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Meat and Fish Scheme - (QMAS)

EPTIS factsheet 127280 | Last revision 2024-01-18 | URL: https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts127280 https://www.eptis.bam.de/pts127280

PT provider
PT provider LGC AXIO Proficiency Testing LGC AXIO Proficiency Testing
Based in United Kingdom
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Remarks Global consumption of meat and fish in human diets has increased rapidly, as the manufacturing process tries to meet demand, it inevitably brings a whole host of problems. Customers demand products to be authentic and free of contamination from both deliberate fraud and accidental cross-contamination during processing. To protect consumers this industry is highly regulated. EU Regulation 882/2004 requires official control laboratories to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and to use external means of monitoring performance, such as proficiency testing. AXIO Proficiency Testing understands the importance of laboratories responsible for analysis in this sector to get it right. This is why we are proud to operate our Quality in Meat and Fish Scheme (QMAS). The scheme is intended for chemists and microbiologists working in or providing, analytical services to the meat, fish, and shellfish processing industries.
Keywords
Product groups Consumer products
Food and drink
Laboratory / scientific equipment
Testing fields Analytical chemistry
Microbiology
Technical details
Test item Tested property Testing method
Meat Authenticity (Analytes vary each round) Authenticity/identification -
Beef (bovine) -
Sheep/Lamb (ovine) -
Pork (porcine) -
Horse (equine) -
Chicken -
Fish species identification Identification (Each sample may be contaminated with one of the following species) -
Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) -
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) -
Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) -
Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) -
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) -
Blackfin seabass (Lateolabrax latus) -
Blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) -
Coley (Pollachius virens) -
Common sole (Solea solea) (also known as Dover sole or Black sole) -
European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) -
Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) -
Japanese seabass (Lateolabrax japonicus) -
Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) -
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) -
Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) -
Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) -
Pangasius (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) -
Pangasius (Pangasius bocourti) -
Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) -
Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) -
Pollock (Pollachius pollachius) -
Pollock (Pollachius virens) -
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) -
Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) -
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) -
Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) -
Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) -
Meat, freeze dried Preservatives -
Nitrate (NO3-) -
Nitrite (NO2-) -
Fish, freeze dried Preservatives -
Nitrate (NO3-) -
Nitrite (NO2-) -
Fish, muscle Histamine -
Total volatile nitrogen (TVN) -
Trimethylamine (TMA) -
Prawns, muscle Veterinary Drug Residues -
Chloramphenicol (CAP) -
Beef, muscle β-agonists -
Ractopamine (RAC) -
Meat, lyophilised (Microbiology) Total aerobic mesophilic count -
Enumeration -
Enterobacteriaceae -
Coliforms -
Escherichia Coli -
Clostridium Perfringens -
Sulphite-reducing clostridia -
Coagulase positive staphylococci -
Pseudomonas -
Lactic acid bacteria -
Yeast -
Mould -
Aerobic psychrotrophs -
Listeria species; Listeria monocytogenes -
Detection -
Salmonella species -
Listeria Monocytogenes -
Campylobacter species -
Detection of Campylobacter spp. in 10g -NEW 2024 -
Escherichia coli O157 (non-toxigenic strain) -
Fish/Shellfish, lyophilised Total aerobic mesophilic count -
Enumeration -
Enterobacteriaceae -
Escherichia coli -
Coagulase Positive Staphylococci -
Detection -
Salmonella species -
Vibrio species -
Vibrio parahaemolyticus -
Precooked/raw/processed meat Energy -
Fat -
Carbohydrate -
Total Sugars -
Dietary Fiber -
Protein -
Salt -
Ash -
Moisture -
Sodium (Na) -
Calcium (Ca) -
Potassium (K) -
Phosphate (PO4 3-) -
pH -
Fish product (e.g. breaded fish product) Energy -
Fat -
Carbohydrate -
Sugar -
Dietary Fiber -
Protein -
Salt -
Ash -
Moisture -
Processed meat Hydroxyproline -
Total Fat -
Saturates -
Mono-unsaturates -
Poly-unsaturates -
Total Trans Fatty Acids -
Preservatives -
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) -
Dried/cured meat Energy -
Fat -
Carbohydrate -
Total Sugars -
Dietary Fiber -
Protein -
Salt -
Ash -
Moisture -
Sodium (Na) -
Phosphate (PO4 3-) -
pH -
Fish, muscle Fat -
Protein -
Salt -
Ash -
Moisture -
pH -
Shellfish Total Arsenic (As) -
Cadmium (Cd) -
Mercury (Hg) -
Lead (Pb) -
Zinc (Zn) -
Phosphorus (P) -
Fish, Muscle Total Arsenic (As) -
Cadmium (Cd) -
Mercury (Hg) -
Lead (Pb) -
Zinc (Zn) -
Phosphorus (P) -
Methyl Mercury - NEW 2024 -
Meat Muscle Total Arsenic (As) -
Cadmium (Cd) -
Mercury (Hg) -
Lead (Pb) -
Zinc (Zn) -
Lyophilised chicken Salmonella Typhimurium -
Salmonella Enteritidis -
Lyophilised beef - NEW 2023 Pesticide Residues in meat -
Fenbuconazole -
PFAS in seafood e.g. clams- NEW 2024 Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -
PFNA -
PFOA -
PFHxS -
PFOS -
Sum of 4 PFAS -
Meat powder - NEW 2024 Salmonella spp. detection -
Detection of Listeria monocytogenes -
Listeria species -
Aims of the PT scheme
Target group of participants
Linked to specific legislation / standards
Additional, subsidiary aims
Number of participants
Accredited or otherwise reviewed by a 3rd party

Accredited by UKAS on the basis of ISO/IEC 17043 Please see current application form and scheme description for accredited and non-accredited status of test materials and analytes.

Operation is commissioned / requested by
Fees and frequency
Participation fee ISO/IEC 17043 Please see current application form and scheme description for accredited and non-accredited status of test materials and analytes.
Regularly operated Yes (8 rounds per annum)
Year of first operation 2000
Contact details of the PT provider
Provider Contact person
LGC AXIO Proficiency Testing
1 Chamberhall Business Park, Chamberhall Green
BL9 0AP Bury, Greater Manchester
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)161 762 2500
Fax: +44 (0)161 762 2501
Web: https://www.lgcstandards.com/GB/en/Proficiency-Testing/cat/244597 https://www.lgcstandards.com/GB/en/Proficiency-Testing/cat/244597
Dr Julian Schwarz
Phone: +49 281 9887218
Fax:
Email: julian.schwarz@lgcgroup.com julian.schwarz@lgcgroup.com
If you find any mistakes please contact the responsible EPTIS coordinator in United Kingdom, Mr Savvas Xystouris. Mr Savvas Xystouris.
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