Precision Parameters for the FDA Shellfish Laboratory Quality Assurance Program for 1973-1989

James T Peeler; Thomas E Graham; Larry J Maturin

doi:10.4315/0362-028X-58.6.648

Precision Parameters for the FDA Shellfish Laboratory Quality Assurance Program for 1973-1989

J Food Prot. 1995 Jun;58(6):648-650. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-58.6.648.

Authors

James T Peeler¹, Thomas E Graham², Larry J Maturin²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204.
² Laboratory Quality Assurance Branch, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Summit-Argo, Illinois 60501.

PMID: 31137424
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-58.6.648

Abstract

Precision parameters from four microbiological analytical methods (coliform most probable number [MPN], fecal coliform MPN, Staphylococcus aureus plate count and standard plate count) were computed for the Shellfish Quality Assurance Program of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The pooled reproducibility variance (S_R²) for the four methods from 1973 to 1989 were 0.0778, 0.1181, 0.0137, and 0.0087, respectively.

Keywords: Shellfish Quality Assurance Program; most probable number.