Food Authenticity Program Meeting Book (March 13, 2020)

Table A3: Expected Precision as a Function of Concentration-Reproducibility

Analyte (%)

Analyte Ratio

Unit (%, mg/kg)

%RSD % Mean Recovery

% PRSD r

100

1.0

100 %

1.3 1.9 2.7 3.7 5.3 7.3

98-102 98-102 97-103 95-105 90-107 80-110 80-110 80-110 60-115 40-120

2

10

10 -1 10 -2 10 -3 10 -4 10 -5 10 -6 10 -7 10 -8 10 -9

10 %

1

1 %

4 8

0.01

0.1 %

0.001

100 mg/kg (ppm) 10 mg/kg (ppm) 1 mg/kg (ppm) 100 g/kg (ppb) 10 g/kg (ppb) 1 g/kg (1ppb)

0.0001 0.00001

11

16

0.000001 0.0000001 0.00000001

15 21 30

32 45

PRSD R = 2C

-0.15 where C is expressed as a Mass fraction

15

Stakeholder Comments

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