Dear Colleagues,

At the last annual workshops, we have kept you informed of the progress made in the certification (third-party validation) of the instrumental methods (Bactoscan and Bactocount) for the quantification of total flora in raw milk. This certification is undertaken by the certification body MicroVal (http://www.microval.org/), and the expert laboratory for the validation of these two methods is Qlip (NL).

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

-          Circular Letter 2014/01,
-          the link of the enquiry to be filled out ideally by 25/01/2014 but before 10/02/2014:
 https://www.enquetes.anses.fr/formation2/EURLLm-InventoryoftypingmethodsforListeria/questionnaire.htm?aspxid=BsSLGg7G/xqCAhsVKtWvQsiaLJDxom+k&&key=FKI-BFMALDFSRD&auto=1

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

• Circular Letter 2013/17
• Report of the development of a set of Listeria monocytogenes strains for conducting challenge tests (V0-20/12/2013)

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dr Bertrand LOMBARD
Sub-director in charge of reference activities, manager of European Union-Reference Laboratories Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococci and Milk

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

• Circular Letter 2013/16
• Draft Version 3 (25 October 2013) for the revision of the EURL Lm TECHNICAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENT for conducting shelf-life studies on Listeria monocytogenes in refrigerated ready-to-eat foods.

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed :

• Circular Letter 2013/16
• Draft Version 3 (25 October 2013) for the revision of the EURL Lm TECHNICAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENT for conducting shelf-life studies on Listeria monocytogenes in refrigerated ready-to-eat foods.

With best regards,

Bertrand

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