AOAC SPADA Meeting

10/15/2018

Working Groups

• SPADA has had 18 working groups – 19 standards developed across 11 biological threat agents

– 3 new working groups formed

• Soils Testing ‐ (Dr. Beck and Dr. Minyard) • Bacterial Strain Verification – (Dr. Beck & Dr. Sozhamannan) • In Silico Analysis – (Dr. Beck & Dr. Sozhamannan)

– Working groups to begin work during this SPADA meeting on  draft standards • Continue over next 8 months

Standards Drafting Overview

Working  Group  Meets 

• Draft 

standard

• Public 

Post draft  standard

Comment  Period        (≥ 30 days)

Reconcile  Comments 

• Recommend  final draft to  SPADA

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