Guidance

Food and water proficiency testing schemes: scheme guide

• From: Public Health England
• Part of: Proficiency testing for food, water and environmental microbiology
• Published: 28 February 2014
• Last updated: 12 January 2016, see all updates

A guide to the use of the Public Health England (PHE) proficiency testing (PT) schemes for food and water microbiology.

Documents

PHE food and water proficiency testing schemes guide (English)

PDF, 173KB, 10 pages

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PHE food and water proficiency testing schemes guide (French)

PDF, 325KB, 13 pages

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PHE food and water proficiency testing schemes guide (German)

PDF, 221KB, 13 pages

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PHE food and water proficiency testing schemes guide (Italian)

PDF, 312KB, 12 pages

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PHE food and water proficiency testing schemes guide (Portuguese)

PDF, 219KB, 13 pages

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PHE food and water proficiency testing schemes guide (Spanish)

PDF, 219KB, 13 pages

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Details

This guide is designed to help participants gain maximum benefit from the PHE proficiency testing schemes for food and water microbiology.

PHE proficiency testing is also known as external quality assessment (EQA).

Document information

Published: 28 February 2014

Updated: 12 January 2016

+ full page history

1. 12 January 2016 Added translations of food and water proficiency testing scheme guide.
2. 14 November 2014 Updated guidance.
3. 28 February 2014 First published.

From: Public Health England

Part of: Proficiency testing for food, water and environmental microbiology