Dear Colleagues,

At the last annual workshops, we have kept you informed of the progress made in the certification (third-party validation) of the instrumental methods (Bactoscan and Bactocount) for the quantification of total flora in raw milk. This certification is undertaken by the certification body MicroVal (http://www.microval.org/), and the expert laboratory for the validation of these two methods is Qlip (NL).

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

-          Circular Letter 2014/01,
-          the link of the enquiry to be filled out ideally by 25/01/2014 but before 10/02/2014:
 https://www.enquetes.anses.fr/formation2/EURLLm-InventoryoftypingmethodsforListeria/questionnaire.htm?aspxid=BsSLGg7G/xqCAhsVKtWvQsiaLJDxom+k&&key=FKI-BFMALDFSRD&auto=1

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

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

• Circular Letter 2013/16
• Draft Version 3 (25 October 2013) for the revision of the EURL Lm TECHNICAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENT for conducting shelf-life studies on Listeria monocytogenes in refrigerated ready-to-eat foods.

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dear Colleagues,

EURL Milk and Milk Products / Pasteurization Tracers invites you to participate to the inter-laboratory proficiency trial it organizes by the end of November this year.

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

Dear Colleagues,

The Circular letter N°2013/15 is available:

·         the circular letter N°2013/15 entitled “Dispatch of the report of the 2012 PT trial dedicated to Listeria enumeration”  (LIS-Cr-201315L.pdf);

·         the report (LIS-Cr-201315R.pdf);

·         the satisfaction questionnaire (LIS-Cr-201315Q.doc) to fulfill and send back to Damien.MICHELON@anses.fr  by 10/11/2013.

With best regards,

Adrien ASSÉRÉ

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

• Circular letter 2013/10 “Invitation to the 2013 workshop on pasteurisation tracers in milk & milk products”,
• Reimbursement procedure,
• Documents for the 3 recommended hotels,
• Registration link: https://www.enquetes.anses.fr/formation2/MMPwsINvit/questionnaire.htm by fill out by 20 August 2013 .

Wishing you a nice summer,

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

• circular letter 2013/09 “Invitation to the 2013 PT trial on counting of somatic cells in milk ”,
• information to participants.

With best regards,

Adrien