Newsletter #26

 

 

 

Quality: Overview proficiency tests

Proficiency tests, independent controls of a laboratory’s analysis quality, are part of Primoris’ everyday operation. The past months Primoris participated in the following proficiency tests:

  • BNN: pesticides in tomato passata
  • Sciensano: mycotoxins in rusk
  • DRRR: mineral oils in cocoa butter and cholocate
  • FAPAS: pesticides in milk powder
  • Proof-ACS: pesticides in sweet pepper
  • Relana: pesticides in babyleaf lettuce
  • FAPAS: heavy metals in dried herbs
  • FAPAS: pesticides in parsley
  • FAPAS: MCPD in vegetable oil

Primoris takes part in proficiency tests organised by reputable institutions in the context of:

  • European monitoring: the proficiency tests are organised by the European Reference Laboratories for Residues of Pesticides
  • Internal quality assuranceFAPASTestqual and others. These organisations are accredited for the organisation and the reporting of ring tests.
  • Approvals and certificationsQSCoresta (tobacco), FAVV-AFSCA and others. These organisations sometimes organise their own ring tests, with a good outcome being the condition for acceptance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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