Guidance

Audit of official laboratories (OLs)

Accreditation status, numbers of food examiners employed, tests available and membership of proficiency test schemes.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 19 September 2013
• Last updated: 21 July 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Audit of official laboratories capabilities and accreditation status in the UK: 2019 and 2022 results

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Details

To help plan future activities, the national reference laboratory (NRL) for food microbiology carried out an audit of OCLs in the UK, covering accreditation status, numbers of food examiners employed, tests available and membership of proficiency test (PT) schemes.

Previous reports were published by Public Health England.

Published 19 September 2013

Last updated 21 July 2023 + show all updates

1. 21 July 2023

   Added report with results for 2019 and 2022.

2. 15 February 2018

   Uploaded: 'Audit of Official Control Laboratories capabilities and accreditation status in the UK: 2016 results'

3. 19 September 2013

   First published.