AOAC OMB Meeting Book 2-10-16

AOAC OMB Meeting

MEMORANDUM 

Date:   To:  From:   Subject: 

February 10, 2016  AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board  Scott Coates, AOAC Chief Scientific Officer  Item II.a.  Updating Method Format 

BACKGROUND: 

The idea of linking or incorporating the minimum performance requirements from relevant Standard  Method Performance Requirements has been discussed in committees and panels for about 2 years.  All  parties agreed with the general concept but general concept has not been implemented.  This proposal  contains the details for implementation and an extension of the concept.  The original idea was to  simply incorporate the minimum performance requirements into Official Methods of Analysis.  The new  concept in this proposal incorporates a reporting feature.  All accredited laboratories are required to  verify the performance of analytical methods in their laboratory.  The new concept is to use the  minimum performance requirements as the acceptance criteria for verification, and even more, to  create an anonymous automated reporting system to capture verification data.  It is proposed that the  method author and relevant expert review panel would have access to the verification data.   Presumably, after two years there should be real on‐site performance data for the method that could be  used to determine Final Action status.  The automated data collection system also could be used to  verify matrix extensions.  The concept was informally discussed with individual BoD members during the  December Board meeting and BoD members unanimous supported the concept.  

Several examples are attached.  

1. Section A contains the proposed addition to the method format.

a. The concept provides very clear verification acceptance criteria.

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