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5. Based on the supporting
information, what are the
cons/weaknesses of the
method?
6. Any general comments
about the method?
Do you recommend this
method be adopted as a First
Action and published in the
Official Methods of Analysis
of AOAC INTERNATIONAL?
Please specify rationale.
Internal standards need to be used prior extraction rather than post extraction.
method may be crosschecked with other equivalent make of instrument to confirm the
robustness of the method
Yes however thorough recovery studies shall be performed by using addition of
internal standards prior to the extraction .
SRM need to be verified and reported against actual values.
V. Final Recommendation