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 […]
Sections
Just one year ago, the Sub-Saharan Africa Section of AOAC was a fledgling organization. This month, their highly successful second Annual Meeting demonstrated that they have already become key players […]
Cannabis
Join AOAC experts and four leading cannabis analytical science experts on December 5, 2019 at 11am EST for AOAC’s first webinar on cannabis testing. REGISTER NOW > Thursday, December 5, […]
Methods & Standards, Analytical Methods Week
The week of December 2-5, 2019, AOAC is holding Analytical Methods Week, a series of meetings using a new, convenient and popular “virtual” format for method developers and experts to […]
Cannabis
On November 5, 2019, AOAC Executive Director Dave Schmidt and Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) Program Lead Scott Coates met with the Board of Directors of the Association of Food […]
Cannabis
New guidelines require laboratories to meet AOAC Standard Method Performance Requirements for Quantitation of Cannabinoids in Hemp NEWS BACKGROUND: November 12, 2019—AOAC INTERNATIONAL announced today that a testing standard recently […]
Annual Meeting
With 29 scientific sessions, 66 exposition booths, 275 poster presentations, and daily receptions, the 2019 Annual Meeting was a hub of analytical science dialog and networking. Attendance was up 8% […]
Awards
Recognizing excellence in analytical science The AOAC Awards Program recognizes significant contributions to the analytical science community and to AOAC itself. This is an opportunity for you to show your […]
Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing
In early October, AOAC INTERNATIONAL joined around 600 food safety professionals, including many representing food manufacturer and packaging plant laboratories, at the Food Safety Consortium in Illinois. Safe Quality Food […]
Cannabis, Current, OMA
NO DEADLINE Objective AOAC INTERNATIONAL invites method authors and developers to submit relevant methods that may meet the AOAC SMPR 2019.002 Standard Method Performance Requirements® (SMPR®) for Identification and Quantitation […]
Cannabis, Current, OMA
NO DEADLINE. Objective AOAC INTERNATIONAL invites submissions of all relevant candidate methods that may meet the AOAC SMPR 2019.001 Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPR®) for Detection of Aspergillus in Cannabis […]
Governance and Policies
AOAC’s traditional “changing of the guard” at the Annual Meeting continued this year at the 133rd AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting in Denver as leadership passed to a new Board of […]
OMA
AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) is recruiting volunteer subject matter experts with experience and expertise in applied statistics and informatics to serve on its Committee on Statistics. Members of the AOAC Committee […]
Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing, Research Institute
Brad Stawick, Senior Director, AOAC Research Institute, spoke at the Association of Food and Drug Officials, Southern Section, on Monday, September 9 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The talk, titled “Accreditation and […]
Annual Meeting
At the 2024 AOAC Annual Meeting in Baltimore, members, board, and staff celebrated 140 years. Soul Expressions performed Stevie Wonder’s version of “Happy Birthday to You.”
Research Institute
The following test kit recently received AOAC Research Institute PTM certification:
