Four laboratories encountered issues during a proficiency test for Listeria monocytogenes whole genome assembly, according to a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) report. The ...
New regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) introduced updated proficiency testing (PT) and PT referral rules that are now in effect. Although the regulations became ...
The FDA reinstated the employees who run the proficiency testing program. After this story was published, Vianca N. Rodriguez Feliciano, Press Secretary at the U.S. Department of Health & Human ...
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced a temporary suspension of its quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products. This unexpected pause comes during significant ...
Fapas, part of Fera Science, has launched a range of proficiency tests to ensure the safety of baby food and cereal products. The tests are designed to identify ergot alkaloids in multigrain baby food ...