Cannabis, Dietary Supplements, Food General, Publications
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, Quantitative Microbiology
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
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, Quantitative Microbiology
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
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
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, Quantitative Microbiology, Contaminants, Cannabis, Agricultural Materials
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
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 […]
Cannabis
Allison Baker, AOAC INTERNATIONAL, Coordinator for Science Programs, will participate on a panel titled, “Standards and Accreditation – The Way We Move Forward?” at Cannabis Science Conference Fall on September […]
Cannabis, Methods & Standards, Quantitative Microbiology
AOAC INTERNATIONAL hosted a training course, exclusively for Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA) members, on August 8 and August 9, 2023. Dr. Sharon Brunelle, AOAC Technical Consultant, and Allison Baker, Coordinator […]
Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing
AOAC and its test material provider Signature Science LLC are sending the first > 0.3% THC Cannabis samples for Proficiency Testing to laboratories. Samples were shipped Monday, June 5. Participating laboratories […]
Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing, Research Institute
The CASP program was featured in an article in the March issue of the Wiley Analytical Science Magazine. AOAC contributors Allison Baker, Coordinator, Standards and Official MethodsSM; Scott Coates, Senior […]
Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing
This is your last chance to enroll for the March 20th round of the AOAC Ready-to-Analyze, No-Spiking-Required Hemp & Cannabis concentration/potency and chemical contaminants PT Programs (Six programs available) include […]
Cannabis, Lab Proficiency Testing, Contaminants, Quantitative Microbiology
The AOAC Proficiency Testing staff has been working with its test material provider partner, Signature Science, LLC, to develop a PT program that addresses the need for quality microbiology PT […]
General, Membership
Elevating your Membership by taking advantage of your Membership Benefits As a new AOAC member, are you looking to gain valuable insight into the value and benefits of your membership? […]
Methods & Standards, Contaminants
AOAC is recruiting subject matter expert volunteers for its Expert Review Panel (ERP) for review of methods for determination of volatile contaminants by gas chromatography, specifically bromoform in animal feed. […]
Methods & Standards
AOAC will launch the development of three agnostic voluntary consensus standards (including standard method performance requirements) for metagenomic sequencing methodology. The standards will be the metagenomic counterpart to the amplicon […]
Contaminants, Drinking Water, Methods & Standards, Quantitative Microbiology
AOAC will launch the development of a voluntary consensus standard for Legionella in water (potable and nonpotable), including the detection, identification, and enumeration, involving discussion of qualitative and quantitative method […]