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PTM Certification Mark • Use of the AOAC Performance Tested SM

ifi i k i di h cert ficat on mar in cates t at: – The method has been evaluated in the AOAC Performance Tested  Methods SM program; wherein a minimum of one independent third  party laboratory and a panel of independent experts deemed by  consensus that the method has sufficiently demonstrated a set of claims  and such information is clearly represented in the method’s user  information or instructions for use t or  .

– The method has been issued a current PTM certificate based on an  annual review that demonstrated that all stated claims are consistent  with the information on file from the method’s latest successful PTM  evaluation. Organizations have executed a Certification Mark License Agreement – e  with the AOAC Research Institute. • Each method is  issued an individual certification mark. n e if a

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