Bulletin of the IDF N° 453/ 2012: Guidance for the evaluation of precision characteristics of physicochemical quantitative analytical methods for milk and milk products

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Guidance for dairy analysts in applying ISO 5725 - Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results. Design of and statistical treatment of results from interlaboratory collaborative studies on chemical and physical methods of analysis for dairy products. Handling and characteristics of samples, identification and treatment of abnormal values, flowchart for decision making, uncertainty relating to data, comparison of precision figures, meta-analyses.

Keywords: milk, milk products, precision data, statistical analysis, interlaboratory collaborative studies, sample handling.