AOAC GFA Stakeholder Program Meeting Book (March 15, 2023)

3.21 Qualitative Method A method of analysis with two possible outcomes. (AOAC Appendix N)

“Incurred Test Material” – This is not a complete sentence. It needs a subject – I would recommend deleting “Prepared from” and start with “A food matrix into which…” AOAC Appendix N is not the first source of definition; e.g. use "The result of a suboptimal antigen-antibody reaction in which either the antibody or antigen is in excess, incomplete, or blocks an optimal reaction." from NCCLS EP12A