OMB Meeting Book (March 2, 2017)

OMB Meeting Book

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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‐Urea 

BACKGROUND  The AOAC Expert Review Panel for Fertilizers ‐ Urea 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) OMAMOD‐05 : Modification to AOAC Official Methods 959.03, Urea in Fertilizers (Urease Method)  2) Discuss First to Final Action requirements and Feedbackmechanisms.  RECOMMENDATION  Currently, there are 10 members on the ERP for Fertilizers – Urea that were vetted by the Official  Methods Board to evaluate candidate methods for Fertilizers – Urea as per the Expert Review Panel  (ERP) Policies and Procedures and revised last August.  The current roster is as follows: 

First Name 

Mar‐17 

Last Name  1. Guertal  

Elizabeth  William 

cannot attend  Okay to attend  Okay to attend  Okay to attend  cannot attend  Okay to attend  Okay to attend  Okay to attend  cannot attend 

2. Hall (Chair)  3. Hartshorn 

Jon 

4. Hojjatie  5. Joseph 

Michael  George 

Okay to attend – (method author) 

6. Ma 

Qiang 

7. Nacharaju 

Krishnamurthy 

8. Pereira  9. Phillips 

David  Heidi  Rechel 

10. Tan 

March 2, 2017