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MEMORANDUM 

Date:  

November 10, 2016 

To: 

AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board 

From:  

Deborah McKenzie, Staff Liaison – AOAC Official Methods Board 

Subject: 

II‐c.  Proposal for AOAC Experts in AOAC AOAC Performance Tested Methods SM Program

Background: 

The AOAC Research Institute, a subsidiary of AOAC INTERNATIONAL, administers conformity  assessment programs, namely the AOAC Performance Tested Methods SM  (PTM) Program and a  version of the AOAC Official Methods of Analysis  SM  (OMA) Program, and the Consulting Service.   OMB is mostly familiar with the AOAC OMA program either through AOAC standards development  activities and associated expert review panels (ERPs).  ERPs administered by the Research Institute  operate quite similarly to those associated with stakeholder panels, but for individually submitted  methods not in response to a call for methods.  The Consulting Service is an auxiliary service in which  validation protocols are developed, reviewed, and approved that can be used in either the PTM  and/or OMA programs.   The PTM program can be either an entry program or an end point for commercial proprietary rapid  methods (test kits) and requires a full single laboratory validation along with an independent  verification study.  The end result of going through the PTM process is a certification of the  method/test kit.  Method developers are licensed to use the issued certification mark and a  certificate with a synopsis of the method validation is posted on the AOAC website under the  Research Institute and PTM Validated Methods  tab.    A key component of the PTM program and the Consulting Service is the approval of validation  protocols and the peer review of the PTM validation manuscript.  The approval of validation  protocols is the responsibility of the AOAC Expert, formerly known as the General Referee (GR).  This  person is someone who is knowledgeable of the expectations of the OMA programs and validation  guidance and serves as a link between the programs.  AOAC Experts are recruited for each area for  which methods are submitted for PTM review and certification.    Enclosures: Credentials for two proposed AOAC Experts: one for seafood spoilage toxin methods and  one for fats and oils methods.  Also attached is information about the Research Institute, the  programs, information on AOAC Experts.  Recommendation:   To approve Jeff van de Riet as an AOAC Expert for Seafood Toxins; and to  approve Michael Blumenthal as an AOAC Expert for Fats and Oils.    

11/09/2016

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