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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.

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Veterinary Drugs in Bovine Milk Blank Material BLVD5-DRY20 02524b 25/09/2023 Proficiency Test Blank Bovine Milk BLANK for chloramphenicol, florfenicol & thiamphenicol (BLVD5) £95.00
Veterinary Drugs in Bovine Milk Blank Material BLVD18-DRY20 02525b 25/09/2023 Proficiency Test Blank Bovine Milk BLANK for beta-lactams (penicillins & cephalosporins) (BLVD18) £95.00
Chlorate & Perchlorate in Processed Cheese Proficiency Test FCMS1-DRY17 05170 13/06/2023 Proficiency Test Processed Cheese chlorate & perchlorate £208.00
Dioxins, PCBs (semi blind) in Milk Proficiency Test FCCE3-DRY13 06124 10/03/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Dioxins & PCBs £402.00
Dioxins, PCBs (semi blind) in Milk Proficiency Test FCCE3-DRY13 06140 07/03/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Dioxins & PCBs £450.00
Nutritional Components in Plant Based Milk Alternative Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY22 25246 25/09/2023 Proficiency Test Plant Based Milk Alternative selection of nutritional components £251.00
Nutritional Components in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY14 25248 20/10/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder selection of nutritional components £241.00
Nutritional Components in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY14 25259 15/02/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder selection of nutritional components £241.00
Nutritional Components in Butter Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY6 25260 27/02/2024 Proficiency Test Butter selection of nutritional components £241.00
Nitrate and Nitrite in Milk Powder in Proficiency Test FCFA18-DRY14 15178 09/02/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder nitrate as NaNO3 & nitrite as NaNO2 £235.00
Nitrate and Nitrite in Milk Powder in Proficiency Test FCFA18-DRY14 15168 23/02/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder nitrate as NaNO3 & nitrite as NaNO2 £210.00
Coliforms Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE18-DRY14 M283e18 27/02/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Coliforms (Enumeration) £138.00
Coliforms Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE18-DRY14 M294e18 26/02/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Coliforms (Enumeration) £155.00
Salmonella spp. Detection in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOD7-DRY14 M284d072 27/03/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Salmonella spp. (Detection) £138.00
Salmonella spp. Detection in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOD7-DRY14 M295d072 25/03/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Salmonella spp. (Detection) £155.00
Salmonella spp. Detection in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOD7-DRY14 M289d072 04/09/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Salmonella spp. (Detection) £155.00
Listeria monocytogenes Detection in Soft Cheese Proficiency Test FMOD2-DRY18 M285d02 24/04/2023 Proficiency Test Cheese (Soft) Listeria monocytogenes/Listeria spp. (Detection) £155.00
Contaminants in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCCP7-DRY14 30142 04/10/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder melamine & cyanuric acid (> 5 mg/kg) £237.00
Nutritional Components in Cheese Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY7 25238 20/06/2023 Proficiency Test Cheese selection of nutritional components £241.00
Coagulase Positive Staphylococci Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE14-DRY14 M285e14 24/04/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Coagulase Positive Staphylococci (Enumeration) £155.00
Coagulase Positive Staphylococci Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE14-DRY14 M291e14 06/11/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Coagulase Positive Staphylococci (Enumeration) £155.00
Escherichia coli Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE10-DRY14 M290e10 09/10/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Escherichia coli (Enumeration) £155.00
Aerobic Place Count (APC), Enterobacteriaceae, Coliforms and Escherichia coli (enumeration) in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE24-DRY14 M291e24 06/11/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Aerobic Plate Count, Enterobacteriaceae, Coliforms and Escherichia coli (Enumeration) £155.00
Aerobic Plate Count in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE9-DRY14 M293e09 29/01/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Aerobic Plate Count (Enumeration) £155.00
Aerobic Plate Count in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE9-DRY14 M295e09 25/03/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Aerobic Plate Count (Enumeration) £155.00
Aerobic Plate Count in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE9-DRY14 M284e09 27/03/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Aerobic Plate Count (Enumeration) £138.00
Pesticide Residues (Fat Soluble) in Processed Cheese Blank Material BLPM9-DRY3 05170b 13/06/2023 Proficiency Test Blank Processed Cheese BLANK for pesticide residues (fat soluble) (BLPM9) £75.00
Pesticide Residues (fat soluble) in Milk Powder Blank Material BLPM9-DRY2 05171b 27/07/2023 Proficiency Test Blank Milk Powder BLANK for pesticide residues (fat soluble) (BLPM9) £75.00
Veterinary Medicines in Bovine Milk Proficiency Test FCVD29-DRY4 02500 20/02/2023 Proficiency Test Bovine Milk sulfonamides & trimethoprim & macrolides £273.00
Aflatoxin M1 in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCMA1-DRY14 04490 27/09/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder aflatoxin M1 £233.00
Aflatoxin M1 in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCMA1-DRY14 04505 16/02/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder aflatoxin M1 £233.00
Aflatoxin M1 in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCMA1-DRY14 04478 01/06/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder aflatoxin M1 £233.00
Heavy Metals in Milk Powder Proficiency Test (natural/low Levels) FCCM46-DRY14 07495 23/08/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder selection of metals at natural/low levels £237.00
Heavy Metals in Milk Powder Proficiency Test (natural/low Levels) FCCM46-DRY14 07512 03/01/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder selection of metals at natural/low levels £237.00
Nutritional elements in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCNE1-DRY14 18118 10/11/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder selection of nutritional elements £240.00
Nutritional elements in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCNE1-DRY14 18114 28/04/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder selection of nutritional elements £240.00
Nutritional Components in Butter Proficiency Test FCNC24-DRY6 25230 21/02/2023 Proficiency Test Butter moisture, total fat, non-fat solids, pH & chloride £215.00
Nutritional Components in Condensed Milk Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY9 25236 12/05/2023 Proficiency Test Condensed Milk selection of nutritional components £251.00
Campylobacter spp. Detection in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOD17-DRY14 M287d17 19/06/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Campylobacter spp. (Detection) £155.00
Clostridium perfringens Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE6-DRY14 M293e06 29/01/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Clostridium spp., Sulphite Reducing Clostridia, Clostridium perfringens (Enumeration) £155.00
Clostridium perfringens Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE6-DRY14 M286e06 22/05/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Clostridium spp., Sulphite Reducing Clostridia, Clostridium perfringens (Enumeration) £155.00
Pesticide Residues (Fat Soluble) in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCPX10-DRY14 05171 27/07/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder pesticide residues (fat soluble) [multi-residue methods] including (per)chlorates [single-residue methods] £249.00
Veterinary Drugs in Bovine Milk Proficiency Test FCVD5-DRY4 02524 25/09/2023 Proficiency Test Bovine Milk chloramphenicol, florfenicol & thiamphenicol £306.00
ß-lactams in Bovine Milk Proficiency Test FCVD18-DRY4 02525 25/09/2023 Proficiency Test Bovine Milk Beta-lactams (penicillins & cephalosporins) £306.00
Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim and Macrolides in Blank Bovine Milk Proficiency Test BLVD29-DRY20 02500b 20/02/2023 Proficiency Test Blank Bovine Milk BLANK for sulfonamides & trimethoprim & macrolides (BLVD29) £85.00
Aflatoxins in Cheese (Soft) Proficiency Test FCMA1-DRY18 04499 04/12/2023 Proficiency Test Cheese (Soft) aflatoxin M1 £233.00
Nutritional Components in Milk Powder (Reconstituted) Proficiency Test FCNC49-DRY14 25229 17/02/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder ash, total fat, nitrogen, pH, titratable acidity & lactose £215.00
Nutritional Components in Cheesecake Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY23 25235 02/05/2023 Proficiency Test Cheesecake selection of nutritional components £241.00
Fatty Acids in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FCFO13-DRY14 14276 28/07/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder total fat, saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, trans fatty acids (& possibly individual fatty acids: linoleic acid, a-linolenic acid (ALA), ARA, DHA & EPA) £235.00
Nutritional Components (sugars) in Milkshake Powder Proficiency Test FCNC3-DRY15 25237 09/06/2023 Proficiency Test Milkshake Powder selection of sugars £241.00
Nutritional Components in Ice Cream Mix Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY24 25249 27/10/2023 Proficiency Test Ice Cream Mix selection of nutritional components £251.00
Nutritional Components in Milk (Evaporated) Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY25 25252 29/11/2023 Proficiency Test Milk (Evaporated) selection of nutritional components £241.00
Nutritional Components in Milk Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY13 25255 08/01/2024 Proficiency Test Milk selection of nutritional components £241.00
Nutritional Components in Yoghurt Proficiency Test FCNC1-DRY19 25258 06/02/2024 Proficiency Test Yoghurt selection of nutritional components £241.00
Authenticity of Milk Proficiency Test FCAA6-DRY13 29118 18/03/2024 Proficiency Test Milk one or more from: cow, sheep or goat £241.00
Escherichia coli and Coagulase Positive Staphylococci (Enumeration) in Cheese Proficiency Test FMOE31-DRY7 M292e32 27/11/2023 Proficiency Test Cheese Escherichia coli and Coagulase Positive Staphylococci (Enumeration) £155.00
Listeria monocytogenes Detection in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOD2-DRY14 M295d02 25/03/2024 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Listeria monocytogenes/Listeria spp. (Detection) £155.00
Listeria monocytogenes Detection in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOD2-DRY14 M284d02 27/03/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Listeria monocytogenes/Listeria spp. (Detection) £138.00
Enterobacteriaceae Enumeration in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE3-DRY14 M285e03 24/04/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Enterobacteriaceae (Enumeration) £155.00
Bacillus cereus & Aerobic Plate Count in Milk Powder Proficiency Test FMOE13-DRY14 M285e13 24/04/2023 Proficiency Test Milk Powder Bacillus cereus and Aerobic Plate Count (Enumeration) £155.00
Escherichia coli O157:H7 Detection in Cheese FMOD11-DRY7 M289d11 04/09/2023 Proficiency Test Cheese Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Detection) £155.00