SPIFAN Expert Review Panel Report
October 2, 2012
Final
Method
Method Title
Comments
Reviewer(s)
Recommendation
Fol‐15
2011.06 ‐ Determination of Total Folates in Infant
Formula and Adult Nutritionals byTrienzyme
Extraction and UPLC‐MS/MS Quantitation2011.06.
Submitted by General Mills
No additional work will be done
No SPIFAN matrices data
Adrienne McMahon
Min Huang
No action taken by ERP
Fol‐20
A validated method to determine folic acid and 5‐
methyl THF in adult/infant nutritional formulae using
ultra performance liquid chromatography‐tandem
mass spectrometry. Submitted by UNSW
Meets SMPR requirement
Clarify not just for whey, but other
matrices
Kathy Sharpless/Kate
Rimmer
Adrienne McMahon
No action taken by ERP
Method
Method Title
Comments
Reviewer(s)
Recommendation
Nuc‐02
AOAC 2011.21. Submitted by Kinjo Gakin Univ.
(Nestlé)
Adrienne McMahon
Min Huang
No further action taken by ERP
Nuc‐13
Simultaneous Determination of Nutritional
Nucleotides and Nucleosides by Ultrahigh
Performance Liquid Chromatography with UV
Detection. Submitted by Thermo Fisher Scientific
Chromatography
Reference materials reported in all
types of infant formula
Sneh Bhandari
Estela Kneeteman
No action taken by ERP
Method
Method Title
Comments
Reviewer(s)
Recommendation
VitB
12
‐03
2011.08 ‐ Determination of Vitamin B
12
in Infant
Formula and Adult/Pediatric Nutritional Formula by
Optical Biosensor Protein‐Binding Assay. Submitted
by Nestlé
Scott Christiansen
Estela Kneeteman
Received new information
from author
VitB
12
‐12
2011.10 ‐ Determination of Vitamin B
12
in Infant
Formula and Adult/Pediatric Nutritional Formula by
HPLC. Submitted by Abbott Nutrition
Jon DeVries
Shay Phillips
Received new information
from author
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