Chemistry, Contaminants, Methods & Standards
The AOAC Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Food Contact Materials (FCM) Working Group recently completed its review and revision of the SMPR® PFAS in Food Packaging Materials. The draft […]
Allergens, Food General, Methods & Standards
The AOAC Gluten and Food Allergens (GFA) Program’s Gluten Quantitative Analysis Working Group completed its first draft of Guidelines for Validation of Quantitative Gluten Methods, with Specific Examples for ELISA […]
Agricultural Materials, Dietary Supplements, Food General, Methods & Standards
The AOAC Ethylene Oxide (ETO) Working Group recently completed its review of the Standard Performance Requirements (SMPRs®) for Determination of Ethylene Oxide and its Marker Residue 2-Chloroethanol in Oil Seeds […]
Methods & Standards, Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals
The Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition (SPIFAN) Working Group recently completed its Standard Method Performance Requirement® (SMPR®) for Determination of Milk Fat Globule Membrane (MFGM) Proteins in […]
Methods & Standards, Microbiology
The AOAC Analytical International Methods and Standards (AIMS) program Cyclospora Working Group completed its first draft of Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs®) for Detection, Identification, and Characterization of Cyclospora cayetanensis […]
Biothreat Agents
The AOAC Stakeholder Program on Agent Detection Assays (SPADA) Working Group on Biothreat Method Detection recently completed the draft SMPR® for Amplicon Sequencing. The public comment period was originally scheduled […]
Cannabis, Methods & Standards, OMA
The AOAC Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) Working Group recently completed its Standard Method Performance Requirement® (SMPR®) for Detection and/or Enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in Cannabis Infused Edibles and is […]
Allergens, Food General, Methods & Standards
Draft AOAC Food Allergen Immunoassay Validation Guidance Document (September 2023) Open for 30-Day Public Comment Period September 13, 2023: AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) announces the availability of the draft Food Allergen […]
Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals, Methods & Standards
Open for 30-Day Public Comment Period September 13, 2023: AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) announces the availability of draft Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPR®) for Vanillin, Ethyl Vanillin, Methyl Vanillin, and Coumarin […]
Contaminants, Food General, Methods & Standards
The AOAC PFAS Working Group recently completed its review and revision of the SMPR for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in produce, beverages, dairy products, eggs, seafood, meat products, and […]
Dietary Supplements, Food General
The AOAC Botanical Ingredients and Dietary Supplement Integrity (BIDSI) program’s Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Working Group recently completed its review and revision of the SMPR for Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in teas, herbal infusions, […]
Food Colors, Contaminants, Methods & Standards
DEADLINE: Friday, July 28, 2023 The AOAC Residual Solvents Subgroup within the Color Additives from Natural Colors Working Group recently completed its review and revision of the SMPR for Selected Residual […]
Contaminants, Food General, Methods & Standards, New Initiatives
DEADLINE: July 7, 2023 The AOAC Heavy Metals Working Group recently completed its review and revision of the SMPR for the Determination of Trace Elemental Contaminants in Food and Beverages and […]
Food General, Allergens
AOAC GLUTEN & FOOD ALLERGENS PROGRAM AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) announces the availability of the following Gluten Validation Guidance Document & Annex A-D for public comment. To review and provide comments, click […]
Contaminants, Emerging Issues, Methods & Standards
On Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET, the co-Chairs of the PFAS Food Contact Materials (FCM) Working Group, Luke Ackerman (FDA) and Thomas Gude (AOAC […]
Food Authenticity & Fraud, Allergens, Contaminants, Chemistry, Food General, Microbiology, Nutrients, Methods & Standards
The May-June 2025 issue, Volume 108 Issue 3, of the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL has been released. The latest issue contains research and review articles on Animal Food, Pet Food, […]
Chemistry, Emerging Issues, Food General, Journal of AOAC, Methods & Standards, New Initiatives, Novel Foods, Nutrients, OMA, Protein, Publications
AOAC INTERNATIONAL requests stakeholder attendance and participation for the Novel Foods Program Stakeholder Meeting: Presentation of the Final Total Amino Acid SMPR® Draft for Consensus Vote. The meeting will be […]
Annual Meeting
Registration is now open for the 2025 AOAC INTERNATIONAL Annual Meeting & Exposition. This year’s meeting takes place at the Town & Country Resort located in the Mission Valley area of San […]