Guidance

Standard scheme: sample schedule

External quality assessment (EQA) scheme suitable for laboratories that routinely test for a range of food-borne pathogens and indicator organisms.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 17 January 2014
• Last updated: 9 March 2022
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  1. 9 March 2022

     Updated with recent schedule for period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

  2. 1 July 2021

     Updated current year sample schedule with 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

  3. 8 June 2020

     Updated sample schedule 1 July 2020 to 31 March 2021.

  4. 8 April 2019

     Added schedule for period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.

  5. 26 March 2018

     Added 'Standard scheme: sample schedule 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019'.

  6. 28 March 2017

     Updated standard scheme: sample schedule 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.

  7. 17 May 2016

     Updated sample schedule for 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.

  8. 15 June 2015

     Updated sample schedule 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.

  9. 17 January 2014

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 15 May 2025

This content is no longer up-to-date. For the most recent information, see the Food and Environment Proficiency Testing Unit (FEPTU) website.

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This standard scheme sample schedule is for period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2023