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Guidelines for the Use of AOAC Voluntary Consensus Standards

Published February 1, 2012

Guidelines for Standard Method Performance Requirements

Published 2016

AOAC Interlaboratory Study Workbook – Blind Replicates

AOAC Binary Data Interlaboratory Study Workbook

Format for AOAC Official Methods of Analysis

Last revised October 2013

Example of a Single Lab Validation Study

Published January 30, 2004 Method for the Determination of Beta-Carotene in Supplements and Raw Materials by Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Single Laboratory Validation

Method Safety & Risk Assessment Guide

Last revised October 2013

Circular A-119 Revised

Published February 10, 1998 Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities

AOAC SMPR® 2022.006

Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs®) for Acrylamide in Potato Products, Baby Food, Bread, Other Cereal and Bakery Products, Cocoa Products, Coffee, Tea, Herbs and Spices (Including Their Extracts and Mixtures), […]

34 New SMPRs and 16 Official Methods for Dietary Supplements

Reprinted from Inside Laboratory Management, January-February 2019

AOAC SMPR® 2022.004

Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs®) for Determination of Fatty Acids Which Are Esterified at the SN-2 Position (Beta) of the Triacylglycerol Molecules in Infant and Adult/ Pediatric Nutritional Formula

First Action Methods – ERP Orientation

AOAC Expert Review Panels – An Orientation (PDF)

Final Action Methods – ERP Orientation

AOAC First Action Method Updates and Tracking – Expert Review Panel Tracking and Recommendations of First Action Methods (PDF)

AOAC SMPR® 2021.012

Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs®) for Nontargeted Testing (NTT) of Ingredients for Food Authenticity/Fraud Evaluation of Saffron