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Public comment period · §3

Draft synthesis: Completeness of certificates of analysis in… — disposition

The disposition of every submission and the amendments that resulted.

Document identifier
CEI-CP-105/3
Series
Public comment period
Version
1.0
Published
12 Dec 2025
Last reviewed
12 Dec 2025
Next review
12 Dec 2026
Identifier
10.71829/cei.cp.105
Certainty
Not rated
Cycle
2025 Q4
Window
06 Oct 2025 – 03 Nov 2025
Status
Closed
Submissions
8

§3Disposition and amendments

§3.1Disposition table

Table 1. Every submission with its disposition. Each row links to the submission in full.

ReferenceRespondentPoint raisedDisposition
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/001Dr Ndidi Ravensworth-IlungaRisk-of-bias judgements are reported as an overall rating without the domainsAccepted
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/002Professor Bartolomeu Nkosi-LindegaardContributing surveys anonymise their sources to different degreesNoted, no amendment
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/003Dr Jolyon Grünbaum-SowandeWhat the contributing methods could not have detected is not statedAccepted in part
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/004Dr Perpetua Haverkamp-Diallo industryThe document should not describe uses outside the approved indicationNot accepted
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/005Wilhelmina QuaresmaWhether the analyst knew the source of each sample is not reportedNoted, no amendment
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/006Dr Xenia Nyquist-ObioraTime between manufacture and analysis is not accounted forAccepted
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/007Dr Theodora TrelawneyWhether the contributing determinations were made on calibrated systems is not recordedAccepted in part
DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/008Dr Evander Ashworth-DanquahThe same concept is given three different names in one documentAccepted
8 submissions in total.

§3.2Summary by disposition

Table 2. Counts by disposition, with the meaning of each.

DispositionCountMeaning
Accepted3The submission is accepted and the draft is amended as proposed. The amendment is recorded in the amendment log of the document it changed and is traceable to the numbered submission.
Accepted in part2Part of the submission is accepted and part is not. The secretariat response states which part is which and on what ground the remainder was declined.
Noted, no amendment2The submission raises a point the Institute accepts but that does not require a change to the draft, most often because the draft already states it elsewhere. The location is given in the response.
Not accepted1The submission is not accepted. The secretariat response gives the reason. A submission that is not accepted remains published in full; the Institute does not remove a submission because it disagrees with it.

§3.3Resulting amendments

  1. Risk-of-bias judgements are reported as an overall rating without the domains — arising from DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/001. Risk of bias is now reported at domain level for every included study, with the text on which each judgement was based quoted and referenced, and the overall judgement derived from the domains rather than asserted alongside them.
  2. What the contributing methods could not have detected is not stated — arising from DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/003. Every reported absence now carries the detection scope of the method behind it, and the review states in its abstract that an absence in this evidence base is an absence within a stated scope rather than an absence in the material.
  3. Time between manufacture and analysis is not accounted for — arising from DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/006. The interval between the date on the certificate and the date of analysis is now recorded for every result where both dates are held, is stated as not established where they are not, and results with an unknown interval are reported separately from those with…
  4. Whether the contributing determinations were made on calibrated systems is not recorded — arising from DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/007. Suitability reporting is now recorded for every contributing determination as reported, not reported, or not applicable, and a sensitivity analysis restricted to results with reported suitability is presented beside the main estimate.
  5. The same concept is given three different names in one document — arising from DRAFT-COA-COMPLETE/008. A single term is now used throughout for each defined concept, and the glossary entry is linked at first use within each section rather than once per document.

References cited on this page

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  1. International Organization for Standardization. ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories. ISO/IEC Standard 2017;3rd edition. identifier not held by the Institute

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