ASTM E2548-16
Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

Standard No.

ASTM E2548-16

Release Date

2016

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

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ASTM E2548-16

Scope

3.1 This guide provides information for the sampling of seized-drug submissions.

3.2 The principal purpose of sampling in the context of this guide is to answer relevant questions about a population by examination of a portion of the population. For example:

What is the net weight of the population?

What portion of the units of a population can be said to contain a given drug at a given level of confidence?

3.3 By developing a sampling strategy and implementing appropriate sampling schemes, as illustrated in Fig. 1, a laboratory will minimize the total number of required analytical determinations, while ensuring that all relevant legal and scientific requirements are met.

1.1 This guide covers minimum considerations for sampling of seized drugs for qualitative and quantitative analysis.

1.2 This guide cannot replace knowledge, skill, or ability acquired through appropriate education, training, and experience and should be used in conjunction with sound professional judgment.

ASTM E2548-16 Referenced Document

• ASTM E105 Standard Practice for Probability Sampling Of Materials
• ASTM E122 Standard Practice for Calculating Sample Size to Estimate, With a Specified Tolerable Error, the Average for Characteristic of a Lot or Process
• ASTM E141 Standard Practice for Acceptance of Evidence Based on the Results of Probability Sampling
• ASTM E1732 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science
• ASTM E2329 Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs
• ASTM E2334 Standard Practice for Setting an Upper Confidence Bound for a Fraction or Number of Non-Conforming items, or a Rate of Occurrence for Non-Conformities, Using Attribute Data, When There is a Zero Respo
• ISO 3534-1 Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability
• ISO 3534-2 Statistics - Vocabulary and symbols - Part 2: Applied statistics

ASTM E2548-16 history

• 2016 ASTM E2548-16 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• 2011 ASTM E2548-11e1 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• 2011 ASTM E2548-11 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
• 2007 ASTM E2548-07 Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis