Dolphy, I think you mis-interpreted Mr. Brennan's remarks. Mr. Brennan said the documents will be submitted in December to AOAC, then, it will take 6 weeks to go through the necessary testing and once that has been completed they will get the certifications.
As Mr. Brennan said "AOAC is not a government organization, they just think they are". Meaning, it's going to take some time to get the testing done, even though, MMTC has the Listeria certification. AOAC is going to do testing for the other certifications.
That is my understanding.
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