SPDS Meeting Book

AOAC INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS (SPDS) WORKING GROUP CHAIR & MEMBERS

VOLUNTEER ROLE DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE:

Working Group Chair and Members, AOAC SPDS Working Group

POSITION CLASSIFICATION:

Volunteer SPDS Chair

REPORTS TO:

DATE PREPARED:

March 13, 2014

POSITION SUMMARY: In keeping with the mission of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and the goals of the Stakeholder Panel on Dietary Supplements (SPDS), working group chairs will lead their working group in the development of standards (or other tasks as assigned by the SPDS chair) for specific priority ingredients as defined by the SPDS Advisory Panel. Working group chair(s) will work with AOAC staff and stakeholders to meet the working group’s goals and disseminate recommendations to the stakeholder panel and community at-large. The working group may hold meetings in person and/or via teleconference (web and video) to complete its work. The chair of the working group will moderate the working group discussions, assist in scheduling the meetings, and report the working group’s recommendation back to SPDS. Working group chairs will work with AOAC to formulate the working group’s recommendations into motions for SPDS’s consideration. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SPDS WORKING GROUP CHAIR: ƒ Must be a key expert and/or thought leader in dietary supplements and the technologies used for priority ingredients as assigned for the specific working group. ƒ Must have the recommendation of the SPDS Chair. WORKING GROUP CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES: ƒ Chair meetings of the working group, moderate discussions of the working group and work with AOAC staff to facilitate working group’s work.

ƒ Work with AOAC staff and SPDS chair to identify working group members, any additional expertise/resources needed facilitate the work of the working group. ƒ Work as a team member and also independently. ƒ Present an overview on the specified priority ingredient under consideration including, but not limited to, regulatory implications, and public health and public safety challenges with methodology. ƒ Prepare a draft fitness for purpose statement for specified priority ingredient and technology to present to SPDS for consideration. ƒ Work with AOAC staff to reconcile actions and outcomes of working group deliberations. ƒ Using AOAC guidance to reconcile comments and address questions on SMPR. ƒ Present working group recommended SMPR to SPDS for review and approval. ƒ Work with AOAC staff and stakeholders to draft and review relevant methodology and working group documentation. ƒ Draft SMPR white paper for publication. ƒ Perform duties and reviews in timely fashion. ƒ Other tasks as agreed upon by working group chair, SPDS chair and AOAC staff. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SPDS WORKING GROUP MEMBERS: The working group will meet either in person and via teleconference, web conferencing or by other means of communication. All communication and meetings of the working group must be facilitated through AOAC

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