AOAC INTERNATIONAL is proposing a new multi-year initiative funded by stakeholders to collaboratively update the Official Methods of AnalysisSM (OMA) Appendix J: AOAC INTERNATIONAL Methods Committee Guidelines for Validation of Microbiological Methods for Foods and Environmental Surfaces.
The current version of Appendix J was approved in 2011 and aligned with FDA requirements for validation of methods at the time. Key ISO global validation standard ISO 16140-2:2016 references it. But as microbiological detection, confirmation, and identification technologies evolve, the need for revision and updates has become clear.
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