2014 Proficiency Test of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Mycotoxins for the Network of National Reference Laboratories - Determination of Zearalenone in Maize Oil

Abstract

This report presents the results of the PT of the EURL for Mycotoxins which focused on the determination of zearalenone in maize oil. Forty-eight participants from thirty countries (among them 32 NRLs, 2 Non-EU Reference Laboratories and 13 official food control laboratories) registered for the exercise and 46 sets (Sample A and B) of results were reported. Only z-scores were used for the evaluation whether an individual laboratory underperformed. In total, 87 % of the attributed z scores were below an absolute value of two, which indicates that most of the participants performed satisfactorily.JRC.D.5-Standards for Food Bioscienc