EUPT FV SM06 Announcement / Invitation Letter
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to participate in the European Proficiency Test in Fruits and Vegetables Screening Methods 06 (EUPT-FV-SM-06), organised by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Residues of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables on behalf of the European Commission, Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General (DG-SANCO).
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, published at OJ of the EU L70 of 16.03.2005, and last amended by Regulation 839/2008 published at OJ of the EU L234 of 30.08.2008) lays down the general tasks, duties and requirements for EU-RLs for Food, Feed and Animal Health. Among these tasks is the provision of independently organised comparative tests.
This EUPT-SM-06 is directed at all National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) and all Official Laboratories (OfLs) in the EU Member States. Laboratories outside this EURL/NRL/OfL-Network may be allowed to participate on a case-by-case basis after consultation with DG SANCO.
The test item for the EUPT-SM-06 will be PEPPER homogenate containing pesticides.
The test material, 300 g of pepper homogenate containing pesticide residues, together with 300 g of 'blank' pepper homogenate, will be shipped to participants on 24th February 2014. If any laboratories have holidays in the week of the shipment, please inform the organiser to rearrange shipment - as soon as possible.
The deadline fixed for result submission will be 72 hours after receiving the sample.
Only qualitative information will be requested for those pesticides that are detected. It has been decided by the Quality Control Group, and based on the received questionnaires, that a target pesticide list will not be provided.
NOTE: If your laboratory participates in the EUPT-FV-16 too, only one bottle of "blank" PEPPER homogenate will be shipped for both Proficiency Tests.
VERY IMPORTANT: The deadline for result submission to the Organiser will be 72 hours after receipt of the sample.
In some cases the documents, or the dates, could change. New versions, and/or dates, will be updated on our web page and also an e-mail will be sent to the participants notifying them of the change(s). Please, check the website regularly.
For any further question about EUPT-FV-SM-06, please contact:
Mr. Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba
Department of Hydrogeology and Analytical Chemistry
UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA
Ctra. de Sacramento s/n
04120 La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería
Tel. (+34) 950015034
Email: amadeo@ual.es
Ms. Carmen Ferrer
Department of Hydrogeology and Analytical Chemistry
UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA
Ctra. de Sacramento s/n
04120 La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería
Tel. (+34) 950014102
Email: cferrer@ual.es
Mr. Octavio Malato
Department of Hydrogeology and Analytical Chemistry
UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA
Ctra. de Sacramento s/n
04120 La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería
Tel. (34) 950014423
Email: omalato@ual.es
Best Regards,
The EUPT-FV-SM-06 Organising-Team
Published 15-11-2013, 15:39:20
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