Quant. MAC Working Group Meeting Book (March 13, 2019)

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Meeting at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center 9751 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg MD 20878, USA QUANTITATIVE MICROBIOLOGY METHOD VALIDATION ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA DRAFT MEETING AGENDA Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Meeting Start Time: 9:00AM (Eastern US) Working Group Co-Chairs: Patrick Bird (PMB Biotek Consulting) & Patrice Arbault (Nexidia) Location: Salon F/G

Moderator/Facilitator Erin Crowley (Q Laboratories, Inc.)

I.

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS (Crowley) Erin Crowley (Q Laboratories, Inc.) will open the meeting by welcoming attendees, leading introductions, and introduce the Working Group Co-Chairs.

II. UPDATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AOAC QUANTITATIVE MICROBIOLOGY METHOD VALIDATION ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA (Bird/Arbault) Patrick Bird (PMB Biotek Consulting) and Patrice Arbault (Nexidia) will provided an update on the quantitative microbiology method validation acceptance criteria document/workbook. III. WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS ON ESTABLISHING ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FOR THE DIFFERENCE OF MEANS CALCULATION… (Bird/Arbault/Working Group) The working group members will continue discussions on establishing acceptance criteria for the difference of means calculation and other topics.

IV. NEXT STEPS

The working group will discuss next steps.

*Requires a vote Draft meeting agenda is subject to change w/out notice

Version 1