Annual Meeting, Cannabis

Q&A: Cannabis Community Meeting at the Annual Meeting

August 21, 2024

AOAC is requesting Cannabis Stakeholders submit questions for our Q&A Session with four different contract laboratories at the Cannabis Community Meeting on Tuesday, August 27 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 […]

Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing

PT samples in Hemp or Cannabis Dried Flower/Biomass: Shipping September 23

August 19, 2024

Choose AOAC Proficiency Testing Programs for a turn-key experience. Measure your laboratory’s analytical processes with no spiking or mixing required.  Our program samples are just like your routine or compliance […]

Cannabis

CASP Roster Refresh

July 3, 2024

AOAC’s Cannabis Analytical Science Program (CASP) is looking to refresh its rosters. If you have not been receiving recent CASP communications for either our Pesticide Think Tank or Microbial Working […]

Lab Proficiency Testing, Cannabis

Now Accredited: Cannabis and Hemp Dried Flower PT

June 26, 2024

AOAC Proficiency Testing Programs offered in both Cannabis and Hemp dried flower/biomass matrices have been added to the program’s Scope of Accreditation. These programs provide ready to analyze samples in an […]

Cannabis

CASP Pesticide Think Tank WG: Volunteers Needed

April 24, 2024

AOAC CASP Pesticide Method Think Tank working group is refocusing to create a best practices document to develop and validate methods for pesticide residue analysis in cannabis. Efforts will be […]

Annual Meeting, Microbiology, Agricultural Materials, Cannabis, Contaminants, Food Colors, Food General, Dietary Supplements

Call for Poster Abstracts

April 24, 2024

The 2024 AOAC Call for Poster Abstracts is open until Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 2:00 PM ET. Late submissions will not be accepted. Poster presenters MUST attend the AOAC Annual Meeting to […]

Cannabis, Dietary Supplements, Food General, Publications

Revised AOAC Laboratory Guidelines Published

March 13, 2024

AOAC INTERNATIONAL is pleased to announce the publication of the new Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food, Dietary Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, and Cannabis revised by the Analytical […]

Cannabis, Research Institute, Microbiology

Call for Volunteer Experts: Microbiology Contaminants in Cannabis Methods

February 15, 2024

AOAC is recruiting subject matter expert volunteers to serve as Volunteer Experts for the AOAC Performance Tested MethodsSM (PTM) Program administered by the AOAC Research Institute. Appointed volunteers will lead […]

Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing

Now Accredited-Cannabis and Hemp Dried Flower PT

February 8, 2024

The AOAC Proficiency Testing Programs offered in both Cannabis and Hemp dried flower/biomass matrices have been added to the program’s Scope of Accreditation by A2LA. These programs provide ready to analyze […]

Cannabis, Contaminants, Lab Proficiency Testing, Microbiology

First Cannabis and Hemp Oil PT Program

January 31, 2024

On January 29, AOAC sent the first Oil proficiency testing samples in a Cannabis >0.3%THC and Hemp <0.3% THC Oil matrices for a pilot round. Like all AOAC PT programs, […]

Allergens, Cannabis, Midyear Meeting, Methods & Standards

New Training Courses at Midyear Meeting

January 23, 2024

Three training courses will be held in person at the AOAC 2024 Midyear Meeting at the Gaithersburg DoubleTree. 2024 AOAC Accreditation Guidelines for Laboratories (ALACC) – Chemistry & Microbiology will […]

Cannabis, Methods & Standards, OMA

Call for Public Comment: CASP – Listeria SMPR®

November 17, 2023

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 […]

Awards, Dietary Supplements, Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals, Journal of AOAC, Methods & Standards, Sections, Technical Divisions, Microbiology, Contaminants, Cannabis, Agricultural Materials

Analytical Science Leaders Honored at AOAC INTERNATIONAL 2023 Annual Meeting

September 27, 2023

Meeting Emphasized the Importance of “Doing Your Part” Rockville, Maryland, September 27, 2023—AOAC INTERNATIONAL honored analytical science leaders in an awards ceremony at its Annual Meeting with almost 700 analytical […]

Methods & Standards, Cannabis

Get Involved: CASP Method Development Think Tank

September 21, 2023

AOAC CASP invites interested individuals to join a Think Tank Discussion on October 23, 2023, to discuss a community-based method development working group that will work to draft candidate methods […]

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    Chemistry, Contaminants, Methods & Standards

    Deadline Extended Call for Experts: Ethylene Oxide

    May 14, 2025

    AOAC Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) program is currently seeking subject matter experts in ethylene oxide methods to serve as expert review panel (ERP) members to evaluate validated candidate methods […]

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    Poster Abstract Submission Deadline for the Annual Meeting is Next Week

    May 14, 2025

    The Poster Abstract submission site for the 2025 AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition closes next week on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET. Don’t miss your chance to […]

    Chemistry, Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals, International Methods, Journal of AOAC, Methods & Standards, Nutrients, OMA

    Register to Attend the Open SPIFAN Nutrients ERP

    May 14, 2025

    The AOAC SPIFAN ERP for Nutrients will be meeting virtually on Tuesday, June 10 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET to review methods. To observe the proceedings and learn […]

    Contaminants, Emerging Issues, Methods & Standards

    AOAC PFAS FCM Stakeholder Meeting 

    May 12, 2025

    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 […]