AOAC RI ERP Final Action Recommendations eBook

Dupont BAX Salmonella PTM Report PTM Certification No. 081201 (08/07/2012) For Expert Review Panel Use Only Do Not Distribute

2. METHOD AUTHORS

29

F. Morgan Wallace 1 , Stephen Varkey 1 , Daniel DeMarco 1 , George Tice 1 , Bridget Andaloro 1 , Dawn 30 Fallon 1 , Jeff Rohrbeck 1 , Eugene Davis 1 , Monica Tadler 1 , Steven Hoelzer 1 , Erin Crowley 2 , and Patrick 31 Bird 2

32 33 34 35 36

1 DuPont Qualicon 2 Q Laboratories

3. SUBMITTING LABORATORY

37

DuPont Qualicon, P.O. Box 80400, Rt 141 and Henry Clay Road, Wilmington, DE 19880 38 Phone 800-863-6842 or 302-695-5300 Fax 302-695-5301

39 40 41

4. INDEPENDENT LABORATORY

42

43 44 45 46

Q Laboratories, Inc., 1400 Harrison Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45214

Phone 513-471-1300

5. REVIEWERS

Yi Chen, CFSAN/Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, 47 College Park, MD 20740 48 Maria Cristina Fernandez, University of Buenos Aires, Pedro Moran 3162, Buenos Aires 1419, 49 Argentina 50

Wayne Ziemer, Consultant 1801 Kristen Lane, Loganville, GA 30052 51

AOAC INTERNATIONAL 6. SCOPE OF METHOD 1. Target organisms – Salmonella species.

52

53 54 55 56 57 58

2. Matrices – Specific matrices tested included ground beef, cream cheese, bagged lettuce,

dry pet food, chicken carcass rinses, and stainless steel.

3. Performance claims – Sensitivity and specificity equivalent to the appropriate reference

culture methods.