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Table 995.11 Interlaboratory study results for determination of phosphorus (total) in foods and food ingredients by
spectrophotometric method
Statistics Potato flour Sausage Cold ham Infant formula Cheese Skimmed milk
Outliers excluded
No. of laboratories 10 12 11 11 10 12
No. of laboratories excluded 2 1 2
Mean of duplicates, g/100 g 0.0761 0.166 0.233 0.285 0.641 0.960
sr, g/100 g 0.0016 0.0079 0.0091 0.015 0.0096 0.010
RSDr, % 2.1 4.8 3.9 5.4 1.5 1.1
ra, g/100 g 0.0044 0.022 0.026 0.043 0.027 0.029
sR, g/100 g 0.0035 0.0115 0.018 0.017 0.027 0.034
RSDR, % 4.7 6.9 7.7 6.1 4.1 3.6
b
R , g/100 g 0.0099 0.032 0.050 0.049 0.074 0.095
Outliers included
No. of laboratories 12 12 12
Mean of duplicates, g/100 g 0.077 0.243 0.67
sr, g/100 g 0.016 0.054 0.12
RSDr, % 20.6 22.2 17.7
r, g/100 g 0.045 0.151 0.33
sR, g/100 g 0.017 0.053 0.12
RSDR, % 21.6 22.0 17.7
R, g/100 g 0.047 0.150 0.33
a
r = 2.8 sr
b
R = 2.8 sR