TY - JOUR AU1 - Bennett, Reginald, W AU2 - Mcclure,, Foster AU3 - , Collaborators: AU4 - Bryant,, J AU5 - Bryant,, R AU6 - Campbell,, W AU7 - Clarke,, J AU8 - Cleveland,, J AU9 - Grahn,, M AU1 - Lancette,, G AU1 - Mageau,, R AU1 - McCall,, W AU1 - Reese,, B AU1 - Rivas,, M AU1 - Ruby,, R AU1 - Tatini,, S AU1 - Zaika,, L AB - Abstract A study was performed by 15 collaborators on a method for the extraction and chromatographic separation of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins from foods. Enterotoxin types A–E were added to crabmeat, milk, ground beef, and potato. Evaluation of the method was based on solubility of food eluates after extraction and separation of the enterotoxin; efficiency of recovery of enterotoxins A–E from foods; and serological categorizing of foods, as determined by the presence or absence of enterotoxins in the 8 food samples studied. The collaborative results on sample solubility, detection and identification of enterotoxin in foods, and differentiation of toxic from nontoxic samples showed overall positive rates of 94.79, 72.69, and 99.23%, respectively. The method, which has been substantiated by statistical evaluation, appears to be effective for the separation of staphylococcal enterotoxins from foods. The Association has adopted the method as official first action and no adverse comments have been received. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes Division of Mathematics. © Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model) TI - Extraction and Separation of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin in Foods: Collaborative Study JF - Journal of AOAC International DO - 10.1093/jaoac/63.6.1205 DA - 1980-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/extraction-and-separation-of-staphylococcal-enterotoxin-in-foods-Blqae1n5gY SP - 1205 EP - 1210 VL - 63 IS - 6 DP - DeepDyve ER -