EUPT FV 18

Overview

EUPT-FV-18 - Application Form (CLOSED)
EUPT-FV-18 - General Protocol
EUPT-FV-18 - Specific Protocol
EUPT-FV-18 - Calendar
EUPT-FV-18 - Target Pesticide List
EUPT-FV-18 - Voluntary Pesticides
EUPT-FV-18 - FORMS (CLOSED)

Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to participate in the European Proficiency Test in Fruits and Vegetables 18 (EUPT-FV-18), organised by the European Union Reference Laboratory for Residues of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables on behalf of the European Commission, Directorate-General of Health and Food Safety (DG-SANTE).
This EUPT is open for all National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) and all Official Laboratories (OfLs) of the EU, and furthermore it is also open for the NRLs and OfLs of the EU-candidate states and the EFTA countries.
The PT is also open for Official Laboratories in third countries (countries outside the EU) as long as test material is available and provided that DG-SANTE gives its consent.
The test item for the EUPT-FV-18 will be SPINACH homogenate containing incurred pesticides (or spiked in those cases were commercial formulations are not available).
The aim of this exercise is to ensure the quality, accuracy and comparability of the residue data reported by EU Member States to the European Union as well as other Member States within the framework of coordinated and national monitoring and surveillance programs.

Participation is mandatory for:

All National Reference Laboratories for pesticides in fruits and vegetables (NRL-FVs)
All Official Laboratories undertaking pesticide residue analyses within the frame of National an EU official controls, as long as their analytical scope (commodity/pesticide-combinations) fully or partly overlaps with the scope of this EUPT (see Art. 28 of EC Reg. 396/2005).

All the potential labs that according to the information stored in our Lab-Network Database are obliged to participate at the EUPT-FV-18 will be contacted and invited via e-mail. If participation in this EUPT is not possible, DG-SANTE expects from all the obliged laboratories to give an explanation. This explanation can be given by e-mail to: cferrer@ual.es or amadeo@ual.es
The test materials, 200 g of spinach homogenate containing incurred pesticide residues (or spiked in those cases were commercial formulations are not available), together with 200 g of 'blank' spinach homogenate, will be shipped to participants on 8th February 2016. If any laboratories have holidays in the week of the shipment, please inform the organiser to rearrange shipment - as soon as possible.
The laboratories have to determine the residue levels and report the concentrations for each of the pesticides that they detect (and also include the method used for each pesticide analysed but not detected to allow us to carry out a deeper analysis of the results). This year there will be a pesticide target list of mandatory compounds and a “voluntary target list” containing pesticides which might be present in the test item. Those voluntary pesticides will not be used for the evaluation of the laboratories into Category A or B, and a separate statistical evaluation will be made for them.
The 'blank' material is intended to be used for recovery experiments for the pesticides found in the test material and, if necessary, for the preparation of matrix-matched calibration standard solutions.
The assigned value will be estimated using the robust mean, as described in ISO 13528:2009-01.
For the assessment of the overall laboratory performance, the Average of the Squared z-Score (AZ2) will be used as in the last Proficiency Test, but only for those laboratories in Category A, which will be those laboratories that are able to analyse at least 90% of the pesticides in the target list, that are able to detect at least 90% of the pesticides present in the test material and that report no false positives neither false negatives. Within Category A, the laboratories will be sub-classified as "good", "satisfactory" or "unsatisfactory". All the other laboratories will be classified in Category B. This information will be available in the General Protocol.

Please note that in some cases the documents or the dates could change, new versions updated. In this case, it will be published in our webpage and additionally an e-mail will be sent to the participants for notification. But please, check periodically our website in case the email does not get through to you.

The sample delivery will be 200 euros for EU-NRLs, 230 euros for EU/EFTA official laboratories and 250 euros for official laboratories from other countries. Regarding payment procedures, each laboratory can specify their details and invoice requests when applying for the test.

Please, do not pay for this EUPT until we send you the invoice.

Remember to include your Laboratory Code in the subject of the bank transfer.

Account details:
BANK NAME: CAJAMAR - Caja Rural Sociedad Corporativa de Crédito
BANK ACCOUNT HOLDER: Universidad de Almeria
BANK ADDRESS: Office Number 990. Universidad de Almeria. Spain
ACCOUNT NUMBER: ES0730580130172731005000
SWIFT: CCRIES2A
REFERENCE GIVEN: INVOICE NUMBER

If any laboratories have holidays in the week of the shipment, please inform the organiser to rearrange shipment - as soon as possible.

EUPT-FV18 CALENDAR
Activity	Date
Publishing the Calendar and Matrix on the Web page.	9^th November 2015
Receiving Application Form from invited laboratories.	1^st December-11^th January 2016
Specific Protocol published on the Web site.	25^th January 2016 at the latest
Deadline for receiving Laboratory scope: Form 0	25^th January - 5^th February 2016
Sample distribution.	8^th February 2016
Deadline for receiving sample acceptance: Form 1	12^th February 2016
Deadline for receiving results: Forms 2, 3 and 4	1^stMarch 2016
Filling in Form 5	7^th-11^th March 2016
Preliminary Report: only results, no statistical treatment.	Last week of March 2016
Final Report distributed to the Laboratories.	December 2016

If any laboratories have holidays in the week of the shipment, please inform the organiser to rearrange shipment as soon as possible.

For any further question about EUPT-FV-18, please contact:

Ms. Carmen Ferrer

Department of Hydrogeology and Analytical Chemistry
UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA
Ctra. de San Urbano s/n
04120 Almería
Tel. (+34) 950014102
Email: cferrer@ual.es

Mr. Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba

Department of Hydrogeology and Analytical Chemistry
UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA
Ctra. de San Urbano s/n
04120 Almería
Tel. (+34) 950015034
Email: amadeo@ual.es

Best Regards,

The EUPT-FV Organising-Team

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Published 09-11-2015, 15:35:31