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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

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