Proficiency Testing and Methods Validation Papers and Reports

2021

Nemser, S., Lindemann, S., Chen, Y., Lopez, S., Pickens, S., Ulaszek, J., Kmet, M., Powers, C., Ensley, S., Schrunk, D., Rumbeiha, W., Tkachenko, A., Guag, J., Ceric, O., Jones, J., Reimschuessel, R., and Reddy, R. 2021. A review of proficiency exercises offered by the Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN) and Moffett Proficiency Testing Laboratory from 2012 to 2018. Accreditation and Quality Assurance. 26: 143–156.

2018

Bedford, B. 2018. Allergen Controls At Home. In Food Allergens: Best Practices For Assessing, Managing And Communicating The Risks. Fu, T.J., Jackson, L.S., Krishnamurthy, K., and W. Bedale (Eds.), Springer, NY.

Chandrasekar, V., Janes, D.W., Saylor, D.M., Bajaj, A., Duncan, T.V., Zheng, J., Ahmed, K.B.R., Brown, R.P, and Casey, B.J. 2018. Predicting Risk of Color Additives in Medical Device Polymers with Experiments and Modeling.  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A. 106(1): 310–319. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33845.

Chandrasekar, V., Janes, D.W., Saylor, D.M., Hood, A., Bajaj, A., Duncan, T.V., Zheng, J., and Casey, B.J.  2018. Conservative Exposure Predictions for Rapid Risk Assessment of Phase Separated Additives in Medical Device Polymers.  Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 46(1): 14-24.

Coffey, C., Parker, C.H., and, Jackson, L.S. 2018. A Targeted LC-MS/MS Method for the Simultaneous Detection and Quantitation of Egg, Milk, and Peanut Allergens in Sugar Cookies. Journal of AOAC International. 101(1): 108-117.  

Fu, T.J., Jackson, L., Krishnamurthy, K. 2018. Best Practices for Assessing, Managing and Communicating Food Allergen Risks: An Introduction. Fu. T.J., Jackson, L., Krishnamurthy, K., Bedale, W. (Eds.), Springer, NY.

Gray, P.J., Hornick, J.E., Sharma, A., Weiner, R.G., Koontz, J.L., and Duncan, T.V. 2018. Influence of Different Acids on the Transport of CdSe Quantum Dots from Polymer Nanocomposites to Food Simulants. Environmental Science & Technology. 52:9468-9477. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02585.

Weiner, R.G., Sharma, A., Xu, H., Gray, P.J., and Duncan, T.V. 2018. Assessment of Mass Transfer from Poly (ethylene) Nanocomposites Containing Noble Metal Nanoparticles: A Systematic Study of Embedded Particle Stability. ACS Applied Nano Mater. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b01241.

Yu, L., Malik, S., Duncan, T.V., Jablonski, J. 2018. High Throughput Quantification Ammonium Cations in Food Simulants by Flow-injection Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the AOAC. 101(6): 1873-1880.

2017

Coffey, C., Jackson, L.S., Parker, C.H. 2017. A targeted LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous detection and quantitation of egg, milk, and peanut allergens in sugar cookies.  Journal of AOAC International. 101(1):108-117.

Gombas, D., Lou Y., Brennan, J., Shergill, G., Petran, R., Walsh, R., Hau, H., Khurana, K., Zomorodi, B., Rosen, J., Varley, R., and Deng, K. 2017. Guidelines To Validate Control of Cross-Contamination during Washing of Fresh-Cut Leafy Vegetables. Journal of Food Protection. 80 (2): 312–330.

Cao, W., Watson, D., Bakke, M., Panda, R., Bedford, B., Kande, P., Jackson, L., Garber, E. 2017. Detection of Gluten during the Fermentation Process to Produce Soy Sauce. Journal of Food Protection. 80(5): 799-808.

Cappozzo, J., Jackson, L., Lee, H.J., Zhou, W., Al-Taher, F., Zweigenbaum, J., Ryu, D. 2017. Occurrence of ochratoxin A in infant foods in the United States. Journal of Food Protection. 80(2):251-256.

2014

Chen, Y., Reddy, R., McLaughlin, M., Al-Taher, F., Yettella, R., and Uhling, S., and Blaul, C. 2014. Method Validation and Proficiency Testing for Determination of Total Arsenic in Apple Juice by Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the  AOAC International. 97:1143-1150.

2011

Duncan, Timothy V. 2011. The communication challenges presented by nanofoods. Nature Nanotechnology. 6: 683-688.

2010

Koutchma, T., Y. Song, I. Setikaite, P. Juliano, G.V. Barbosa-Cánovas, C.P. Dunne, and E. Patazca. 2010. Packaging evaluation for high-pressure high-temperature sterilization of shelf-stable foods. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 33(6):1097-1114.

Yang, W., S.Y. Chung, O. Ajayi, and K. Krishnamurthy, K. Konan, and R. Goodrich-Schneider. 2010. Use of pulsed ultraviolet light to reduce the allergenic potency of soybean extracts. International Journal of Food Engineering. 6(3): June 10

2009

Teixeira, A.A., and A.C. Rodriguez. 2009. New kinetic models for inactivation of bacterial spores. In: Engineering Aspects of Thermal Processing. Contemporary Food Engineering Series. R. Simpson, ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Yang, W, V.K. Aljapur, K. Krishnamurthy, H. Feng, R. Yang, and T.M. Rababah. 2009. Expedited extraction of xylan from corncob by power ultrasound. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. 2(4):76-83.

2008

Grove, S.F., S. Forsyth, J. Wan, J. Coventry, M. Cole, C.M. Stewart, T. Lewis, T. Ross and A. Lee. 2008. Inactivation of hepatitis A virus, poliovirus and a norovirus surrogate by high pressure processing. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies. 9(2): 206-210.

Jackson, L.S., F. Al-Taher, M. Moorman, J.W. DeVries, R. Tippett, K. Swanson, T.-J. Fu, R. Salter, G. Dunaif, S. Estes, S. Albillos, amd S.M. Gendel. 2008. Cleaning and other control and validation strategies to prevent allergen cross-contact in food-processing operations: a review. Journal of Food Protection. 71(2): 445-458.

Rodriguez, A. 2008. Modeling the inactivation of bacterial spores. In: Biological Indicators for Sterilization Processes. M. Gomez and J. Moldenhauer, eds. Parenteral Drug Association, Bethseda, MA. pp. 75-96.

2007

Chen, Y., W. Zhang, S. J. Knabel. 2007. Multi-virulence-locus sequence typing identifies single nucleotide polymorphisms which differentiate epidemic clones and outbreak strains of Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45(3): 835-846.

Tatiana Koutchma, Brian Parisi and Eduardo Patazca. 2007. Validation of UV coiled tube reactor for fresh juices. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science. 6:319-328.  

2006

Koutchma, T., Parisi, B. and Unluturk, S.K. 2006. Evaluation of UV dose in flow-through reactors for fresh apple juice and cider. Chemical Engineering Communications. 193(6): 715-728.

2003

Koutchma, T. 2003. Validation of processing technologies for juices. IUVA News. Vol.5/No.1:22-23.

Slade, P.J. 2003. Using surrogates in process validation studies. Food Quality. 33:35 - 38.

2000

Ilyukhin, S.V., Haley, T.A., and Larkin, J.W. Control system validation: key to automated food processing. Food Technology. 2000. 54(4): 66