BIPEA, a European non-profit organization gathering around 2500 laboratories in 120 countries, has unveiled a new proficiency test in the field of feed. The new quality control test, Proficiency Testing Schemes (PTS 107), is composed of one round and allows laboratories to analyse drugs in compound animal feed.
Bureau Interprofessionnel d’Etudes Analytiques (BIPEA) has created a new Proficiency Testing Schemes (PTS 107) dedicated to drugs testing. This quality control test is composed of one round and allows laboratories to analyse drugs in feed.
A sample of 250 grams of compound animal feed contaminated with antibiotics and coccidiostats will be sent to the participants. When performing analysis on samples, participating laboratories are required to apply their routine methods.
For now, 15 registered laboratories from 10 countries apply this new PTS 107 and the required time for analysis is 4 weeks.
For more than 50 years, BIPEA has provided a complete range of proficiency tests and external reference materials for testing laboratories concerned by quality control and analytical accuracy in various fields (environment, food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals).
Based in France, BIPEA gathers nearly 2500 laboratories in the world (throughout 120 countries) and it offers more than 150 regular proficiency testing programs.
Proficiency testing programs allow the comparison of several laboratories’ results, in order to evaluate their analytical performance on the same homogeneous sample. These tests are part of the laboratory quality approach and are organized according to ISO / IEC 17043: “General requirements for proficiency testing” requirements.
