AOAC SPSFAM Meeting Book 9-24

9/21/2017

Significance ▪ The group then discussed priorities for this working group which included the development of a fitness for purpose statement. ▪ A draft fitness for purpose was discussed. ▪ The group agreed that it would be challenging to get a method that covers all 151 veterinary drug residues and agreed that a suite of SMPRs may be required. ▪ The group also determined that the method will be a compliance method. ▪ After discussing the matrices and analytes, the group agreed to the following fitness for purpose statement, which was then passed on to the Working Group Chair, Joe Boison, CFIA. The statement read as follows:

Analytical Need

▪ Qualitative method or suite of methods for the control of compliance (QC) to support product release in manufacturing and food production.

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