AOAC ISPAM Meeting eBook, March 17 2015

AOAC ® Standards Development and Official Methods of Analysis Overview

Deborah McKenzie,   רב AOAC INTERNATIONAL,  Sr. Director, Standards Development &  AOAC Research Institute

March 2015

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About AOAC INTERNATIONAL

AOAC is a scientific standards development association dedicated to  analytical excellence. • ~ 3000 members worldwide including organizational affiliate members 1/3 f b o  o mem ers overseas • Established a wholly owned subsidiary – AOAC Research Institute o administers AOAC conformity assessment programs • Maintains 16 active international sections representing over 90 countries • Develops voluntary consensus standard method performance requirements  (SMPRs) • Publishes the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL • Maintains an accredited Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program • Governed by a membership‐elected volunteer Board of Directors AOAC ® INTERNATIONAL  (AOAC) is an independent third‐party international  standards developing organization and AOAC has no vested interest in the  development of standards or in the evaluation of methods of analysis.