AOAC SPADA Meeting

AOAC Standard Methods Performance Requirements • A standard for analytical methodology. – the traditional standard was a description of a method. – an SMPR specifies the minimum performance requirements for a methodology.

• Documents a community’s analytical needs

• Description of the analytical requirements

• Includes method acceptance requirements

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AOAC Standard Methods Performance Requirements

• Previous SPADA  initiatives have  developed 19 sets of  AOAC  Standard  Method Performance  Requirements® (SMPR®)