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Analytical Methods Committee Amctb No

    Analytical Methods : Advancing Methods and Applications
    |July 14, 2026
    PubMed
    Summary

    Measurement Uncertainty (MU) should account for Uncertainty from Sampling (UfS). This brief explains incorporating MU and UfS into Acceptance Sampling (AS) for trade compliance decisions.

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