Food Authenticity Program Meeting Book (August 27, 2022)

AOAC INTERNATIONAL 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition August 26 – September 1, 2022 | Scottsdale, AZ o difficult to define “authentic” – left to the MD to define o difficult to document “authenticity”; what documentation is sufficient? o chain of custody? o difficult to cover wide scope of variants (sources, botanical/breed origin, cultivar, geographic origin, seasonal origin, feed type, processing variations) Method Validation for FAM • Matrix – defined beyond proximate analysis. Must be “authentic”; “authenticity” must be documented; scope to include all possible variants