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Collaborators included: 2 Bryan Dieckelman and Tom Donohue, Deibel Laboratories; Hesham Elgaali Indiana Department of 3 Health; Willis Fedio, New Mexico State University; Elizabeth Galbraith, DuPont Nutrition & Health; Brian 4 Kupski, Silliker Laboratories; Kristina McCallum and Dominika Kondratko, Colorado Department of 5 Agriculture; Guy McWhorter, ABC Research Laboratories; Joe Meyer and Demi Swift, Covance 6 Laboratories; Roy Radcliff and Dorn Clark, Marshfield Food Safety; Dora Rodgers, Kate Angeles and 7 Joseph Putrow, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture; and Leslie Thompson, AEGIS FOOD TESTING 8 Laboratories. 9 The authors would also like to thank Nicolette Blubaugh for invaluable assistance in the preparation of 10 this manuscript and Maria Nelson for her expertise and assistance in the design and execution of this 11 study. 12

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