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Table 2016.08B. Summary of results for the detection of L. monocytogenes in raw chicken breast fillet (25 g) a

Inoculation level

3M MDA 2 – L. monocytogenes results

Uninoculated

Low

High

Candidate presumptive positive/total No. of samples analyzed

0/132

86/132

129/132

 POD CP

0.00 (0.00, 0.03) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.23)

0.65 (0.57, 0.73) 0.48 (0.43, 0.52) 0.00 (0.00, 0.17) 0.48 (0.43, 0.52)

0.98 (0.93, 0.99) 0.15 (0.13, 0.17) 0.03 (0.00, 0.08) 0.15 (0.13, 0.18)

 s r  s L  s R  P T

1.0000

0.7057 86/132

0.1089 132/132

Candidate confirmed positive/total No. of samples analyzed

0/132

 POD CC

0.00 (0.00, 0.03) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.23)

0.65 (0.57, 0.73) 0.48 (0.43, 0.52) 0.00 (0.00, 0.18) 0.48 (0.43, 0.52)

1.00 (0.97, 1.00) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.23)

 s r  s L  s R  P T

1.0000

0.5632 85/132

1.0000 129/132

Candidate confirmed positive/total No. of samples analyzed

0/132

 POD C

0.00 (0.00, 0.03) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.23)

0.64 (0.56, 0.73) 0.48 (0.43, 0.52) 0.00 (0.00, 0.18) 0.49 (0.43, 0.52)

0.98 (0.93, 0.99) 0.15 (0.13, 0.17) 0.03 (0.00, 0.08) 0.15 (0.13, 0.18)

 s r  s L  s R  P T

1.0000

0.6228 64/132

0.1089 132/132

Positive reference samples/total No. of samples analyzed

0/132

 POD R

0.00 (0.00, 0.03) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.23)

0.48 (0.40, 0.57) 0.51 (0.46, 0.52) 0.00 (0.00, 0.14) 0.51 (0.46, 0.52)

1.00 (0.97, 1.00) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.16) 0.00 (0.00, 0.23)

 s r  s L  s R  P T

1.0000

0.9192

1.0000

(candidate vs reference) b

0.00 (−0.03, 0.03) 0.00 (−0.03, 0.03)

0.16 (0.04, 0.28) 0.00 (−0.12, 0.12)

−0.02 (−0.06, 0.01) −0.02 (−0.06, 0.01)

dLPOD C dLPOD CP

(candidate presumptive vs candidate confirmed) b

a  Results include 95% confidence intervals. b  A confidence interval for dLPOD that does not contain the value 0 indicates a statistical significant difference between the two methods.

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