SPIFAN Meeting (March 15, 2016)

AOAC Engages the Formula Industry • Agreement with IFC signed in 2010 – Identify gaps in methods used to analyze label nutrients in infant formula – Create AOAC voluntary consensus standards for methodology for 15 sets of nutrients – Evaluate and recommend “best” methods

– AOAC established the Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) to develop the voluntary consensus standards

• Second agreement with IFC signed in June 2013 • Create standards for methodology for 9 sets of nutrients

• 7 stakeholder panel, WGs, and ERP meetings – 1/7 – AOAC Annual Meeting, Chicago - 2013 – 2/7 – AOAC Mid-Year Meeting, Gaithersburg - 2014 – 3/7 – AOAC Annual Meeting, Boca Raton – 2014 – 4/7 – AOAC Mid-Year Meeting, Gaithersburg – 2015 – 5/7 – AOAC Annual Meeting, Los Angeles – 2015 – 6/7 – AOAC Mid-Year Meeting, Gaithersburg, - 2016