Acrylamide, General, Food General, Methods & Standards
The AOAC Acrylamide Working Group recently completed its review, revision, and reconciliation of public comments of the SMPR for Acrylamide in potato products, baby food, bread, other cereal and bakery products, cocoa […]
General
The FDA Pathways Program for Students and Recent Graduates announced several positions. Applications are due Friday, September 23. Please share with potential candidates. Student Trainee (Science GS 4-7): https://www.usajobs.gov/job/675199100 Student […]
Dietary Supplements
AOAC has initiated a Call for Laboratories to participate in multi-laboratory testing for Vitamin C. Interested laboratories are encouraged to complete an application, and the information will be forwarded to […]
Dietary Supplements, 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 be able to determine folate in the forms of supplemental […]
Annual Meeting, Awards
The awards ceremony hosted at the 2022 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, August 29, 2022, honored hundreds of scientists for their contributions to AOAC and scientific excellence. Congratulations […]
General, Journal of AOAC, Publications
The internationally recognized Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL is seeking Special Guest Editors able to propose topics-oriented sections containing basic and applied research manuscripts. These Special Sections present typically 4-10 papers […]
General, OMA, Governance and Policies, Methods & Standards
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a rule to revoke its methods of analysis regulation. The proposed rule relates to FDA enforcement programs when the method of analysis is […]
General
AOAC INTERNATIONAL is currently seeking an energetic Deputy Executive Director & Chief Science Officer (DEDCSO) to lead all science programs and projects at AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC). This position serves as […]
Journal of AOAC, General
Dr. Xu-Liang Cao has been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL by the AOAC Editorial Board. Dr. Cao is a research scientist with the Food […]
General, Methods & Standards, Biothreat Agents
DEADLINE: Friday, September 16, 2022 The AOAC Stakeholder Program on Agent Detection Assays (SPADA) Working Group (WG) III, Developing NGS Standards for Validation Criteria for Databases and in silico Processes […]
General
Help advance AOAC’s mission by voting in the 2022 organizational election! The vote is currently being held online through August 17, 2022. Members should have received an email from “AOAC Election […]
General, Cannabis, Research Institute, Sections, Methods & Standards
Sponsorships are available to bring the AOAC Research Institute to the 2023 Conference. The sponsorship pledges will solidify a one-day symposium to discuss how methods are certified and the analytical […]
Analytical Methods Week, Food General, Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals, Contaminants, General, Methods & Standards
During the most recent AOAC Official MethodsSM Analytical Methods Week (AMW) held July 25-29, 2022, eight ERPs were scheduled to meet to review a combined 23 methods. Seven of the […]
Dietary Supplements, Food Colors, Food General, General, New Initiatives
The following programs are still seeking financial support. If you are interested in being involved in determining the priorities and driving the development of criteria for any of these programs, […]
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 […]