Latest update: 03 september 2010 .

Latest newsletter (no. 75 June 2010)
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NordVal Seminar on Rapid Methods

Presentations from NordVal Symposium

 

  Additional References to chapter Guideline for sensorial Analysis of Food containers/packages - procedure no 19
 
  How to get method criteria based on ML - download Excel spreadsheet.

 

 

NMKL Protocol No. 4, 2010 (English): MANUAL FOR NMKL PEER-VERIFICATION (INTERLABORATORY VERIFICATION) OF METHODS.
 

  NMKL Technical Report No. 3, 2009 - CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE - A POTENTIALLY FOODBORNE ZOONOSE?
SIGNIFICANCE IN HUMANS, ANIMALS AND FOOD
 
 

Measurement Quality in Analytical Chemistry: With a Focus on Food
Uppsala 17-18 September 2009
The aim of this NMKL(1)/TrainMiC(2) workshop is to give you working in laboratories performing chemical measurements on food, a rehearsal of the main issues but also new perspective of measurement quality requirements in ISO 17025 – traceability, method validation, measurement uncertainty and quality control.

 

  Subcommittee 4 - Sensory Analyis

 

  New prices on subscription from 2009 and from April 1. 2009 on procedures, reports and single methods.

 

  17.03.2009: Method no. 6, 10, 40, 110, 176, 178 and 179 now available in Finnish

 

  Now available: NMKL newsletter no. 70
 
  04.12.2008: Method no. 170, 175, 180 and 181 now available in Finnish

 

 
There are several subscriptions that we unfortunately not have registered payment for 2008.
 
It has been difficult to identify the payments and registering it on the right subscription. If you believe to have paid the amount, get in touch so we can solve problems and register correct information.

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  27.05.2008: Method no. 188 now available in Finnish

 

  Corrections to method no. 183

 

 
Now available:
Finnish version of method no 186:
TRACE ELEMENTS - As, Cd, Hg, Pb and other elements. Determination by ICP-MS after pressure digestion.
RASKASMETALLIT – As, Cd, Hg ja Pb. Määrittäminen ICP-MS:sti paineenalaisen happodigestion jälkeen.

 

 

 

Corrections to method no. 185

 

 

  Comparison of NMKL and ISO methods
 

5. Aug 2004

  Corrections to NMKL method no. 96 - download PDF-file here.

23. April 2004

  To subscribers of NMKL methods: Remember to send your e-mail address to nmkl@vetinst.no when you have paid NOK 600,- for PDF-files. Hardcopies costs NOK 800,- for 2004.

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20. March 2003

NMKL's web shop ready for use!

24. Jan 2003

NMKL procedure number 12 Guide on sampling for analysis of food now available in Finnish (Ohjeet elintarvikkeiden näytteenottoon).

 

2. Dec 2002

NMKL procedure number 8, 2nd Ed. Measurement of uncertainty in microbiological examination of foods now available in English.

 

08. Mar. 2002

Expert laboratory - new database

03. Dec. 2001

Report from Seminar on Genetically Modified Foods 2000 now available as PDF-file

27. Nov. 2001

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13. Sept. 2001

NordVal documents

 

13. Feb. 2001

Procedure no. 5 now available in Spanish

 

14. Dec. 2000

Cycloheximide is again produced

 

10. Dec. 2000

NMKL methods as PDF-files!

 

 

 

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This year alarming news circulated in the public domain that world-wide the production of cycloheximide is stopped. A non-availability of cycloheximide would have affected Listeria Enrichment broth (LEB),  Buffered LEB , Oxford agar and Legionella media.
Standardisation bodies (ISO, NORVAL, AFNOR, FDA, USDA-FSIS) have been alerted and requested to change standards, such as, ISO 11290  part 1 and 2 ,  IDF 143, FDA BAM.

Fortunately, Cycloheximide is again produced and can again be purchased,  for example, at Calbiochem.

There is no need to re-formulate supplements due to non availability of cycloheximide.

There is no need to change protocols, standards  and start an expensive validation procedure.

There is no need, as is done by culture media manufacturers, to replace cycloheximide by amphotericin B  (toxicity class Xn+)  or natamycin (also known as pimafucin, or pimaricin). The different formulations that recently became available  do not contribute to the standardisation of methods.

In the next weeks all cycloheximide containing culture media and supplements will again be available from Merck.

Kind Regards
Dr Peter van Netten

 

 


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