AOAC Food Fraud Initiative Meeting Book (August 28, 2018)

Fit-for-Purpose Statement

• Conduct a gap analysis of current methods used to test for food fraud and develop SMPRs to validate Targeted Testing methods, • Support the development of standards leading to Codex Type 1 methods for dispute resolution in international trade. • Prioritize actions (adulterants and commodities of interest) and suggest an expedited approach for method validation in cases of international widespread adulteration (e.g., the melamine incident and the horsemeat scandal incident in the UK Discussion Points • Mapping TT methods already covered by AOAC standards • Areas of Priority for TT Methods Standardization • Consideration of an “adapted approach” for method approval during emerging Food Fraud Incidents of International / Large Scale