2018 - March 12 SPSFAM Meeting Book

Version 7, 03/02/2018 1 2 Standard Method Performance Requirements (SMPRs) for Sugars in Animal Feed, Pet 3 Food, and Human Food 4 5 Intended Use: Reference/regulatory method to measure individual mono- and di- 6 saccharides, in animal feed, pet food, and human food. 10 be used during the evaluation of a method. The evaluation may be an on-site 11 verification, a single-laboratory validation, or a multi-site collaborative study. SMPRs are 12 written and adopted by AOAC stakeholder panels composed of representatives from the 13 industry, regulatory organizations, contract laboratories, test kit manufacturers, and 14 academic institutions. AOAC SMPRs are used by AOAC expert review panels in their 15 evaluation of validation study data for method being considered for Performance Tested 16 Methods SM or AOAC Official Methods of Analysis SM , and can be used as acceptance 17 criteria for verification at user laboratories. 18 2. Applicability 19 Individually measure free nutritional sugars, minimally: fructose, galactose, glucose, 20 sucrose, maltose, and lactose (see table 1 for additional information on analytes) found 21 in selected ingredients and foods consumed by animals, pets, and humans. The 22 analytical method must account for potential interferences (See Table 2) in these 23 matrices. Methods that target a narrower matrix scope will also be considered when 24 appropriate. 25 3. Analytical Technique 26 Any analytical technique(s) that measures the analyte(s) of interest and meets the 27 following method performance requirements is/are acceptable. 30 31 Animal and Pet Foods .— Material consumed or intended to be consumed by animals 32 other than humans that contributes nutrition, taste, or aroma or has a technical effect 33 on the consumed material. This includes raw materials, ingredients, and finished 34 product. (AAFCO) 35 36 Human Food .— Material consumed or intended to be consumed by adult humans. For 37 the purpose of this SMPR, this does not include infant formulas nor adult nutritionals. 7 8 9 1. Purpose AOAC SMPRs describe the minimum recommended performance characteristics to 28 29 4. Definitions

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