Guidance

Shellfish scheme: trend analysis

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

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 31 July 2014
• Last updated: 18 November 2019 — See all updates

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Shellfish scheme: trend analysis

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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 2014
Last updated 18 November 2019 + show all updates

1. 18 November 2019

   Updated 'Shellfish scheme: trend analysis' file.

2. 16 August 2019

   Updated 'Shellfish scheme: trend analysis'.

3. 10 April 2019

   Updated 'Shellfish scheme: trend analysis'.

4. 19 November 2018

   Updated with most recent version of the file.

5. 19 April 2018

   Updated with recent file.

6. 4 December 2017

   Updated 'Shellfish scheme: trend analysis'.

7. 5 April 2017

   Updated Shellfish scheme: trend analysis from April 2004.

8. 10 December 2015

   Updated 'Shellfish scheme: trend analysis from April 2004'.

9. 21 May 2015

   Updated shellfish scheme: trend analysis for distribution SF050.

10. 5 January 2015

    Shellfish scheme distribution SF049 added for trend analysis.

11. 31 July 2014

    First published.