OMB_Meeting_Book-11-2016

AOAC OMB Teleconference Materials

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Reproducibility Assessment √* √ Robustness √ Product Consistency √ Product Stability √

Instrument Variation √ User Feedback √ √ 3 panel expert reviewers √ Expert Review Panel √ • AOAC Research Institute uses expert volunteers and AOAC guidelines for its  testing protocols and data collection Official Methods Board √

Requirement PTM Certification First Action OMA  Final Action OMA

Method Developer √ √

Independent lab study √

• Product consistency, product stability and instrument variation are all certification  requirements *required for commercial proprietary microbiology methods

Basic Requirements of AOAC Programs

11/09/2016