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Neogen Veratox for Egg Kit Evaluation

Summary of Results for Individual Laboratories and Averages for all labs

Ice Cream Samples

Lab 1 Results Ice Cream
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.1 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 3.5-4.6 4.1 0.4
62.5 ppm 12.5 8.6-14.3 11.6 2.0

Lab 2 Results Ice Cream
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 4.0-5.2 4.4 0.4
62.5 ppm 12.5 9.8-13.9 11.5 1.5

Lab 3 Results Ice Cream
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.3 0.2 0.1
25 ppm 5 4.9-5.4 5.1 0.2
62.5 ppm 12.5 10.9-13.1 12.2 0.7

Lab 4 Results Ice Cream
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.1 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 3.5-5.1 4.2 0.5
62.5 ppm 12.5 7.2-14.6 10.2 2.6

Lab 5 Results Ice Cream
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 3.3-3.9 3.6 0.2
62.5 ppm 12.5 8.8-11.0 10.1 0.7

Ice Cream Results for all Five Labs
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.3 0.0 0.1
25 ppm 5 3.3-5.4 4.3 0.6
62.5 ppm 12.5 7.2-14.6 11.1 1.8

Bread Samples

Lab 1 Results Bread
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.1 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 3.7-5.8 4.5 0.7
62.5 ppm 12.5 11.9-15.2 13.0 1.1

Lab 2 Results Bread
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.1 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 4.1-5.1 4.7 0.3
62.5 ppm 12.5 10.5-12.6 11.3 0.7

Lab 3 Results Bread
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.2 0.1 0.1
25 ppm 5 5.5-6.6 5.9 0.3
62.5 ppm 12.5 11.9-16.1 14.8 1.3

Lab 4 Results Bread
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.2 0.0 0.1
25 ppm 5 4.2-5.4 4.8 0.4
62.5 ppm 12.5 10.3-14.6 12.3 1.4

Lab 5 Results Bread
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 4.4-5.7 5.1 0.4
62.5 ppm 12.5 8.5-13.2 11.8 1.8

Bread Results for all Five Labs
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.2 0.0 0.1
25 ppm 5 3.7-6.6 5.0 0.7
62.5 ppm 12.5 8.5-16.1 12.6 1.7

Pasta Samples

Lab 1 Results Pasta
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.0 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 4.2-5.7 4.6 0.6
62.5 ppm 12.5 9.7-12.6 11.3 0.8

Lab 2 Results Pasta
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.1 0.0 0.0
25 ppm 5 3.6-4.7 4.3 0.3
62.5 ppm 12.5 9.6-12.5 10.7 1.1

Lab 3 Results Pasta
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.2-0.8 0.4 0.2
25 ppm 5 3.8-5.1 4.5 0.4
62.5 ppm 12.5 7.7-12.9 10.1 1.4

Lab 4 Results Pasta
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.4 0.2 0.1
25 ppm 5 2.8-5.2 4.3 0.8
62.5 ppm 12.5 9.1-11.3 10.2 0.9

Pasta Results for all four labs
  Expected Result Range of Results Average Std Dev.
Blanks 0 0.0-0.4 0.1 0.2
25 ppm 5 2.8-5.7 4.4 0.5
62.5 ppm 12.5 7.7-12.9 10.6 1.1

Z-Scores for Each Set of Samples

Commodity Spiking Level
ppm
Expected Result
ppm
Lab # Z-Score
Bread 0 0 1 -0.45
      2 -0.45
      3 1.79
      4 -0.45
      5 -0.45
Bread 25 5 1 -0.91
      2 -0.55
      3 1.64
      4 -0.37
      5 0.18
Bread 62.5 12.5 1 0.26
      2 -0.98
      3 1.59
      4 -0.25
      5 -0.62
Ice Cream 0 0 1 -0.45
      2 -0.45
      3 1.79
      4 -0.45
      5 -0.45
Ice Cream 25 5 1 -0.33
      2 0.22
      3 1.50
      4 -0.15
      5 -1.25
Ice Cream 62.5 12.5 1 0.52
      2 0.41
      3 1.17
      4 -0.99
      5 -1.10
Pasta 0 0 1 -0.78
      2 -0.78
      3 1.31
      4 0.26
Pasta 25 5 1 1.17
      2 -0.83
      3 0.50
      4 -0.83
Pasta 62.5 12.5 1 1.32
      2 0.23
      3 -0.86
      4 -0.68