Workshop on use and prospects for reference materials for the quality control of agro-food and environmental analysis

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 97.0611

Key words (English)

Reference Materials; Quality Control; Agrofood Analysis;
Environmental Analysis; Member States; Use and Prospect in Europe

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: CT 97-6522

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 4. Frame Research Programme - 2.2 Measurements and testing

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bioindikation, Umweltbeobachtung und ökologische Planung
AGB

Partners and International Organizations (English)

Coordinator: APESA (F)

Abstract (English)

THE USE OF CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS (CRMS) IS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES FOR THE VERIFICATION OF THE ACCURACY OF ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENTS. IN ADDITION, COMMON REFERENCE MATERIALS (RMS) PLAY A VITAL ROLE FOR DAILY QUALITY CONTROL PURPOSES.
HOWEVER THE AWARENESS OF THE IMPACT OF SUCH MATERIALS BY EUROPEAN LABORATORIES LAEVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION THEREFORE LAUNCHED A STUDY TO EVALUATE REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CRM AND RM USE AND PRODUCTION. A QUESTIONAIRE WAS MAILED ON THE USE AND NEEDS FOR REFERENCE MATERIALS AND THE RESULTS WERE DISCUSSED IN A WORKSHOP ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS (INDUSTRY, RESEARCH, GOEVERNMENT LABORATORIES, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, FOOD/AGRICULTURE AND PHARMACEUTICAL / CLINICAL SECTORES, AS WELL AS REFERENCE MATERIAL PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS).
EIGHTEEN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY AND WERE REPRESENTED AT THE WORKSHOP AT BORDEAUX HELD ON MAY 1998. FROM 550 QUESTIONARIES SENT TO A BIG DIVERSITY OF USERS OF CRM/RM IN SWITZERLAND ABOUT 100 DETAILED ANSWERS WERE OBTAINED AND AVALUATED FOR THE EUROPEAN STUDY.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 97.0611