AOAC SPSFAM ERP for SELECTED FOOD ALLERGENS

5. Based on the supporting information, what are the cons/weaknesses of the method?

Internal standards need to be used prior extraction rather than post extraction.

6. Any general comments about the method?

method may be crosschecked with other equivalent make of instrument to confirm the robustness of the method

V. Final Recommendation

Do you recommend this method be adopted as a First Action and published in the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL? Please specify rationale.

Yes however thorough recovery studies shall be performed by using addition of internal standards prior to the extraction . SRM need to be verified and reported against actual values.