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CFSAN/Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages
July 1999; Updated June 2003 and September 2004
Note: Only records for analysis type "O" (original) should be used when reviewing or using the analytical results. All other records (analysis type "Q") are quality control results.
Field Order | Field Name | Field Description |
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1 | MB | Total Diet Study market basket designation represented by a 6-digit number. The first 4 digests indicate the US government's fiscal year in which the market basket was collected and the last 2 digits indicate the sequence collected within the fiscal year. |
2 | Food No | Number designation of a Total Diet Study food. Field is blank for samples that are not Total Diet Study foods. |
3 | Food Name | Name of the Total Diet Study food. Field is blank for samples that are not Total Diet Study foods. |
4 | Anal Type | Analysis type.
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5 | Sample Qualifier | Codes used to provide additional definition of the type of sample.
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6 | Replicate # | Indicates replicate number if more than one analysis performed. Replicates other than Anal Type=O reported with Anal Type=Q. |
7 | Element | Full name of the element determined. |
8 | Conc | Concentration of element found in analytical sample. |
9 | Unit | Unit of value in Conc, LOD, and LOQ fields. |
10 | Trace | Contains 'TR' if the value in Conc field is greater than or equal to the limit of detection and less than the limit of quantification. Applicable to Total Diet Study foods and reference materials. |
11 | LOD | Limit of detection for element in Total Diet Study food or reference material. |
12 | LOQ | Limit of quantification for element in Total Diet Study food or reference material. |
13 | Reference Material | Code for reference material when Sample Qualifier = RM. |
14 | QC Level | Concentration of the element associated with the quality control analysis (Anal Type = Q). |
15 | QC unit | Unit of value in QC Level field. |
16 | QC% Recvd | Percent recovery of element associated with quality control analysis (Anal Type = Q) if applicable. |
17 | Result Qualifier and Remarks | Result qualifier and any associated remark.
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18 | Method | Reference to document describing analytical method. |
19 | Instrument | Abbreviation of analytical instrument used to determine element.
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20 | Batch ID | Analytical batch identification |