Guidance

Shellfish scheme: recent reports

This scheme provides external quality assessment (EQA) samples for laboratories that examine raw bivalve molluscs.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 31 July 2013
• Last updated: 28 March 2019 — See all updates

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Shellfish scheme: report

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The shellfish scheme provides external quality assessment samples for laboratories that examine raw bivalve molluscs from harvesting sites in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 854/2004 and from the production chain between harvest and consumption, in accordance with Regulation (EC) 2073/2005 and subsequent amendments.

The scheme is organised in collaboration with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Weymouth, UK. Articles 32 and 33 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 defines the roles of the European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) and national reference laboratories (NRL). These roles include responsibility for organising comparative testing of methods.

Published 31 July 2013
Last updated 28 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 28 March 2019

   Added 'Shellfish scheme: report'.

2. 14 November 2018

   Added 'Shellfish scheme: distribution SF061 report'.

3. 20 July 2018

   Added 'Shellfish scheme: distribution SF060 report'.

4. 6 April 2018

   Added 'Shellfish scheme: distribution SF059 report'.

5. 4 December 2017

   Added 'Shellfish scheme: distribution SF058 report'.

6. 17 July 2017

   Added shellfish scheme: distribution SF057 report.

7. 4 April 2017

   Added shellfish scheme: distribution SF056 report.

8. 18 November 2016

   Added distribution SF055 report.

9. 20 July 2016

   Updated with distribution SF054 report.

10. 15 April 2016

    Added shellfish scheme: distribution SF053 report.

11. 21 December 2015

    Added shellfish scheme: distribution SF052 report.

12. 2 September 2015

    Added shellfish scheme: distribution SF051 report.

13. 19 December 2014

    Shellfish scheme: distribution SF049 report added

14. 31 July 2013

    First published.