Call for Methods: Identification and Quantitation of Residual Solvents in Cannabis

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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 of Selected Residual Solvents in Dried Cannabis Materials for review in AOAC’s method validation programs.

Method Eligibility

A method or a suite of methods must be able to identify and quantify selected residual solvents as described in AOAC SMPR 2019.002. Please refer to the SMPR for details. Any analytical technique(s) that measures the analytes of interest and meets the method performance requirements in the SMPR will be considered.

AOAC Method Submission Requirements and Deadlines

Method authors may submit methods for review to the Official Methods of Analysis℠ (OMA) program. Method authors with rapid commercial and proprietary methods may opt to submit methods for review to the Performance Tested Methods℠ (PTM) program only; to the OMA program only; or to the PTM program first and then submit to the OMA program, thereafter.

Official Methods of Analysis℠ (OMA) Program

• Candidate methods must be submitted in AOAC OMA and the data formulated into a manuscript in AOAC Journal format
• Full single laboratory validation required followed by a reproducibility study
• Application fees apply for rapid commercial proprietary methods only
• Methods and manuscripts must be submitted by specified deadlines.

Submit your method – OMA Application Form

Performance Tested Methods℠ (PTM) Program

• Candidate methods are rapid commercial proprietary methods only
• Full single laboratory validation and manufacturing QC studies required along with an independent laboratory study
• Methods may be submitted any time throughout the year
• Application & program related fees apply

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PTM Application Form

Available Resources

1. At a Glance Instructions to Authors is available to assist method authors in formatting their method manuscripts.
2. AOAC Consulting Services to draft validation testing protocols, format methods and manuscripts for PTM and OMA programs. Application fees apply for this service. To use Consulting Service for PTM, contact Nora Marshall at [email protected]. To use Consulting Service for OMA, contact Deborah McKenzie at  [email protected].

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