I programmi dei Gruppi di Lavoro “Stakeholder Panel on Strategic Food Analytical Methods” (SPSFAM) dell’AOAC

 Summary of the last meeting of SPSFAM and an update on all the working group activities held at the AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition.          

 What happened?

 Antioxidant –Fitness for Purpose (FFP) and Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs) were both approved by the SPSFAM Voting Panel. Call for Methods deadline is December 21, 2011. SMPRs posted and comments requested by December 21, 2011.

 Flavonoids – Fitness for Purpose (FFP) was approved by the SPSFAM Voting Panel. Call for Methods deadline is December 21, 2011.

 Surveillance Methods for Food/Food Ingredients Authenticity (Pure Identity) and Conformity – Advisory Panel to provide priority list of ingredients and materials for next steps and develop a Fitness for Purpose (FFP).

 Ingredients – Fitness for Purpose (FFP) to be developed for Vitamins A,D, E and K. SMPRs for Vitamin A, D, and E from the Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) work will be reviewed for applicability to food ingredients. 

 What’s coming up?

 All working groups will be holding teleconferences between now and the AOAC Midyear Meeting. March will be the kickoff for the next working group Packaging Migrants. 

 Get involved!

If you are a CRO, food company, dietary supplement company and/or an NGO, AOAC needs your expertise.  To volunteer, join a working group or for general information, please contact Dawn L. Frazier, CAE, Executive for Scientific Business Development at dfrazier@aoac.org or +1-301-924-7077, ext 117.