Sections provide opportunities for participants to share information, build professional contacts, expand leadership skills, and gain practical management experience. Each AOAC Section hosts at least one networking event each year, featuring technical presentations and discussions by leading local and national experts. To join a Section, use the contact information below.
People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong
www.aoacgc.com/en/
President: Liang Cheng-Zhu, Director, Qingdao Customs
General Contact: [email protected]
India
http://aoac-india.org
President: Shrinivas Joshi. Assistant General Manager, Food & Environment Market, Waters Corporation
Contact: [email protected]
Japan
https://www.aoacijs.org
President: Takashi Hirao, General Manager, House Foods Group Inc.
Contact: [email protected]
General Contact: [email protected]
Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
President: Xinping Hou, Analytical Services Manager, SEA, BV-AQ (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
Contact: [email protected]
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Taiwan and Penhu, Kimmen, and Matsu regions
http://www.aoac.org.tw
President: Daniel Shih, Technical Supervisor, Ministry of Health and Welfare
General Contact: [email protected]
Thailand
Facebook: Thailand Section of AOAC International
President: Nitaya Pirapatrungsuriya
General Contact: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
All European countries except Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
http://www.aoaceurope.com
President: Thomas Gude, Head Food/Non-Food Division, SQTS
Contact: [email protected]
Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands
http://www.aoaclowlands.nl
Chairman: Monique de Nijs, Scientist, RIKILT – Institute of Food Safety
General Contact: [email protected]
Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean islands
Contact: Presidente, Luis Alberto Fernandez Anaya, Centro Toxicologico SAC, [email protected]
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
aoacarab.org
President: Amine Kassouf, PhD, Research Scientist, Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS)
Algeria*, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros*, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic), Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti*, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt*, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya*, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania*, Mauritius, Morocco*, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rwanda, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Somalia*, Sudan*, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia*, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
(https://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/guide/afr-countrylist.html
(*Shared countries with the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Arab Section)
President: Winta Sintayehu, PACA (Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa)
General Contact: [email protected]; [email protected]
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
President: Bryan Wirthwine, Project Manager, Nitto Denko Avecia Inc.
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Treasurer: Roger M. Brauninger, Consultant/Trainer, A2LA
Province of Manitoba
http://midcanadaaoac.org/home
President: David Grant, Chemical Engineer, Manitoba Hydro
General Contact: [email protected]
Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
http://www.mwaoac.org
President: Jay Alappat, Merieux NutriSciences, Crete, IL, USA
Contact: [email protected] or (+1) (312) 938-5249
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia
Chair: Jim Hungerford, Research Chemist, US FDA – ORA, ATC
Arizona, California (except Southern California Section counties), Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah
pswaoaci.org
President: Joyce Yip, ThermoFisher Scientific
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas
www.ssaoac.org
President: Ynes Ortega, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA
General Contact: [email protected]
Counties of Imperial, San Bernadino, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Diego and Los Angeles
http://aoac-scs.org
President: Assad J. Kazeminy, Irvine Pharmaceutical Services, Irvine, CA, USA
General Contact: [email protected]
