SPADA at AOAC Annual Meeting 2023

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Volume 27 ■ No. 3

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Columns The President’s Corner AOAC Staff, Volunteers, and Supporters Continue to Do Their Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 AOAC News 137th AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Meet the Committee on Safety and Security in New Orleans 6 Pam Coleman Named AOAC INTERNATIONAL Chief Innovation Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Call for Judges for First-Time Poster Contest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AOAC Approves Method for Acrylamide and Testing Protocols for Food Microbiology Pathogens: Spring 2023 Analytical Methods Week Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AOAC ERP Advances Testing Protocols for Food Microbiology Pathogen Method Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 AOAC AIMS Identifies Opportunities for Legionella Testing as New Initiative 11 AOAC and Signature Science Send First >0 3% THC Cannabis Samples for PT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 In Remembrance: David (Dajing) Ji. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Analytical Chemistry Reprint Literature Collection to Be Donated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 AOAC Welcomes New Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Departments Volunteer Spotlight: Andrew Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Referee AOAC Official Methods SM News AOAC ERP Adopts Method for Acrylamide in Selected Foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Standards and Methods News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Cover Story AOAC SPADA Celebrates Sweet 16; Significant Advances Made in Biothreat Detection Community. . . 17

AOAC INTERNATIONAL In Food & Agriculture, We Set the Standard

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