SPIFAN Meeting (March 15, 2016)

Since AOAC Annual Meeting

• Seven (7) nutrients for which there are no AOAC First Action OMAs – Amino acids, biotin, carotenoids, fluoride, FOS, GOS, and vitamin B 3 , • AOAC issued a Call for Methods for amino acids, biotin, carotenoids, fluoride, folate, FOS, GOS, vitamin B3, and vitamin D • AOAC received methods for the following nutrients for First Action OMA consideration – Amino acids, biotin, B vitamins, carotenoids, chloride, chloride/fluoride, folate, FOS, vitamin D • AOAC received AOAC 2012.22 - Vitamin C for Final Action recommendation consideration • AOAC SPIFAN Review Team met in December 2015 and in February 2016 to review submitted methods and to assess if there is an immediate need for further standards development • Preparations for and meetings of both the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) and the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) considered methods for the following nutrients: – fatty acids, inositol, iodine, nucleotides, pantothenic acid, ultra trace minerals (Cr, Mo, Se), vitamin A, vitamin B 12 , and vitamin E.