Committee on Method Validation Guidance and Criteria (CMVGC) Terms of Reference Establishes the CMVGC as a standing AOAC committee responsible for developing, maintaining, and harmonizing single-laboratory and multilaboratory method validation guidance and acceptance criteria across the OMA Program. The document sets out the committee’s mission, deliverables, lifecycle responsibilities, composition, leadership model, decision rules, and review schedule. Implementation alignment: Recommendation 12: Establish standard AOAC method validation guidance and criteria | Status: OMB approved June 11, 2026; established by the Board of Directors June 25, 2026 Download >