Statistics committee

Journal of AOAC International, Jan-Feb, 2008 by Paul Wehling, Foster D. McClure, Qian F. Graves, Robert A. LaBudde, Jung K. Lee, Zichao Lin, Daryl S. Paulson, John G. Phillips, Stephen Sherken

Committee Actions

LaBudde, Paulson, and Wehling developed a proposal for revisions of Appendix X of the Official Methods of Analysis Program Manual. The proposed revisions to the guidelines for validation of quantitative and qualitative for microbiological methods were intended primarily to clarify the statistical procedures used in qualitative microbiological methods. McClure and Lee have written a paper for submission to J. AOAC Int. entitled "On Using a Normal Approximation for the Noncentral t-Distribution in Determining Upper Limits for Future Sample Relative Repeatability and Reproducibility Standard Deviations." LaBudde and Paulson have provided support for methods Committee L, Committee on Biological Threat Detection (DETECTION OR AGENTS?). Paulson completed a nonstandard validation design for validating sampling methods from surfaces. LaBudde has been advising the committee on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method validations, especially in the area of inclusivity and exclusivity testing.

Phillips contributed 2 critical method reviews for Committee G and has been advising the Expert Review Panel on pesticide residue methods in soft drinks.

Current Methods Committee assignments are as follows:

Committee A, Pesticide and Disinfectant Formulations: Lee

Committee D, Natural Toxins and Food Allergens: LaBudde

Committee E, Food Nutrition: Phillips

Committee F, Commodity Foods and Products: Phillips

Committee Q Residues and Related Topics: Phillips

Committee H, Microbiology: LaBudde, Paulson, and Wehling

Committee I, Feeds and Fertilizers: Wehling

Committee K, Dietary Supplements: Phillips

Committee L, Biological Threat Detection (DETECTION OR AGENTS?): LaBudde and Paulson

Committee M, Antimicrobial Efficacy Testing: Paulson

PAUL WEHLING CHAIR

General Mills, Inc., 9000 Plymouth Ave N., Golden Valley,

MN 55427

FOSTER D. MCCLURE, PAST CHAIR

Retired, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for

Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5 100 Paint Branch

Pkwy, HFS-705, College Park, MD 20740-3835

QIAN F. GRAVES, SECRETARY

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food

Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5 100 Paint Branch Pkwy,

HFS-705, College Park, MD 20740-3835

ROBERT A. LABUDDE

Least Cost Formulations Ltd, 824 Timberlake Dr, Virginia

Beach, VA 23464-3239

JUNG K. LEE

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, HFS-705, 5 100 Paint

Branch Pkwy, College Park, MD 20740-3835

ZICHAO LIN

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 109 Holton St,

Winchester, MA 01890

DARYL S. PAULSON

BioScience Laboratories Inc., 300 N. Wilson Ave, Suite 1,

Bozeman, MT 59715

JOHN G PHILLIPS

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research

Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 E.

Mermaid Ln, Wyndmoor, PA 19038-8551

STEPHEN SHERKEN

Retired, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Kensington,

MD 20895