Microsoft Word - Candidates for 2018 ERP of the Year

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Title: Determination of free Bisphenol A in commercially packaged ready to consume carbonated/non-carbonated water and beverages by immunoaffinity purification and HPLC fluorescent detection. Author(s): J. Liu, Z. Wu, H. Zhang, C. Xi, X. Wang, L. Chen, D. Toth Submitted by: Darney Toth, Vicam Primary Reviewer: Mehmet Gumustas, Ankara University Secondary Reviewer: Jing Tan, Abbott Nutrition

MOTION NOT to move this method to First Action Official Methods of Analysis Status (Ackerman/Cao) 9 in favor, 0 opposed, 2 abstentions. The motion passed. Reasoning/Summary: Although the authors have demonstrated that the methods meet most of the SMPR, there were several issues the ERP would like to see addressed prior to moving this method to First Action Official Methods Status. ____________________________________________________________ Further Recommendations / Requirements: • Repeating the spiking study without stripping the matrices. • Characterize in-house matrix based reference materials (Guidance in OMA) • LOD study with sample that has low levels of BPA already in it is acceptable.

BPA-02

• Units must be stated • Brand names removed • System suitability

• Chromatograms of blanks and spiked samples • Rephrase some of the sentences (e.g. “maybes”) • Safety caveats • Recovery bias • Additional matrices (e.g. coffee based dairy beverages) are encouraged

03/12/2018