AOAC GFA Stakeholder Program Meeting Book (March 17, 2021)

Difference a Year Can Make

ƒ 2020 AOAC Midyear Meeting •Working Group on Food Allergen Assays – Testing material development – Reference materials development

– Clarification on assessing validation parameters – Clarification on matrix extensions – Platform and/or Reference methods clarification – Proficiency Testing

3 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Midyear Meeting & Analytical Solutions Forum | March 15 – 19, 2021

Throughout 2020-2021

ƒ Challenges continued to build • SMPRs became more challenging to impossible to implement • Validation questions mounted ƒ Global consensus needed to move forward • Proposal drafted for a Gluten and Food Allergens program • Thought Leader Discussions in December 2020 • Advisory Panel Discussion in February 2021 • Launch of Program on March 17, 2021

4 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Midyear Meeting & Analytical Solutions Forum | March 15 – 19, 2021