AOAC International

AOAC International is a not-for-profit voluntary consensus standards body cited in the US Code of Federal Regulations under Title 21: “It is the policy of FDA in its enforcement program to use methods of analysis of AOAC International when available and applicable.” AOAC is also cited under Title 9 within this context by the USDA. AOAC was founded in 1884 as the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists; in 1965 the Association’s name changed to the Association of Official Analytical Chemists to reflect expansion of scope. The organization now refers to itself as AOAC International.