AOAC INTERNATIONAL Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food, Dietary Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, and Cannabis, An Aid to Interpretation of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 provides detailed criteria to aid in assessing the essential requirements for performing these types of analyses This document closely follows ISO/IEC 17025 and provides a section-by-section interpretation of the general ISO/IEC 17025 requirements. For those sections of... Details
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AOAC INTERNATIONAL Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food, Dietary Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, and Cannabis, An Aid to Interpretation of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 provides detailed criteria to aid in assessing the essential requirements for performing these types of analyses This document closely follows ISO/IEC 17025 and provides a section-by-section interpretation of the general ISO/IEC 17025 requirements. For those sections of... Details
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AOAC INTERNATIONAL Guidelines for Laboratories Performing Microbiological and Chemical Analyses of Food, Dietary Supplements, Pharmaceuticals, and Cannabis, An Aid to Interpretation of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 provides detailed criteria to aid in assessing the essential requirements for performing these types of analyses This document closely follows ISO/IEC 17025 and provides a section-by-section interpretation of the general ISO/IEC 17025 requirements. For those sections of... Details
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Date Recorded: January 18, 2024
Length: 120 Minutes
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AOAC INTERNATIONAL hosted a free virtual forum to explore directions for a new AOAC initiative focused on botanical identity verification. The virtual forum focused on various topics related to botanical identity testing, such as the difference between identity and authenticity from a regulatory perspective, the definition of "identity", or method challenges for finished... Details
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Bassey J.S. Efiok, Etim Effiong Eduok
Completely revised, this 2nd Edition contains many more examples and three new chapters. Advanced and practical enough for even experienced scientists in the chemical and biomedical sciences, yet simple enough for a high school senior, this publication will help users understand and apply basic biochemical calculations, using simple and consistent techniques. Whether you need a review of how to apply general principles to specific... Details
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AOAC Int. in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Color photographs and information provided by the metal container manufacturers through cooperation of the Can Manufacturers Institute and food processor members of the National Food Processors Association
This chart is suitable for display. Newly updated, this chart is designed to help food industry personnel learn to identify can defects quickly. The chart uses photographs, easy-to-follow explanations, and... Details
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Support outstanding contributions to analytical method development by donating to the Harvey Wiley Award Fund. AOAC INTERNATIONAL’s most prestigious scientific award, the Harvey W. Wiley Award, is presented to a scientist (or group of scientists) who have made an outstanding contribution to analytical method development in an area of interest to AOAC INTERNATIONAL. Harvey Wiley Award Fund Donations are used solely to support both the Harvey W. Wiley Award and the Harvey W. Wiley... Details
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ISO 17025: 2017 Revisions Quality Manual Template
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These samples are available for quality assurance and educational purposes. QAES samples can be used for training, corrective actions, method development, examining method equivalence, and more. Participants receive samples along with recommended Instructions for Analysis. Included is also a report containing target values, standard deviations, and other statistics that can be used for the purposes above and to evaluate a laboratory's performance. Matrix: Mashed... Details
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Date Recorded: March 2, 2021
Length: 90 Minutes
AOAC Webinar: The Need for Establishing Standards for Color Additives from Natural Sources
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Internationally, with the consumer demand for “natural” colors increasing, some food manufacturers are turning away from synthetic color additives and towards those from plant extracts or other natural sources. Under current US regulation, color additives fall into two... Details
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Date Recorded: December 16, 2021
Length: 180 Minutes
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A Virtual Thought Leader Discussion on Botanical and Dietary Supplement Product Integrity - AOAC INTERNATIONAL, in partnership with GRMA, convened the first part of a two-part virtual Thought Leader Discussion (TLD) on Botanical and Dietary Supplement Product Integrity to discuss the rapidly emerging and... Details
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Date Recorded: February 26, 2021
Length: 90 Minutes
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Pesticide Residues and Mycotoxins: Method Development & Validation Reality - Julie Kowalski, jkSS, LLC - Pesticide residue and mycotoxin testing is challenging but even more so when testing for the cannabis market. It is important to understand the basics of method development and validation needed to develop a robust trace level method. This overview... Details
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Date Recorded: February 24,2021
Length: 90 Minutes
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Regulating Heavy Metals in Cannabis: What We Can Learn From Pharma - Robert Thomas, Scientific Solutions - The lack of federal oversight with regard to medicinal cannabis and hemp products in the US has meant that it has been left to the individual states to regulate its use. Medical marijuana is legal in 36 states, while 14 states allow its use for... Details
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Date Recorded: December 9, 2021
Length: 60 Minutes
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AOAC Metals Community Webinar: Metals in Baby Food - There has been recent media interest regarding toxic elements found in baby food products sold within the US. This webinar discussed the background of this issue, including how toxic elements enter baby food, the associated health risks, and the techniques used to characterize them. It also discussed how... Details
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Date Recorded: February 25, 2021
Length: 90 Minutes
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The Past, Present, and Future of Microbiological Testing: Which Technologies Are Suitable for What Your Lab Is Trying to Accomplish? - Michael Esposito, Lead Scientist, MCR Labs - New developments in molecular technologies promise rapid turnaround times, detection of unculturable organisms, and reduced space and staffing needs. Are these technologies... Details
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Date Recorded: February 23, 2021
Length: 90 minutes
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Setting Realistic Timelines for Starting up a Lab - Katherine M. Evans, Ph.D., Longboard Scientific Consulting Corporation - Starting a cannabis testing laboratory is a complex endeavor with many aspects to consider • between capital investment, business and marketing plan(s), building location/construction/utilities, regulatory licensing city/state and ... Details
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Date Recorded: May 6, 2021
Length: 90 Minutes
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Increasingly, women are obtaining executive leadership roles, and in some cases, women are already more educated, getting higher pay, and leading world-changing organizations and initiatives than men. However, research still shows that as a society we still have long way to go to achieve equity for women at every level of their career.
As our industry grows and... Details
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These samples are available for quality assurance and educational purposes. QAES samples can be used for training, corrective actions, method development, examining method equivalence, and more. Participants receive samples along with recommended Instructions for Analysis. Included is also a report containing target values, standard deviations, and other statistics that can be used for the purposes above and to evaluate a laboratory's performance.
Matrix: Fruits &... Details
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Frederick M. Garfield, Eugene Klesta, Jerry Hirsch
The 3rd Edition presents a comprehensive analytical approach to all aspects of quality systems. It recognizes the role of ISO/IEC 17025 as an international laboratory accreditation standard, and the increasing need for laboratories to demonstrate quality performance through external accreditation processes accepted by national accreditation organizations operating within the ISO umbrella. A new chapter describing the role and... Details
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W.J. Youden and E.H. Steiner
This manual is a composite, with revisions, of two publications Statistical Techniques for Collaborative Tests, by the late W.J. Youden and Planning and Analysis of Results of Collaborative Tests by E.H. Steiner. This manual is to be used in the statistical analysis of the results of interlaboratory collaborative tests such as those required by AOAC INTERNATIONAL before adop-tion of analytical methods as AOAC Official... Details
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