Food Microbiology Methods in Validation

The Webinar will discuss the practical distinction between and method validation and method verification and the requirements of each analytical approach to comply with ISO/IEC Standard 17025:2005 for a microbiology laboratory accreditation.

Areas Covered in the Session:

The difference between method validation and verification
The performance characteristics for method validation
Performance requirements for method verification
How to implement a verification protocol that defines a method’s fitness-for purpose

Who Will Benefit:

Quality Assurance Managers
Laboratory Technicians
Laboratory Managers
Regulatory Compliance Officers
Consultants
New employees in your food safety and quality laboratories

Speaker and Presenter Information

Michael Brodsky

Michael Brodsky has been an Environmental Microbiologist for more than 41 years. He is a Past President of the Ontario Food Protection Association and AOAC International. He serves as Chair for the AOAC Expert Review Committee for Microbiology, as a scientific reviewer in Microbiology for the AOAC OMA and the AOAC Research Institute, as a reviewer for Standard Method for the Examination of Water and as a chapter editor on QA for the Compendium of Methods in Microbiology.