Proficiency testing for the evaluation of the ability of European Union-National Reference laboratories to determine aflatoxin M1 in milk at levels corresponding to the new European Union legislation

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 405-415

  Dragacci, S ^a   Grosso, F ^a   Pfauwathel Marchond, N ^a   Fremy, J M ^a   Venant, A ^a   Lombard, B ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin M1; Mycotoxin; Proficiency Testing; Reference Laboratory

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXIN M1;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; LABORATORY; LAW; LIQUID; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POWDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFLATOXIN M1; ANIMALS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MILK; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035040984     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030121366     Document Type: Article

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