Proficiency Testing

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

 

The Swedish National Food Agency (NFA) has been organising PT-programmes since 1981 in the area of Microbiology.

 

The programmes are accredited by the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment, SWEDAC, according to SS-EN ISO-IEC 17025 and SS-EN ISO-IEC 17043.

 

NFA PT-schemes

Rounds  per year

Analysis of

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

 

NFA Proficiency Testing Programme Food chemistry are terminated from 2012!

 

Updated: 04/04/2012

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

 

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