Neogen Veratox for Almond Kit Evaluation

Summary of Results for Individual Laboratories and Averages for all labs

Milk Chocolate Samples

Lab 1 Milk Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.5-4.5	4.0	0.3
15.63 ppm	12.5	8.5-12.4	10.4	1.4

Lab 2 Milk Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	4.0-4.5	4.2	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	10.2-11.4	10.8	0.4

Lab 3 Milk Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.9-4.4	4.2	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	8.4-11.0	9.6	1.1

Lab 4 Milk Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.5-3.9	3.2	0.4
15.63 ppm	12.5	8.7-11.8	10.0	1.1

Lab 5 Milk Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.7-4.2	4.0	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	9.1-10.4	9.7	0.5

Lab 6 Milk Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.6-4.7	4.3	0.4
15.63 ppm	12.5	9.7-13.3	11.2	1.1

Lab 7 Milk Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	4.0-4.3	4.1	0.1
15.63 ppm	12.5	10.2-10.6	10.4	0.1

Milk Chocolate Results for all seven labs
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.5-4.7	4.0	0.4
15.63 ppm	12.5	8.4-13.3	10.3	0.6

* based on designated reference material
** based on the kit calibrators

Dark Chocolate Samples

Lab 1 Dark Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.6-3.1	2.8	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.7-8.7	7.8	0.5

Lab 2 Dark Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.5-3.0	2.8	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.6-8.5	7.3	0.6

Lab 3 Dark Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.9-3.4	3.2	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.9-7.7	7.3	0.3

Lab 4 Dark Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.5-2.9	2.7	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.6-8.8	7.6	0.8

Lab 5 Dark Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.1-3.6	3.3	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	7.8-8.9	8.3	0.4

Lab 6 Dark Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.5-2.8	2.6	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	7.0-9.3	7.7	0.8

Lab 7 Dark Chocolate Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.5-3.2	2.9	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	7.0-7.9	7.5	0.3

Dark Chocolate Results for all seven labs
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.5-3.6	2.9	0.3
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.2-9.3	7.6	0.4

* based on designated reference material
** based on the kit calibrators

Cookie Samples

Lab 1 Cookie Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.6-4.4	4.0	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	9.0-11.9	10.3	0.9

Lab 2 Cookie Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.5	0.1	0.2
6.25 ppm	5	3.5-4.1	3.8	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	8.6-10.6	9.7	0.7

Lab 3 Cookie Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.6-3.7	3.2	0.3
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.7-8.4	7.4	0.6

Lab 4 Cookie Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.9-4.2	3.4	0.4
15.63 ppm	12.5	7.1-11.9	9.5	1.4

Lab 5 Cookie Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.6-4.2	3.9	0.2
15.63 ppm	12.5	8.9-9.9	9.5	0.3

Lab 7 Cookie Results
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.0	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	3.1-4.0	3.5	0.4
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.5-8.5	7.5	0.7

Cookie Results for six labs
Spiking Level*	Expected Result**	Range of Results	Average	Std Dev.
Blanks	0	0.0-0.5	0.0	0.0
6.25 ppm	5	2.6-4.4	3.6	0.3
15.63 ppm	12.5	6.5-11.9	9.0	1.2

* based on designated reference material
** based on the kit calibrators

Z-Scores for Each Set of Samples

Commodity	Spiking Level* ppm	Expected Result** ppm	Lab #	Z-Score
Milk Chocolate	0	0	1	0.000
			2	0.00
			3	0.00
			4	0.00
			5	0.00
			6	0.00
			7	0.00
Milk Chocolate	6.25	5	1	0.00
			2	0.54
			3	0.54
			4	-2.16
			5	0.00
			6	0.81
			7	0.27
Milk Chocolate	15.63	12.5	1	0.09
			2	1.07
			3	-1.21
			4	-0.56
			5	-1.04
			6	1.39
			7	0.26

Commodity	Spiking Level* ppm	Expected Result** ppm	Lab #	Z-Score
Dark Chocolate	0	0	1	0.00
			2	0.00
			3	0.00
			4	0.00
			5	0.00
			6	0.00
			7	0.00
Dark Chocolate	6.25	5	1	-0.25
			2	-0.61
			3	1.17
			4	-0.97
			5	1.52
			6	-0.97
			7	0.10
Dark Chocolate	15.63	12.5	1	0.51
			2	-0.86
			3	-0.86
			4	-0.04
			5	1.87
			6	0.23
			7	-0.86

Commodity	Spiking Level* ppm	Expected Result** ppm	Lab #	Z-Score
Cookie	0	0	1	-0.41
			2	2.04
			3	-0.41
			4	-0.41
			5	-0.41
			6	-0.41
Cookie	6.25	5	1	1.16
			2	0.55
			3	-1.26
			4	-0.96
			5	0.86
			6	-0.35
Cookie	15.63	12.5	1	1.08
			2	0.59
			3	-1.29
			4	0.42
			5	0.42
			6	-1.21

* based on designated reference material
** based on the kit calibrators