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AOAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE  Expert Review Panel Chair Report for Microbiology for Foods and Environmental Surfaces  Page 4 of 6 

Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs): N/A 

Conclusion:   The Expert Review Panel reviewed OMAMAN‐37: Evaluation of the iQ‐Check ® Salmonella  II Assay in Select Foods  and adopted this method for AOAC First Action Official Method status by a unanimous decision. The Expert  Review Panel also recommended AOAC First Action Official Method 2015.13, Enumeration of Aerobic Bacteria in  Food for AOAC Final Action Official Methods status consideration.  This information is noted in the meeting  minutes. Subsequent ERP Activities:   ERP members are required to track the performance of the recently approved First Action method for a two (2)  year period effective as of September 25, 2017.  The ERP Chair and AOAC Staff will draft the AOAC First to Final  Action Recommendation document to be forwarded to the AOAC Official Methods Board. AOAC Staff will  coordinate an ERP teleconference to discuss micro‐flora.  

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