Food scheme

No. of registered laboratories:around 300
No. of laboratories per round:200 from 10 countries
No. of rounds per year:3
No. of samples per round:3-4
No. of analyses per round:7-10
No. of organisms per sample:3-7
Analyses Frequency
Kvantitativa analyser
Aerobic plate count 20 °C1 per year
Aerobic plate count 30 °C3 per year
Enterobacteriaceae2-3 per year
Escherichia coli2-3 per year
Coliform count 30 °C1 per year
Coliform count 37 °C1 per year
Thermotolerant coliform count1 per year
Enterococci1 per year
Clostridium perfringens1 per year
Anaerobic sulphite reducing bacteria1 per year
Bacillus cereus2 per year
Coagulase positive staphylococci2 per year
Thermotolerante Campylobacter1 per year
Listeria monocytogenes1 per year
Mould1 per year
Yeast1 per year
Lactic acid bacteria1 per year
Psychrotrophic microorganisms1 per year
Contaminating microorganisms in dairy products1 per year
Aerobic plate count in seafood1 per year
Hydrogen sulphide producing bacteria in seafood1 per year
Qualitative analyses
Thermotolerante Campylobacter1 per year
Escherichia coli O157 1 per year
Listeria monocytogenes1 per year
Salmonella1 per year
Yersinia enterocolitica 1 per year
Pathogenic Vibrio1 per year

Testing rounds to come

The analyses in the testing rounds of the current and next year can be studied on:

Pt rounds