Non-pathogen scheme: recent trend analysis
This external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is suitable for laboratories located on production sites where the introduction of pathogens may be inadvisable.
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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 examinations covered are:
- Pseudomonas spp.
- yeasts
- moulds
- coliforms
- enterobacteriaceae
- Escherichia coli
- enterococci
- lactic acid bacteria
- aerobic colony counts at 30ºC
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Published 3 September 2014Last updated 25 September 2020 + show all updates
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Updated 'Non-pathogen scheme: trend analysis.
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Updated with most recent trend analysis file.
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Updated with most recent trend analysis file.
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Updated with recent trend analysis file.
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Updated with recent non pathogen scheme: trend analysis.
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Updated with non pathogen scheme: trend analysis for distribution NP050.
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The Non-pathogen scheme: trend analysis April 2005 to September 2014 has been added.
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