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Reviewer 8 (Chen):
N/A
Reviewer 9 (McMahon):
Please include how frankfurters were prepared. The manuscript describes how inoculum
was inoculated by bulk, but it's not clear if the frankfurters were ground, chopped,
blended, etc. And, how was the bulk product mixed (blender, mixer, by hand?)
II.
EDITORIAL EVALUATION CRITERIA
a.
Comments:
Reviewer 1 (Achen):
The figures could be explained better in the manuscript.
Reviewer 2 (Douey):
None.
Reviewer 3 (Hitchins):
Omit Tables 1, 3, 4 & 6. Replace wit brief summaries in text. For example: all labs found
12/12 replicates negative at the unspiked level (state MPNs for the 2 matrices) and all labs
detected analyte in 12/12 replicates at the high spike level (state MPNs), etc.
Reviewer 4 (Brodsky):
None.
Reviewer 5 (Hammack):
The references for the reference methods are dated 2011. Is this correct?
Reviewer 6 (Hayes):
N/A
Reviewer 7 (Fernandez):
1. Introduction
It would be useful to mention the matrices and the reference methods under study.
2. Strains
In Table 2 it is mentioned for orange juice, S. Worthington and for hot dogs S. Thompson. In
Table 1 these names are inverted.
3. On page 5 line 24 PODR has to be added
4. On page 10 line 2 ( d) and on page 43 line 7 item 23, "removing and sealing ......" has to
be changed by "sealing and removing ........"
5. On page 10 line 14, range of the incubator and water bath do not agree with the
reference methods
Reviewer 8 (Chen):