Shetland Seafood Quality Control Ltd - UKAS

Schedule of Accreditation
issued by
United Kingdom Accreditation Service
21 - 47 High Street, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 4UN, UK
Shetland Seafood Quality Control Ltd
Issue No: 020 Issue date: 01 July 2013
2651
Accredited to
ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Port Arthur
Contact: Ms Margaret Nugent
Scalloway
Tel: +44 (0)1595 772407
Shetland
Fax: +44 (0)1595 880746
ZE1 0UN
E-Mail: Margaret.Nugent@ssqc.co.uk
Website: www.ssqc.co.uk
Testing performed at the above address only
Materials/Products tested
DETAIL OF ACCREDITATION
Type of test/Properties
measured/Range of measurement
Standard specifications/
Equipment/Techniques used
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES Chemical Tests Documented In-house methods:
Treated and untreated effluents and
natural waters
Determination of:
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
BW 032 based on HMSO Blue
Book method 5 Day Biochemical
Oxygen Demand (BOD5) Second
Edition 1988 and BS EN 1899 parts
1 and 2:1998
Chemical oxygen demand (COD) BW 033 based on ISO 15705:2002
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES Microbiological Tests Documented In-house methods:
Swabs including food product
swabs
Detection of:
Listeria spp and species
identification
Salmonella spp
Enumeration:
Coliforms and Escherichia coli
Enterobacteriaceae
BP 013A using BioRad Rapid
L.mono plate system and
biochemical confirmation using
Microbact 12L
BP 011A using Oxoid One Broth
enrichment medium and Brilliance
Salmonella chromogenic agar with
confirmation by API 20E and
serology
BS 014 using Petrifilm based on 3M
Petrifilm E Coli/coliform count plate
booklet
BS 014 based on 3M Petrifilm
Enterobacteriaceae count plate
booklet
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Schedule of Accreditation
issued by
United Kingdom Accreditation Service
21 - 4 7 High Street, Felt ham, Mi ddl es e x, TW 13 4UN, UK
2651
Accredited to
ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Shetland Seafood Quality Control Ltd
Issue No: 020 Issue date: 01 July 2013
Testing performed at main address only
Materials/Products tested
Type of test/Properties
measured/Range of measurement
Standard specifications/
Equipment/Techniques used
ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES
(cont’d)
Microbiological Tests (cont’d)
Documented In-house methods
(cont’d):
Enumeration:
Swabs including food product
swabs (cont’d) Total viable count at 30°C BS 014 based on BS EN ISO
4833:2003
Total viable count at 22°C or 37°C
BS 014 using pour plate technique,
PCA and customer specified
incubation regimes (22°C 72h or
37°C 48h)
FOOD and FOOD PRODUCTS Microbiological Tests Documented In-house methods:
Detection of:
Listeria spp and species
identification
Salmonella spp
Enumeration:
Coliforms and Escherichia coli
Enterobacteriaceae
Total viable count at 30°C
Total viable count at 22°C, 30°C
and 37°C
BP 013A using BioRad Rapid
L.mono plate system and
biochemical confirmation using
Microbact 12L
BP 011A using Oxoid Oxoid One
Broth enrichment medium and
Brilliance Salmonella chromogenic
agar with confirmation by API 20E
and serology.
BP 004 based on 3M Petrifilm
E Coli/coliform count plate booklet
BP 005 using Petrifilm based on 3M
Petrifilm Enterobacteriaceae count
plate booklet
BP 001 based on BS EN ISO
4833:2003
BP 001 using pour plate technique,
PCA and customer specified
incubation regimes
SHELLFISH
Bivalve molluscs
Enumeration:
Escherichia coli (MPN) BM 018 based on ISO/TS 16649-
3:2005 using MPN tables from ISO
7218:2007
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Schedule of Accreditation
issued by
United Kingdom Accreditation Service
21 - 4 7 High Street, Felt ham, Mi ddl es e x, TW 13 4UN, UK
2651
Accredited to
ISO/IEC 17025:2005
Shetland Seafood Quality Control Ltd
Issue No: 020 Issue date: 01 July 2013
Testing performed at main address only
Materials/Products tested
Type of test/Properties
measured/Range of measurement
Standard specifications/
Equipment/Techniques used
WATERS Microbiological Tests Documented In-house methods:
Enumeration:
Potable and Pool Waters
Potable and Pool Waters
Coliforms and Escherichia coli
(MPN)
Isolation and enumeration of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
BW 025 using Colilert Quantitray,
based on The Microbiology of
Drinking Water, 2009, Part 4D
BW 028 by membrane filtration and
biochemical confirmation, based on
The Microbiology of Drinking Water,
2010: Part 8
Potable and Pool Waters Total Viable Count BW 019 by pour plate at 22 o C and
37 o C, based on The Microbiology of
Drinking Water, 2012, Part 7
Sea (Saline) waters Total Viable Count BW 020 using pour plate technique,
Difco Marine Agar 2216 incubated
at 22 o C for 68h and 37 o C for 44h
Sea (Saline) Waters Total Coliforms and Escherichia coli BW 026 by membrane filtration
based on EC Bathing water
directive 76/160/EEC
BS EN ISO 9308:1:2000/
BS 6068-4.14:2000
Microbiological Tests
Documented In-house methods:
WATERS
Potable and Pool Waters
Isolation and Enumeration of:
Legionella spp and confirmation of
L. pneumophila serotypes 1-15
BW 031 by membrane filtration,
plating untreated, heated and acid
treated aliquots onto GVPN and
BCYE agars with latex agglutination
confirmation
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