Avaliação do desempenho de métodos analíticos de pesquisa de resíduos de medicamentos veterinários em alimentos de origem animal: Limite de decisão (CCalfa) e capacidade de detecção (CCbeta)
Keywords:
CCalfa, CCbeta, Drug Residues, Food Safety
Abstract
The definition of the various concepts needed to assess analytical methods performance used in the evaluation of drug residues in foods, namely CCα (decision limit) and CCβ (detection capability), as well as its calculating and the interpretation of obtained results are described in detail.
The present overview aims to improve the implementation of Decision No. 2002/617/EC in the Portuguese speaker countries in the food safety field, as well as at the international trade of food of animal origin.