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Does the method contain adequate safety precaution reference and/or statements? ER 1 Yes ER 2 Yes ER 3 Yes ER 4 Yes ER 5 Yes ER 6 Yes ER 7 Yes ER 8 Yes General Comments (3) ER 1

1.Page 19 is titled Appendix. What is the intent here? 1. An appendix with data? 2. Appended data is not to be published? 2. Figures: omit as they are repetitious. 3. Page 1, line 44: Replace "climates" with "conditions". 4. Page 1, Line 44: Define "high pH" and provide reference. [CONTINUED] Is this an allusion to resistance to alkaline sanitizers or to the high end of the pH 4.3-9.4 growth range of listeria? Page 1, lines 40 & 42: Change "Listeriosis" to "listeriosis". Page 2, line 33: Insert "the reproducibility among different laboratories of" between "compare" and "the". Page3, lines 24-26: Sentence is awkward - restructure. Page 4, lines 3 and 4:Change "(12 high, 12 low and 12 controls for each method)" to "(12 high inoculum, 12 low inoculum and 12 uninoculated controls for each method)". Page 5, line 12: "Appendix"? See comment above. Page 14, lines 42-43: Provide website address. Page 18, Table 2014.1A: Readability of the table could be enhanced by delineating the 4 subsections. For example, one could add blank lines between the Candidate Presumptive, Candidate Confirmed, Positive Reference and dLPOD subsections. Pages 21-22, Table 2014.2A: Suggest making this into 3 tables.

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Few edits to be covered. Will be discussed during the meeting.

On Page 12 line 30 “to the” is mentioned twice

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03/12/2018