Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL (OMA)

Since 1884, AOAC INTERNATIONAL has been meeting the needs of its members and scientists throughout the world for confidence in analytical results by delivering AOAC® Official Methods^SM. The Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL (OMA) is an international source of methods and voluntary consensus standards, with many countries and international organizations contributing their expertise. OMA is the most comprehensive and reliable collection of chemical and microbiological methods available in the world and are contained in many of the Codex food standards. More info.

Inside Laboratory Management (ILM)

Stay on top of AOAC news through Inside Laboratory Management (ILM). Join AOAC INTERNATIONAL as a member, and receive a valuable subscription to AOAC’s popular membership magazine—covering important topics in the analytical community.  Six times a year, you will receive timely, readable articles about:

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Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL

The Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL publishes original research on precise, accurate, sensitive methods for analysis of foods, food additives, supplements and contaminants, cosmetics, drugs, toxins, hazardous substances, pesticides, feeds, fertilizers, and the environment.

The Journal (J. AOAC Int.) publishes 6 issues per year and is available as a digital or print subscription; individual manuscripts are also available for purchase as PDFs.  More info.

AOAC Accreditation Guidelines for Laboratories (ALACC)

The “AOAC INTERNATIONAL Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food and Pharmaceuticals, An Aid to Interpretation of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (2010)” (ALACC Guidelines) provides detailed information to aid in assessing the essential quality requirements for performing microbiological and chemical analyses of food and pharmaceuticals. The document is closely aligned with ISO/IEC 17025 and provides a section -by-section interpretation of the general ISO/IEC 17025 requirements.  More info.

Standard Methods Performance Requirements (SMPRs)

Methods submitted to AOAC in response to a call for methods may be granted Official Method^SM status by vote of an expert review panel, if the methods meet AOAC’s adopted standards. These voluntary, consensus standards developed by AOAC’s stakeholders are called standard method performance requirements (SMPRs) and prescribe the minimum acceptable analytical performance requirements for classes of analytical methods. SMPRs related to agent detection assays, infant formula and adult nutritionals, flavanols, heavy metals, and antioxidant activity in foods, and many more are published in the AOAC Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. Access SMPRs.