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Standard scheme: recent trend analysis

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

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Standard scheme: trend analysis

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The examinations covered are:

  • aerobic colony counts
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Campylobacter spp
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Listeria spp
  • Salmonella spp
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • coliforms
  • enterobacteriaceae
  • Escherichia coli
Published 3 September 2014
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