Comments on the Detection of Salmonella SMPR
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Line Numbers
(If Applicable)
Comments (Justification of Change(s))
AOAC Responses
Status
na
Will all organisms listed in
inclusivity/exclusivity panel be required to be
evaluated? That’s what it appears from
purpose. May be it’s a norm to AOAC
validation but seems a lot.
Additional guidance added as a note to the first
page indicating that these are recommended
serovars and AOAC requires a minimum of 100
serovars.
Version 14 revised.
na
Defined spinach but not romaine in definitions.
Agreed. There should be a definition for
"romaine".
Pending.
na
I would suggest some pilot runs with methods
widely used now before setting up SMPRs.
AOAC's position is that an SMPR specifies the
community's consensus on the minimum
accetpable performance for a given set of
analyte(s) /matrice(s). Occaisionally it does
turn out that the SMPR requirements cannot
be met. In these rare cases the stakeholder
panel can review and revise the SMPR.
No change proposed.
title
I think method name should put emphasis on
pre-harvest.
"Pre-harvest" is specified in the applicability.
WG discussion.
Reviewed by working
group. No change
proposed.
title
Change "spp." to 'species and their serovars'
since serovars are numerically important, in
the test panels.
Working group agreed to revise "spp." to
"species", but declined the suggestion to
include "and their serovars".
Revised in version 14
3-21 Deitalicize 'spp.'
Agreed.
Revised in version 14
5
should be "SMPRs", not "SMPR's"
Agreed.
Revised in version 14
5
Is the method specific or romaine lettuce only,
or can it be used for other types of lettuce?
Not a method
per say,
but requirements for a
method or methods. See purpose on page 1.
SMPR is intentionally limited to spincah and
romaine lettuce since this is a first attempt and
the working group decided to keep the project
simple for now. Could possibly be explanded
later.
No change proposed.
6
SMPR is not defined. More context needs to
be provided in the tontext of this document in
order for a thorough review to be possible.
It is agreed that "SMPR" is not defined in this
docoument. Appendix F in the Official
Methods of Analysis provides a complete
description of sn "SMPR". Note: "SMPR" is
normally spelled out in the actual published
"SMPR."
"SMPR" is spelled out.
The working group thinks
the purpose section
adequately "defines"
what an SMPR is. A
refernce to OMA
Appenduix F to be added.
