November 14 2019 OMB Meeting Materials

AOAC OMB MEETING MATERIALS

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MEMORANDUM 

Date:  

November 14, 2019 

To: 

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board 

From:  

Deborah McKenzie, Staff Liaison – AOAC Official Methods Board 

Subject: 

Latest Government Rule Making Updates 

For your information, below are US regulatory proposed rules or rules that have been published in the US Federal Register in since the last OMB teleconference. These documents reference AOAC INTERNATIONAL in them either the ALAAC, SMPRs or Official Methods of Analysis .

Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (PROPOSED RULE) By the US Food and Drug Administration on 11/04/2019. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/04/2019 ‐ 23870/laboratory ‐ accreditation ‐ for ‐ analyses ‐ of ‐ foods Establishment of a Domestic Hemp Production Program (RULE) By the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service on 10/31/2019. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/31/2019 ‐ 23749/establishment ‐ of ‐ a ‐ domestic ‐ hemp ‐ production ‐ program Clean Water Act Methods Update Rule for the Analysis of Effluent (PROPOSED RULE)  By the US Environmental Protection Agency on 10/22/2019. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/17/2019 ‐ 19862/addition ‐ of ‐ a ‐ new ‐ method ‐ for ‐ the ‐ analysis ‐ of ‐ sulfites ‐ in ‐ foods Addition of a New Method for the Analysis of Sulfites in Foods (PROPOSED RULE)  by the US Food and Drug Administration on 09/17/2019. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/17/2019 ‐ 19862/addition ‐ of ‐ a ‐ new ‐ method ‐ for ‐ the ‐ analysis ‐ of ‐ sulfites ‐ in ‐ foods

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