OMB Meeting Book (June 25-26, 2015)

manuscript which was reviewed and approved within the last 30 days. On March 18, 2015, the ERP 1 reached consensus to recommend this method for Final Action method status. 2 3 This work has been funded in part by two Documents of Understanding between AOAC INTERNATIONAL 4 and the Infant Formula Nutrition Council of America (formerly known as International Formula Council) 5 signed April 2010 and June 2013. 8 A. A method’s applicability to the identified Stakeholder needs is best assessed by the Stakeholder 9 Panel and should be a part of the process from the onset. OMB liaisons will remind Stakeholder 10 Panels to maintain this focus point. 11 12 The AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) has developed AOAC 13 Standard Method Performance Requirements ( SMPRs ) for Pantothenic acid in Infant Formula and 14 Adult/Pediatric Nutritional Formula, AOAC SMPR 2012.009. The applicability of the SMPR is 15 Determination of d-pantothenic acid and pantothenate salts, excluding bound forms, in all forms of 16 infant, adult, and/or pediatric formula (powders, ready-to-feed liquids, and liquid concentrates). A 17 summary of the method was presented to the stakeholders following the adoption of the SMPR 18 2012.009 as a method that was submitted for ERP consideration. AOAC SPIFAN meeting minutes are 19 appended to this report 1 . 20 21 B. OMB may ask ERPs and Stakeholder Panels for feedback to improve the applicability of the method 22 such as potential method scope expansions and potential points of concern. 23 24 It should be noted that the stakeholder panel does not review methods or method applicability; therefore 25 to preserve the integrity of the roles in the standards development, the practice of presenting methods 26 during stakeholder meetings prior to the ERP consideration has been discontinued; however, a large 27 number of stakeholders were and continue to be in attendance for discussion on these methods during 28 the ERP meetings. Please refer to ERP reports. 6 7 METHOD APPLICABILITY:

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1 AOAC SPIFAN Meeting Minutes from AOAC SPIFAN meeting held on September 29, 2012

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