Methods Development

ISO

• ISO/TC 34: Food Products and its Working Groups

• ISO/TC 34/SC 2: Oleaginous seeds and fruits and oilseed meals

• ISO/TC 34/SC 11: Animal and vegetable fats and oils

• ISO/TC 34/SC 16: Horizontal methods for molecular biomarker analysis

• ISO/TC 34/SC 17: Management systems for food safety

AOCS is a liaison member of ISO Technical Committee 34 Sub Committees 2 and 11 [ISO/TC 34/SC 2 and 11].

AOCS provides the Secretariat for SC 16 and the Convenorship of the Joint Working Group between ISO/TC 34/SC 11 and ISO/TC 28/SC 7 (Input/Output Quality for Feedstocks and Fatty Acid Esters Used in Biodiesel).

ISO/TC 34 Food Products Manual (.pdf)

The Inter-Agency Meeting (IAM)

Standards Harmonization Activities

• ASTM International Technical Committee D02 (Petroleum Products and Lubricants) and D12 (Soaps and Other Detergents)

• Codex Alimentarius, European Framework Projects

• International Olive Council

• USP Food Chemicals Codex

• WHO/FAO JECFA

Resources

• Determination of Precision of Analytical Methods (.pdf)

• Writing and Approval of Methods(.pdf)

• Surplus Status of Methods (.pdf)

• Collaborative Study Procedures 1, 2, 3  (.pdf)

• Approved Chemists, Criteria (.pdf)

• Certified Laboratories, Criteria (.pdf)