Proficiency Testing

Assess your laboratory performance whitout bias by participating in proficiency testing (PT) schemes.

 

The Swedish National Food Administration (NFA) has been organising PT-programmes since 1981 in the areas of Food Chemistry and Microbiology.

 

The programmes are accredited by the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment, SWEDAC, according to ISO Guide 43 and the International Standard ILAC-G13 and ISO 17025.

 

NFA PT-schemes

Rounds per year

Analysis of

Food chemistry

Nutritional components

2

Ash, water, nitrogen, fat, sodium, calcium, iron, potassium, phosphorus

Trace elements

2

Lead and cadmium in each round, plus 3-4 other metals (varying between rounds)

Vitamins

1

Fat- and water soluble vitamins

 

Microbiology

Drinking water

2

 Culturable microorganisms (total count), faecal indicator bacteria, coliform bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, microfungi

Food

3

 Total count of aerobic microorganisms, indicators among Enterobacteriaceae, foodborn pathogenic bacteria and other groups of microorganisms

 

 

Updated: 14/01/2010

National Food Administration, Box 622, SE-751 26 Uppsala, +46 18 175500  More information

 

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