2024 JOINT EURLS TRAINING COURSE ON NGS IN Uppsala
New ROA Listeria cluster in 5 EU member states linked to ready-to-eat fish products
Thoughts to Brigitte Carpentier-Cerf
Mandate
On May 2006, the European Commission officially designated the French agency for food, environmental and occupational health safety, ANSES, as the European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Listeria monocytogenes.
The activities of the EURL are handled by ANSES's Laboratory for Food Safety.
Regulation (EU) 2017/625 defines the role and duties of the European Union Reference Laboratories. The EURL for feed and food shall be responsible for the proper use by the National Reference Laboratories (NRL) of the methods set down in the Commission Regulations. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 lays down the microbiological criteria for Listeria monocytogenes. The list of the European Union Reference Laboratories is available on the DG SANTE website.
Duties of the EURL for Listeria monocytogenes:
❶ PROVIDING ANALYTICAL METHODS
❷ COORDINATING THE APPLICATION OF METHODS BY ORGANISING COMPARATIVE TESTING
❸ COORDINATING ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEW METHODS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT ADVANCES
❹ CONDUCTING TRAINING COURSES
❺ PROVIDING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
❻ COLLABORATING WITH THIRD COUNTRIES
Due to their scientific and technical proficiency in the areas of animal health, public health and livestock research, the European Union Reference Laboratories (EURLs) have been designated and, without prejudice to any other relevant European legislation, are referred to in Commission Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
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