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MEMORANDUM
Date:
January 31, 2019
To:
AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board
From:
Deborah McKenzie, Staff Liaison – AOAC Official Methods Board
Subject:
Proposal on Contractors Interested in Serving as Technical Volunteers
Increasingly AOAC expertise is needed both in a volunteer capacity as well as in a contractor capacity. While only for ERPs is it stated that contractors should not be members, the Sugars ERP does have a roster that includes an AOAC contractor; however, it is noted that the contractor is a leading expert in the field of that ERP with methods being approved. Additionally, a stakeholder panel working group co‐chairs are also AOAC consultants. There is no guidance around selection of working group chairs as the decision for these have been generally agreed upon by stakeholder panels or working group advisory panels. In cases of the working group chairs, the consultants are co‐chairs of which the other co‐chair(s) are AOAC volunteers. It should be noted that the work being done as contractors is related, but not the same as the task as a working group co‐chair. Hence, the contractors are not being contracted to do the volunteer work.
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01.30.2019
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