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Rob Dermer, Natalie Shipley, and James Williams, Microbac

Laboratories, Inc., Fayetteville, NC

Ashley Morris, Robert Brooks, and Karen Powers, Microbac

Laboratories, Inc., Maryville, TN

Brenda Brown, Murray Brown Laboratories, LLC, Denver,

Karen Beers, Safe Foods Corp., Rogers, AR

Alexandra Calle, Texas Tech University, Food Safety and

Microbiology, Lubbock, TX

Jerry Lynn Picket and Joseph Reynolds, Tyson WBA

Analytical, Springdale, AR

Andy Gaydos, Waters Agricultural, Camilla, GA

Allison Mastalerz, Q Laboratories Inc., Cincinnati, OH

We would like to extend a special thanks to the following

team members at Q Laboratories, Inc. for their efforts during the

collaborative study: M. Joseph Benzinger Jr., Ben Bastin, Kiel

Fisher, Kateland Koch, Will Judd and Nicole Klass.

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