Governance and Policies

New challenges, a consistent vision: AOAC’s Strategic Plan for 2020

December 19, 2019

On December 10, 2019, AOAC’s Board of Directors approved a refreshed strategic plan for the organization to reflect the organization’s accomplishments in recent years and to prepare for new challenges […]

Publications, Governance and Policies

AOAC partners with Oxford University Press to publish Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL

December 19, 2019

December 18, 2019–AOAC INTERNATIONAL today announced that the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL will be exclusively available through Oxford University Press starting January 1, 2020. The move offers subscribers a user […]

Awards, Governance and Policies

AOAC and Eurofins Foundation collaborate to offer Student Scientist Analytical Prize

December 19, 2019

On December 11, Mary Kay Krogull, senior vice president of Eurofins Scientific and member of the AOAC Board of Directors, announced to the Board that the newly formed Eurofins Foundation […]

Membership

Ask AOAC – Our customer service department answers the frequently asked questions about the new membership model

December 19, 2019

What are my options under the new membership model? There is a single individual membership type, but students can still join at the discounted student rate newly reduced to $20.  […]

Sections

AOAC Southern California Section conference focuses on critical FDA changes across a range of pressing issues

December 19, 2019

In recent years new and updated regulations, combined with an influx of new products, have raised compliance issues with submissions coming into the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At […]

Sections

Profile: AOAC India Section uses collaboration and communication to meet unique challenges

December 19, 2019

As the AOAC India Section ramps up for their 7th Annual Conference in February, we spoke with section president Dr. Ranjan Mitra about the challenges and rewards of advancing food […]

Publications, Membership

An interview with Kai Zhang, Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL reviewer and editor

December 19, 2019

You have done 21 peer reviews for the JAOAC. What motivates you? I feel it is a privilege to review, as well as a great opportunity to see the latest […]

Publications

Build expertise and influence in your field: Become a Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL peer reviewer

December 19, 2019

Analytical scientists are unique. The proof? Every manuscript published in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL has been peer-reviewed by volunteers willing to share the benefit of expertise that took them […]

International Methods

AOAC’s international reach deepens with new actions approved at Codex CCNFSDU 41

December 19, 2019

November saw AOAC’s contribution to international standards grow as seven methods were recommended for adoption by the Codex Alimentarius at the 41st Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and […]

Cannabis

AOAC’s Cannabis Analytical Science Program webcast draws big crowd

December 19, 2019

On December 5, an audience of 329 attendees joined a live webcast highlighting the people and work of AOAC’s Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP). Part of the “Editors’ Series” by […]

Emerging Issues

Explore emerging issues from an international perspective at the 2020 Midydear Meeting Analytical Solutions Forum

December 19, 2019

Leaders from around the globe will be exploring emerging analytical science topics and technologies at the two-day Analytical Solutions Forum (ASF), on March 10 and March 11, 2020 at the […]

Membership

Why AOAC? Membership story from Daniele Sohier

November 21, 2019

When I started my career with a Ph.D. degree in molecular microbiology, I had no real sense of direction. Since then, over a career spanning R&D, education, laboratory services, and […]

General

AOAC talks olive oil at EFFoST International Conference in Rotterdam

November 21, 2019

Palmer Orlandi, AOAC’s Chief Science Officer, traveled to Rotterdam, The Netherlands in early November, representing AOAC at a special session of the 33rd European Federation of Food Science and Technology […]

Sections, Membership

Q & A with Owen Fraser, president of AOAC Sub-Saharan Africa Section

November 21, 2019

Following their highly-successful Second Annual Meeting, Sub-Saharan Africa Section President Owen Fraser, Ph.D. talked with AOAC about how the section is advancing food safety testing in the rapidly-expanding pan-African trading […]

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    Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals

    Deadline Extended: Call for Consensus on MFGM Protein

    October 3, 2024

    The Stakeholder Program on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) Milk Fat Globule Membrane (MFGM) working group recently completed its review and revision of the MFGM Protein SMPR®. It is […]

    Methods & Standards, OMA, Research Institute

    Combined OMA and PTM Fee Schedule

    October 3, 2024

    AOAC INTERNATIONAL is streamlining and harmonizing processes related to the method conformity assessment through the Official Methods of AnalysisSM (OMA) and Performance Tested MethodsSM (PTM) programs, including development of a unified fee […]

    Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals

    SPIFAN OMA Appendix L Consensus Vote

    October 3, 2024

    The AOAC Expert Review Panel for SPIFAN (Stakeholder Program on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals) Nutrient Methods has recommended the inclusion of definitions for the infant formula matrix category. These […]

    Contaminants, Dietary Supplements, Chemistry, Food General, Methods & Standards

    Call for Methods: Ethylene Oxide and its Marker Residue 2-Chloroethanol 

    September 25, 2024

    AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) invites method developers to submit methods for consideration and possible evaluation through the AOAC Official MethodsSM program. Prospective methods must utilize chromatographic separation with mass spectrometric detection […]