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AOAC   Reviewed and Recognized P rogram   Policies and Procedures 

Manager for the AOAC Reviewed and Recognized  review.   A Technology  Provider may request a different Project Manager at any time. 

5.3 

Selection of Independent Testing:   The Method Developer may ask the Project Manager to request proposals from more  than one independent testing site.  Factors in the selection of an independent testing  site can include cost, timing, technical expertise, and ease of shipping method  components and equipment.  

5.3.1 Independent Evaluation 

The testing site must not have a financial, corporate, or regulatory relationship  with the applicant and must not be a competitor.   Preference will be given to qualified testing sites accredited to the ISO 17025  requirements for the appropriate field(s) of testing.  If evidence of appropriate  accreditation is not provided, on‐site visits by a representative of the AOAC‐ RI,  at the Technology Provider’s expense will be conducted to assess the testing  site's compliance with the General Criteria for Independent Laboratories  (Appendix 8). [to be added later] A method may be evaluated  in situ  at the “primary’ laboratory with the  following additional requirements:       Test samples must be prepared and blind‐coded by an independent  laboratory meeting the requirements specified in 5.3.1.   An analyst from the independent laboratory must analyze the blind‐ coded test samples.   An AOAC RI Project Manager must be present during the analysis.   Results must be reported back to the independent laboratory.   The independent laboratory will decode and analyze the results and  prepare a report.   If an On‐Site Method is commercialized, i.e., turned into and sold as a  test kit, the PTM mark does not apply to the test kit.  The test kit must  be evaluated at an independent laboratory meeting the requirements of  section 5.3.1.1. 

5.3.2 On‐Site Method Evaluation  

5.4 

Technology Provider Verification Study: 

Technology providers are responsible for collecting data for the Verification Study.  The  study should conform exactly to the Verification Study in the Verification Plan 

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04/05/2019

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