AOAC SMPR 2011.003: Standard method performance requirements for vitamin A in infant formula and adult/pediatric nutritional formula.

Adult/pediatric formula.—Nutritionally complete, specially formulated food, consumed in liquid form, which may constitute the sole source of nourishment (AOAC SPIFAN, 2010), made from any combination of milk, soy, rice, whey, hydrolyzed protein, starch, and amino acids, with and without intact protein. Infant formula.—Breast-milk substitute specially manufactured to satisfy, by itself, the nutritional requirements of infants during the first months of life up to the introduction of appropriate complementary feeding (Codex Standard 72-1981), made from any combination of milk, soy, rice, whey, hydrolyzed protein, starch, and amino acids, with and without intact protein. Limit of detection (LOD).—The minimum concentration or mass of analyte that can be detected in a given matrix with no greater than 5% false-positive risk and 5% false-negative risk. Limit of quantitation (LOQ).—The minimum concentration or mass of analyte in a given matrix that can be reported as a quantitative result. Repeatability.—Variation arising when all efforts are made to keep conditions constant by using the same instrument and operator, and repeating during a short time period. Expressed as the repeatability standard deviation (SDr); or % repeatability relative standard deviation (%RSDr). Reproducibility.—The SD or RSD calculated from amonglaboratory data. Expressed as the reproducibility standard deviation (SDR), or % reproducibility relative standard deviation (%RSDR). Recovery.—The fraction or percentage of spiked analyte that is recovered when the test sample is analyzed using the entire method.