International mycotoxin check sample program. Part I. Report on the performance of participating laboratories.
Three aflatoxin-contaminated samples, raw peanut meal, finished peanut butter, and white corn meal, were analyzed by 139 laboratories in 34 countries. Sufficient data were obtained to permit a statistical comparison of the performance of laboratories using the BF, CB, and Pons methods and those using high performance liquid chromatography for quantification. A raw peanut meal sample showed no significant differences among means for laboratories using the four methods, and a white corn meal sample showed only one such significant difference; however, a finished peanut butter sample containing less than 10 micrograms total aflatoxins/kg showed 10 significant differences among means for laboratories using the 4 methods considered.
D000348:Aflatoxins / Q000032:analysis*; D010367:Arachis / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards; D008722:Methods; D003313:Zea mays / Q000032:analysis*
D000348:Aflatoxins