AOAC SPADA Meeting

Soil Standards for Assay  Development and T&E

Linda C. Beck, Ph.D. Principal Biological Scientist Joint Research and Development, Inc. Supporting DUSA –TE and JPEO JPM Guardian

This work was funded by  DUSA-TE and JPEO JPM Guardian, DBPAO

BACKGROUND

• AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays (SPADA) Standards Project: • Standard Methods Performance Requirements: SMPR (10) • Documents community’s analytical needs • Descripts analytical requirements • Includes method acceptance requirements • Panel – consensus standards body:  • DoD, DHS, CDC, FDA, EPA, USPS, NIST, ATCC, State and Local PH, Industry, Academia,  First Responders

• Most recent panel WG effort:  • Environmental Factors Annex (in all SMPRs); three sections: • Environmental Matrix Samples – Aerosol; Soil Testing • Environmental Organisms • Potential Interferents (operational background) Soil testing has always generated the most  questions