OMB Meeting Book (March 2, 2017)

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 Add the ERP recommendations from the ERP for SPIFAN Nutrient Methods and the ERP for  Gluten Assays to the next OMB meeting agenda.   AOAC Research Institute – Programs Update  McKenzie provided an update on the conformity assessment programs and activities administered  by the Research Institute. Update on and Engagement with AOAC Committee on Statistics   Sudberg provided an update on the Committee on Statistics.  Crowley facilitated a discussion on  active engagement with the Committee on Statistics  ACTION ITEMS:   Staff to send document from agenda item IV.b. discussion to Sudberg and discuss  with the Committee on Statistics as a high priority.  b. Update on OMB Working Group on Method Format & Performance Characteristics   Coates and McKenzie provided an update and next steps for this working group.  OMB  discussed related ideas that required discussion.  Staff discussed a proposal for  prioritization and grouping the ideas.  ACTION ITEMS:     Move all of the statistics based items to the Committee on Statistics to work on  and bring back to the working group with the highest priority being intermediate  precision   Table other topics for discussion until further discussion has happened.    Staff to contact working group chair (Paula Brown, BCIT) regarding changes in the  working group scope  Revisions to Select OMA Appendices & SMPRs   The discussion in this agenda item was combined with the previous agenda item (IV.b.).  c. Update on the AOAC Committee on Safety  Salfinger provided an update on the Committee on Safety.  Crowley facilitated a discussion on  active engagement with the Committee on Safety, including ideas on how to engage additional  members of the committee.  ACTION ITEMS :    Staff to do issue a call for experts.    Staff to arrange a webinar with the committee to update them on AOAC changes and processes   f. OFFICIAL METHODS BOARD ACTIVITIES    a. d.

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AOAC Mid‐Year Meeting Activities  ACTION ITEM:   Ask Tom Phillips if he could serve as an OMB liaison for SPADA. 

Date 

Time 

Event 

OMB Liaison  Phillips/Brown 

8:00am – 12:00pm  9:00am – 12:00pm  1:00pm – 6:30pm  1:30pm – 5:00pm 

ERP SPSFAM Select Food Allergens  AOAC Board of Directors Meeting 

Monday,  3/13 Monday, 3/13  Monday, 3/13 Monday, 3/13

Crowley 

SPSFAM Meeting 

Phillips/Brown 

ISPAM WG Food Allergen Assays, Drafting   Crowley 

8:30am – 4:30pm 

ISPAM Meeting and WG meetings  

Tuesday, 3/14

Crowley 

8:30am – 5:00pm 

SPIFAN Meeting 

Wednesday, 3/15

Phillips/ Campos  Giménez/Gilliland 

9:00am – 4:00pm 

SPADA Meeting 

Wednesday, 3/15

March 2, 2017