The AOAC Official MethodsSM Program is designed to provide needed evaluated methods that can be used with confidence by regulated industry, regulatory agencies, contract research organizations and testing laboratories, and academic institutions. Official MethodsSM undergo rigorous scientific scrutiny and demonstrate the highest level of confidence in a method. Official MethodsSM are published in the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and supporting manuscripts are published in the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL. These methods are recognized as official methods by the U.S. FDA and other agencies. Members gain free access to the OMA via the web. You can save any method or section as a PDF file for use offline or to print. Possibly their most visible activity is to be official source for nutrition labeling analysis.