review Panels – Review methods and meet in person to render decisions on methods for First Action Official Methods status. – Track First Action Official Methods and modify, if necessary – ZĞĐŽŵŵĞŶĚ &ŝƌƐƚ ĐƚŝŽŶ ŵĞƚŚŽĚƐ ч Ϯ years to OMB for Final Action, continuance, or Repeal • AOAC Staff – Business direction – Manage/coordinate stakeholder panel, working group and expert review panel activities and meetings – Issue any calls for experts and methods – Provide trainings and orientations – Maintain website and communication – Document and publish actions and decisions – Publish approved standards and methods – Coordinate comments on standards and methods 24

• Official Methods Board – Vet and approve stakeholder panel chair & representative voting members for each meeting – Vet and approve ERP membership – Review ERP recommendations and render decisions regarding Final Action, Repeal or continuance – Assign OMB representative to serve as a resource to stakeholder panels and ERPs AOAC Stakeholder Panels – Meet in person to develop standards – Assign working groups to draft standards method performance requirements – Vetted representative voting members demonstrate consensus on behalf of stakeholders • AOAC Working Groups – Draft standards, reconcile comments, present draft standards to stakeholder panel for approval •