£178.00 Volume discounts available
Note: Fees (prices) on this site are in GBP and do not include carriage / handling fees and VAT. Customers outside the UK may also incur local charges, including (but not limited to) import duties, local taxes and customs clearance fees, which may add significant cost to your order. Prices here are for the PT round or QC / Reference Material only and the total price payable may be higher.
| Product Code | Proficiency Test | Matrix | Approx. Size |
|---|---|---|---|
|
FMOD08-EGG3
|
M327d08 |
Dried Egg |
equivalent to 2 x 25 g |
Enterobacteriaceae, Salmonella spp.
Enterobacteria & Salmonella spp.in Dried Egg is not currently within scope of accreditation to ISO 17043.
Microbiological contamination of food can cause a range of sickness symptoms, the most extreme of which can result in hospitalisation, contamination can also cause food spoilage. Contamination can result from raw ingredients, poor sanitation or hygiene practices, or inappropriate storage conditions. Our Food Microbiology PT samples combine the test organisms into real food matrices or swabs, together with background flora to fully represent real-world samples.
Salmonella is well known to cause sickness symptoms when consumed. Even if consumed in low numbers, it can prove harmful, especially in vulnerable individuals such as the very young, old, or those who are immunocompromised. As such it is especially important to detect Salmonella if it is present in any foodstuffs intended for consumption with no further heat treatment. Salmonella can be found in a large variety of foodstuffs, not just well known high risk foods such as chicken.
Eggs are a staple part of many diets and as such effective testing practices are required to determine the microbial quality of the product and protect consumers from potentially unsafe levels of contaminating bacteria and the presence of know pathogens. The level of Enterobacteriaceae in food is a useful measure of the hygienic status of the food and seen to increase over a period of regular monitoring may indicate increased risk for contamination by Salmonella (a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family) even if detection tests for Salmonella continue to be negative.
Proficiency testing is required to highlight areas of improvement across your current routine analysis activities. By using Fapas real food matrices your results can be directly comparable to make this process quicker and more cost effective. Proficiency testing activities can form the foundation of your wider quality assurance activities, from which to prove your testing ability with both consumers and regulators.
