Governance and Policies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals
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
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
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
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 […]
