Methods and Procedures

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The links below list the references and methods currently used in the Scientific Services Division Laboratories.

Please note that as technology evolves and/or matrices change, we will update these methods.

Please check this Web site for the most current version of TTB's Official Methods.

Obtaining Copies of TTB Official Methods

Some TTB Official Methods are available on this Web site via hyperlinks within the tables shown in the links listed above. You may obtain copies of any TTB Official Method by sending a written request to:

Quality Manager
Scientific Services Division
6000 Ammendale Road
Beltsville, MD 20705

OR

E-mail your request to laboratory@ttb.gov.

However, due to copyright restrictions, TTB is not able to provide any method adopted directly with no changes from the AOAC Official Methods of Analysis or any other copyrighted source. You may obtain copies of AOAC Official Methods of Analysis from AOAC International at:

AOAC International
481 North Frederick Ave., Suite 500,
Gaithersburg, MD 20877

OR

You may inspect AOAC Official Methods at the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. For further information, call 202–741–6030.

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