Food Authenticity Program Meeting Book (March 13, 2020)

VALIDATION TYPES

• Establishes criteria for: –New Qualitative Methods –New Quantitative Methods –New Identification Methods

–Method, Matrix and Platform Extensions –See Tables 1A and 1B in Guidelines for more information

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QUALITATIVE PCR

• For qualitative PCR methods, the basic performance characteristics are: – Extraction Efficiency – Sensitivity (Limit of Detection-LOD) – Specificity (Selectivity) –Robustness

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