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Submission Date 2016-04-25 16:11:33
Name Darryl Sullivan
Panel Name SPIFAN
E-mail
Date 04-25-2016
AOAC Method Number 2011.10
Method Name Determination of Vitamin B12 in Infant, Adult, and Pediatric Formulas by HPLC-UV and
Column Switching
Rationale (based on selection
criteria)
This is one of the most successful methods in the history of AOAC. It is not only
approved as an AOAC Final Action Method, but it has also been approved by ISO, IDF,
and Codex - as a Type II dispute resolution method. The SLV and MLV studies were
both done extremely well and the data are amazing.
The method will have a huge impact on the infant formula community, because it
replaces a 50 year old microbiological method.
AOAC Method Number 2011.20
Method Name Analysis of Nucleotide 5'-Mono phosphates in Infant Formulas by HPLC-UV
Rationale (based on selection
criteria)
This is one of the most successful methods in the history of AOAC. It is not only
approved as an AOAC Final Action Method, but it has also been approved by ISO, IDF,
and Codex - as a Type II dispute resolution method. The SLV and MLV studies were
both done extremely well and the data are amazing.
The method will have a huge impact on the infant formula community, because it
provides the first official method for measuring nucleotides - an extremely important
nutrient that is added to almost all infant formula.
AOAC Method Number 2012.15
Method Name Determination of Iodine in Infant Formula and Adult / Pediatric Nutritional Formula by
Inductively Couple Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Rationale (based on selection
criteria)
This is one of the most successful methods in the history of AOAC. It is not only
approved as an AOAC Final Action Method, but it has also been approved by ISO, IDF,
and Codex - as a Type II dispute resolution method. The SLV and MLV studies were
both done extremely well and the data are amazing.
The method will have a huge impact on the infant formula community, because it
replaces a 50 year ion specific electrode method that was prone to false positives and
was extremely problematic.
This is the first ICP-MS method to gain official method status for the determination of
nutrients - and has set the framework for many more in the future.
AOAC AWARDS- 2016 METHOD OF THE YEAR (ERP Chair Nomination Form)
Candidates for 2016 Method of the Year
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