Guidance

Non-pathogen scheme: recent reports

This EQA scheme is suitable for laboratories located on production sites where the introduction of pathogens may be inadvisable.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 13 November 2013
• Last updated: 28 March 2019
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  1. 28 March 2019

     Added 'Non-pathogen scheme: report'.

  2. 20 September 2018

     Added 'Non-pathogen scheme: distribution NP061 report'.

  3. 5 June 2018

     Added 'Non-pathogen scheme: distribution NP060 report'.

  4. 16 March 2018

     Added 'Non pathogen scheme: distribution NP059 report'.

  5. 22 September 2017

     Added non pathogen scheme: distribution NP058 report.

  6. 15 June 2017

     Added non pathogen scheme: distribution NP057 report.

  7. 14 March 2017

     Added non-pathogen scheme: distribution NP056 report.

  8. 10 October 2016

     Added non-pathogen scheme: distribution NP055 report.

  9. 13 June 2016

     Added non-pathogen scheme: distribution NP054 report.

  10. 30 October 2015

      Added non pathogen scheme: distribution NP052 report.

  11. 10 July 2015

      Added Non-pathogen scheme: distribution NP051 report.

  12. 6 March 2015

      Added non pathogen scheme: distribution NP050 report.

  13. 4 November 2014

      The Non-pathogen scheme: distribution NP049 report has been added.

  14. 13 November 2013

      First published.

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Non-pathogen scheme: report

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Details

The non-pathogen scheme is also suitable for laboratories that assess the microbiological quality of foodstuffs or perform shelf-life studies, but do not routinely examine for pathogens.

The reports cover examinations for:

• Pseudomonas spp.
• yeasts
• moulds
• coliforms
• enterobacteriaceae
• Escherichia coli
• enterococci
• lactic acid bacteria
• aerobic colony counts at 30ºC