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THE PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEMES

APPLICATION OF THE ISO 43-1 'S GUIDE

The proficiency testing schemes follow the recommendations found in the ISO 43-1 guide "Proficiency testing of laboratories by intercomparison".

The proficiency testing schemes are all characterized by :

• Confidentiality
• Independance
• Power of logistics :
  • Campaigns organized from September to June
  • Monthly sending of samples
  • Wide range of raw materials
• Rapidity of results diffusion
• Punctuality of the organization
• Professionalism of the statistical analyses

ADHERENT PARTICIPATION

The adherents take part in the carrying out and functioning of the proficiency testing schemes. They are associated to the choice of the products, criteria and frequency of rounds during the meetings of all the participants of each scheme.

If you are interested in a PT scheme, do not hesitate to contact us.

The prices of the annual series include transport costs so they depend on the final transport area, so contact us for the prices in your zone.

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LIST OF PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEMES

Please note that information on the parameters is given on an informative basis.
For more precise information, contact us.

CEREALS AND CEREAL PRODUCTS

FLOURS
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
02	Flour-Alveograph	10	1	Flour type 65, biscuits flours, strong flours, steamed flours, bread flours	Physical and chemical analyses and alveographic
25	Flour-Farinograph	10	1	Different qualities of flour	Parameters of the farinograph
41	Flour-Rheofermentometer	10	1	Different qualities of flour	Dough development and gaseous release
03	French bread making test	5	2	Commercial flours	French bread making test criteria
47	French Tradition bread	4	2	Commercial flours	French traditional bread making test criteria
56	Flour Sanitary Quality	4	1	Basics flours	Total germs, total coliforms, faecal coliforms, moulds, yeast .
WHEAT AND OTHER CEREALS
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
01	Common wheat	10	1	Mixing or pure varieties of common wheat	Physical and chemical parameters on grain
04	Baking test	10	1	Different qualities of common wheat	Test milling on wheat. Physical and chemical analyses on flour, farinograph. Machineability test
06	Durum wheat	10	1	Mixing of different durum wheat varieties	Physical and chemical analyses and besatz
07	Semolina	10	1	Different qualities of semolina	Physical and chemical analyses
08	Besatz determination	10	2 or 3	Common wheat, maize, sorghum, barley, triticale	Grain besatz
09	Moisture determination	10	4	Cereals, products, oil seeds	Moisture contents
16	Filth test	5	1 or 2	Semolina, breadmaking flour, flour type65, biscuit flour, biscuit	Animal impurities
BREWING BARLEY
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
11	Brewing barley (physical and chemical analyses + germination test)	10	2	Mixing of different varieties of brewing barley	Physical and chemical analyses. Germination test (22 samples by year)
23	Brewing barley (specific and varietal purity)	10	1	Mixing of different varieties of brewing barley	Specific and varietal

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OILS AND PULSES
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
10	Oilseeds	10	2 or 3	Rapeseed, sunflower, linseed, soybean	Physical and chemical analyses (23 samples by year)
12	Food pulses	10	1	Peas, horse beans, broad beans	Besatz

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ANIMAL FEEDING STUFF
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
13	Animal feeds	10	2-3	Composed feeds and raw materials	Physical and chemical analyses
14	Forages	10	1	Hay, dehydrated alfalfa, green dessicated forages : maize, dactyl, alfalfa	Physical and chemical analyses and digestibility
22	Silages	3	1	Grass silage, maize silage, sorghum silage, synthetic solutions	Physical and chemical analyses and digestibility
42	Premix	10	1	Premix of different origins	Physical and chemical

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OTHER PRODUCTS
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
40	Detection and quantification of G.M.O.	6	1 to 3	Corn in grain, corn starch, soya in grains, soya cattle cake, rapeseed cattle cake and animal feed stuffs	Qualitative and quantitative analysis

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ENVIRONMENT AND CONTAMINANTS FIELD

CONTAMINANTS AND TRACE ELEMENTS
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
19	Pesticids in agro-foods	6	5	Flour, vegetable fruits, oil and wine	Principal pesticids
28	Patulin Determination	3	1	Apple juice, apple concentrate, apple compote, multifruits compote and ciders	Patuline
31	Mycotoxins	10	1 or 2	Cereals, spices, animal feed stuffs	Aflatoxins, patuline, zearalenone, fumonisines...
32	Trace elements in agro-foods	6	2	Complet buckwheat four, dried mushrooms, carrots flakes, foods for rabbit, milk powder, seaweed, fruit compote, drried mint, potatoe flakes	Dry matter and traces Aluminium, arsenic, cadnium, chromium, mercury, molybdene, nickel, lead, selenium, zinc, cobalt
44	PCB-PAH in agro-foods	5	1	Milk powder, fish, fats and oils	PAH, PCB
55	Contaminants in wines	3	1	Wines naturally contaminated in A ochratoxin and doped with other contaminants	A ochratoxin, ethyl carbamate, histamine, tyramine, diamino-1,4 butane, benzoïc acid, sorbic acid, salicylic acid, cadmium, aluminium, arsenic, selenium, butanol-2,trichloroanisole (TCA), tetrachloroanisole (TeCA), tribromoanisole (TBA).

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SOILS AND FERTILIZERS
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
15	Soils	10	1	Dessicated and gauged soils from different origins	Physical, granulometric and chemical
24	Mineral fertilizing materials	7	1	Calcic conditioners, NPK, mixture of liming material fertilizers, liquid fertilizer, organic fertilizer, Mg0 conditioner...	Physical and chemical
45	Organic fertilizing materials	5	1	Organic conditionners, cultivation supports	Physical, chemical and marks
WATERS, SLUDGES AND SEDIMENTS
Physical and chemical analysis on Feed Water
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
34	Feed Water : chemical analyses	6-7	5 to 10	Feed, surface waters	Characteristic parameters of water composition. Parameters for water pollution
37	Feed Water : micropollutants	7-8	2	Surface, underground waters	Organochlorinated insecticides, triazines, substituted ureas, organophosphorus compounds, HAP-PCB, volatile organophalogens
48	Waters : AOX & Hydrocarbons	3	2	Feed water & waste water	AOX, Hydrocarbures
57	Waters : Field Analysis by samplers	3	5	Feed & surface water	pH - Conductivity Free chlorine Total chlorine Isocyanuric acid
59	59-WATERS: SEARCH OF MULTIRESIDUES OF ORGANIC SUBSTANCES	3	2	Feed & surface water	Search for priority substances, other substances and pesticides described in the European Water Framework Directive
Physical and chemical analysis on Waste Water
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
48	Waters : AOX & Hydrocarbons	3	2	Feed water & waste water	AOX, Hydrocarbures
52	Waste Water : chemical analyses	6-7	1 or 2	waste waters	Characteristic parameters of water composition. Parameters for water pollution
53	Waste Water : micropollutants	7-8	2	waste waters	Organochlorinated insecticides, triazines, substituted ureas, organophosphorus compounds, HAP-PCB, volatile organophalogens
Physical and chemical analysis on actived sludges
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
38	Activated sludges and sediments	4	1-2	Activated sludges, sediments from river	Organochlorinated insecticides, HAP-PCB, organophosphorus compounds, metals, physical and chemical
Microbiological analysis on Feed and natural Water
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
35	Waters : microbiological analyses (except Legionella)	3* 2 sendings	1 or 2	Feed and natural waters	Microbiological
50	Waters : microbiological analyses Legionella	3	1	Feed and natural waters	Microbiological
51	Microbiology in food stuffs	3	5	Minced meat	Microbiological
54	Waters : microbiological analyses Salmonella	3	3	Drinking waters	Qualitative method presence or absence of Salmonella spp.

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FOOD INDUSTRIES EXCEPT CEREAL PRODUCTS

DRINKS
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Main Parameters
17	Wines	10	1 or 2	Red wines, dry white wines, sparkling wines, dessert wines, rosé wines, aromatized wines	Physical and chemical
18	Spirits	10	1	Cognac, whisky, rum, aquavit, aniseed spirit, gin, crude alcohol, "eau-de-vie"	Physical and chemical
27	Fruits juices	10	1 or 2	Different fruit juices, grenadine, syrups, sodas...	Physical and chemical
28	Patulin Determination	3	1	Apple juice, apple concentrate, apple compote, multifruits compote and ciders	Patuline
36	Ciders	12	1	Ciders	Physical and chemical
39	Liqueur wines	10	1	Portos, Xerès, Madère, Marsala, Muscat...	Physical and chemical
55	Contaminants in wines	3	1	Wines naturally contaminated in A ochratoxin and doped with other contaminants	A ochratoxin, ethyl carbamate, histamine, tyramine, diamino-1,4 butane, benzoïc acid, sorbic acid, salicylic acid, cadmium, aluminium, arsenic, selenium, butanol-2,trichloroanisole (TCA), tetrachloroanisole (TeCA), tribromoanisole (TBA).
58	Alcohols	10	3	Dehydrated alcohols, crude alcohols and neutral alcohols	True or apparent alcoholic strengh, water content Total acidity, dry extract Acetaldehyde, acetal, aldehydes, esters, Methanol, 2-butanol,1-butanol, 2-methyl 1-propanol, 1-propanol Propenol, 2-methyl 1-butanol, 3-methyl 1-butanol, methyls 1-butanol Furfural, optic density 220, 230, 240, 270 nm Copper Aspect, tasting Sulphates, phosphorus, chlorides, sulphur.

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OTHER PRODUCTS

OTHER PRODUCTS
Name of scheme		Frequency	Number of products per round	Matrix	Parameters
20	Health food and dietary products	4	2	Baby food, health food and dietary products	Caloric value, mineral compounds and vitamins
21	Fats and oils	10	1	Vegetal and animal origins	Physical and chemical
26	Amino-Acids	7	1	Animal Feed, health food and dietary products	Amino-Acid
46	Honey	5	1	Honey	Physical, chemical and microscopic exams
60	Sunscreen product	3 or 4	2	Sunscreen product (cream, milk...)	Determination of the sun protector factor (in vivo)
Last update of the information : 26/06/2009 2009-2010 annual ring tests

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