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BACKGROUND In our previous study, the AOAC Official Method 2012.15 (Method 2012.15) was modified by adding carbon (as methanol) to the standard and final test solutions for accurate quantification of iodine in infant and special formulas after incomplete matrix oven digestion. However, when an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) instrument from a different manufacturer was used, inaccurately low iodine content values were obtained using both the original and modified methods. OBJECTIVE To obtain more reliable values for infant formulas using varying ICP-MS instruments. METHODS The protocol was modified by changing the ratio of the pump tubing inner diameters (ids) for the ICP-MS system or by optimizing the internal standards for Method 2012.15. RESULTS No significant improvement was observed by changing the ratio of the pump tubing ids. In the optimization study of the internal standard, when germanium is used as the internal standard, the measurement result of NIST SRM® 1849 was within the certified value range. Furthermore, with the addition of methanol equivalent to 5% to the standard and final test solution based on our previous study, the recovery of the samples was within the certified range of SMPR 2012.008. HIGHLIGHTS The modified Method 2012.15 provides reliable results even if the instrument is changed by changing the internal standard to germanium.