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The Inter-Agency Meeting (IAM)

A series of meetings of International Organizations working in the field of methods of analysis and sampling of food products and associated quality assurance measures.

Next Meeting 

23rd Inter-Agency Meeting (IAM-23)
6th March 2011: 14:00 h
Hungary Food Safety Office
Gyáli út 2-6
Budapest, Hungary 		 

Background

The aim of the Inter-Agency Meeting (IAM) is to promote co-operation between international organizations (INGOs and IGOs) working on methods of analysis and sampling and the associated quality assurance measures, and to support the needs of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The Commisssion is an inter-governmental organizations considers and sets standards for food products in international trade.  Standards may address compositional , additive or contaminant issues.  In addition, the Commission elaborates methods of analysis and sampling to "enforce" such standards. 

The IAM provides a unique opportunity for those organizations working in the food analysis sector to discuss common problems and the opportunities to harmonize approaches to be ulitmate benefit of the users of the products of organziations working in the area of analytical methods.

The Inter-Agency Meeting:

  • Develops and/or recommends common rules for the validationof methods of analysis and sampling and associated quality assurance measures.
  • Assists the Codex Alimentarius Commission in its need for methods of analysis and sampling and associated quality assurance measures
  • Promtoes co-ordination between the organizations concerned
  • Addresses problems which require international collaboration 
  • Promotes uniformity of terminology relative to its field of activity

Documents

Document Library , Member Work Projects , Methods Survey , and Past Meetings Minutes. More...

Membership of the IAM

Current Members of the Inter-Agency Meeting, or organisations which contribute. More... 		 

Secretariat  

The Secretariat is currenlty held by AOCS.
For futhur information, please contact:
Dr. Richard Cantrill
AOCS Technical Director
2710 S. Boulder Dr.
Urbana, IL 61802-6996 USA
Phone: +1 217-693-4830
Fax: +1 217-693-4874
Email: Richard.Cantrill@aocs.org
     
Visit www.moniqa.org/budapest2010 for details about the IAM/MoniQA workshop.