AOAC SPIFAN Meeting Book 9-26-15

Steps and Milestones Achieved • Developed SMPRs for nutrients • Collected Methods for nutrients

Nutrients for which AOAC First Action methods were recommended and approved as AOAC Final Action 1. Vitamins A & E 2. Vitamin B12 3. Inositol 4. Nucleotides 5. Chromium, Selenium, Molybdenum 6. Fatty Acids 7. Iodine 8. Pantothenic Acid

• Evaluated methods against SMPRs & adopted First Action Official Methods of Analysis • Tracked for 2 years and reproducibility determined • Reevaluated First Action methods & recommended First Action OMA for Final Action status • Recommended First Action OMA approved AOAC Final Action status

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AOAC Final Action OMA • Expert Review Panel

– Tracks First Action OMA for maximum of 2 years • Considers additional method optimization • Consider method end user feedback • Consider method reproducibility information • Consider AOAC OMB Guidance to ERPs on First to Final Action (OMA, Appendix G) – Makes recommendation to AOAC OMB for Final Action, Repeal, or Continuance of First Action method status – AOAC OMB reviews ERP recommendation report against the OMB Guidance (OMA Appendix G) and renders a decision on the ERP recommendation(s). Page 4