GM Contamination Events in Wheat Flour Proficiency Test

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Product Specification

Proficiency Test Information
Product Code Proficiency Test Matrix Approx. Size
FGM1-CCP49

GeMMU121

Wheat Flour

3 x 5 g

Analytes

Contamination, Maize Contamination, Rice Contamination, Soya Contamination, GM Soya (Qualitative), GM Soya Event Detected, GM Maize (Qualitative), GM Maize Event Detected, GM Soya (Quantitative), GM Maize (Quantitative), Other Element Detected, Other Element (Quantitative)

Comments

Determination of soya/maize/rice presence/absence in each test material is required. May then contain one or more GM soya/maize event. Test is qualitative (detection and identification) with the opportunity to report quantitatively.

Test Description

In many countries, genetically modified organisms (GMO) legislation has been established in order to guarantee the traceability of food/feed products on the market and to provide the consumer freedom of choice. This contamination test gives participants the opportunity to systematically report if three wheat flour test materials are contaminated with Soya, Maize & Rice before further confirming if any contamination is GM and finally by identifying the GM event if so identified.

Flour is used across a range of foodstuffs, and as such can have a large impact on the consumer if contamination events occur.  As such is it imperative to ensure only high quality testing is utilised within your testing arrangement. Flour is sold as both an individual ingredient and as part of a range of processed foodstuffs and is therefore can put a large amount of pressure on global supply chains, resulting in potential poor supply chain practices being used to satisfy large short term demand.

Within this proficiency test a step by step assessment of the contamination of a wheat flour material will take place. This step by step assessment can take the form of assessing if contamination is present and if so is identifying if the contamination is Maize, Soya or Rice contamination. Within this proficiency test we then require you to identify if the contamination event is a GM contamination and if so the GM event is required to be identified.
This step by step process allow you to ensure only high quality testing practices are offered to the consumer, highlighting areas of improvement across your whole test processes in extensive detail. Proficiency test materials from Fapas make use of real food matrices to provide direct comparisons with your current testing arrangement, this can ensure swift improvements can be made within your testing practices, ensuring only high quality, credible test results are offered to your customers and regulators alike.

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