Dear Colleagues,

The EURL for Milk and Milk Products / Pasteurisation Tracers invites you to participate to the inter-laboratory proficiency trial organized by the end of March.

The aim of this trial is to assess NRLs’ ability to determine the alkaline phosphatase activity in cheese according to the method attached.

8 samples of cheese (6 soft cheese and 2 semi-hard cheese samples) will be submitted to the PT. The participants shall perform the analyses:

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

• Circular Letter 2013/17
• Report of the development of a set of Listeria monocytogenes strains for conducting challenge tests (V0-20/12/2013)

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dr Bertrand LOMBARD
Sub-director in charge of reference activities, manager of European Union-Reference Laboratories Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococci and Milk