Call for Volunteers for AOAC Expert Review Panel for Acrylamide in Select Foods Methods

AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) is recruiting subject matter expert volunteers for the formation of its Expert Review Panel (ERP) for Acrylamide in Select Foods Methods to review submitted candidate methods for adoption and published as Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL^SM. AOAC is actively recruiting international volunteers with experience and expertise to serve on this ERP. Membership in this ERP is an opportunity to participate and lend your expertise and experience to the AOAC Official Methods^SM Program in evaluating methods for the determination/quantification of acrylamide in potato products, baby food, bread, other cereal and bakery products, cocoa products, coffee, tea, herbs and spices (including their extracts and mixtures), dry pet food, and nuts using chromatographic separation with mass spectrometric detection as the primary analytical technique.

If you are a subject matter expert and are interested in volunteering on this AOAC ERP, please complete the application below.

Current Scope of the AOAC ERP for Methods

The methods to be reviewed by this ERP include methods for the determination/quantification of acrylamide in in potato products, baby food, bread, other cereal and bakery products, cocoa products, coffee, tea, herbs and spices (including their extracts and mixtures), dry pet food, and nuts. Individual sole-source methods are being submitted for the evaluation in the AOAC Official Methods^SM program. AOAC uses several validation guidelines published in Official Methods of Analysis^SM of AOAC INTERNATIONAL as the primary guidance for the validation and evaluation of submitted methods for adoption. Although, none are currently specified, validation protocols may also be considered to assess validation parameters and data.

Eligibility for Expert Review Panel Membership

All applications will be screened and submitted to the AOAC Official Methods Board who will vet the candidates and form the ERP roster. Ideal candidates for ERP Membership must:

1. Submit an application including brief statement of experience and a two (2) page CV or resume
2. Have experience and/or expertise in at least one of the following, but not limited to:
   a. Determination/quantitation of acrylamide in food commodities;
   b. Current technology and methodology used for evaluating acrylamide;
   c. Chromatographic separation with mass spectrometric detection used for quantifying acrylamide in potato products, baby food, bread, other cereal and bakery products, cocoa products, coffee, tea, herbs and spices (including their extracts and mixtures), dry pet food, and nuts.
   d. Current science, standards, and research on the characterization of acrylamide and processing toxicants in foods; and
   e. Food Science.
3. Deadline for submissions is ONGOING further notice.