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Independent Laboratory
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Q Laboratories, Inc.
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1400 Harrison Ave
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Cincinnati, OH 45214
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Reviewers
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Yvonne Salfinger
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Consultant
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Denver, CO
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Michael Brodsky
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Brodsky Consultants
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73 Donnamora Crescent
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Thornhill, Ontario L3T 4K6
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Canada
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Reviewer
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Tony Hitchins
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FDA-Retired
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Rockville, MD
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Scope of Method
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a)
Target organism
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— Listeria
species (
L. monocytogenes, L. seeligeri, L. ivanovii, L. innocua,
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L. grayi, L. welshimeri, L. fleishmanii
subsp
. coloradensis, L. cornellensis, L. grandensis
L.
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marthii
, and
L. riparia)
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b)
Matrixes
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—
Raw chicken (leg pieces and fillets) (25 g), bagged raw spinach (25 g), cold
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smoked salmon (25 g), deli turkey (125 g), whole melon, vanilla ice cream (25 g), queso
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fresco (25 g), 4% milk fat cottage cheese (25 g), beef hot dogs (25 g), stainless steel (4” x 4”,
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sponge enriched in 225 mL), sealed concrete (4” x 4”, sponge enriched in 225 mL), plastic
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(1” x 1”, 3M™ Tecra™ Enviroswab [3M Australia Pty Ltd] enriched in 10 mL).
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c)
Summary of Validated Performance Claims
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—
Performance equivalent to that of the U.S.
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Food and Drug Administration
Bacteriological Analytical Manual
(FDA/BAM) Chapter 10
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[1] for whole melon, cold smoked salmon, bagged raw spinach; the U.S. Department of
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Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service
Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook
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(USDA-FSIS/MLG) 8.09 [2] for beef hot dogs, deli turkey, raw chicken , sealed concrete,
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plastic and stainless steel and AOAC 993.12 [3] for queso fresco, vanilla ice cream, 4% milk
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fat cottage cheese and for ISO 11290-1/A1 [4] for cold smoked salmon and bagged raw
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spinach.
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Definitions
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AOAC Research Institute
Expert Review Panel Use Only
OMAMAN-29 D/ PTM Validation Report 111501
OMA ERP - June 2016
ERP Use Only