Proficiency Testing
Monitor the performance of your laboratory analysis by means of a proficiency test and compare with other parties anonymously. Qlip is the expert for organising chemical and microbiological proficiency tests for milk and dairy products.
By participating in a proficiency test, the performance of your laboratory analysis is compared with that of other parties. Under ISO17025 accreditation laboratories are required to join proficiency tests.
- Milk
- Concentrated milk
- Milk powder
- Cream
- Whey
- Cheese
- Butter
- Butterfat
- Infant formula
- Water
Qlip organises proficiency tests for chemical and microbiological determinations. We can organise customer-specific proficiency tests, for example for all locations within one dairy organisation that are using FTIR instruments to test products. The proficiency test usually takes place two to three times a year. The available parameters are listed below.
FTIR and chemical proficiency tests
- Fat, protein, lactose
- Dry matter
- Saccharose
- Freezing point
- Somatic cell count
- Moisture
- Salt
- pH
- Fatty acids
- Peroxide
- Nitrate/Nitrite
Microbiology proficiency tests
- Bacterial count
- Inhibitors / Antibiotics
- Thermoduric streptococci
- Lactobacilli
- Coliforms
- Enterobacteriaceae
- E. coli
- Coagulase-positive staphylococci
- Yeasts and moulds
- Vegetative Bacillus Cereus
- Salmonella
- Listeria Monocytogenes
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MICRO RING TRIAL – MILK TBC 3 Rounds
£105.89 ex. VAT -
MICRO RING TRIAL – MILK ENTERO 3 Rounds
£112.24 ex. VAT -
Microbiological Ring Trial Thermoduric Streptococci
£118.72 ex. VAT -
Chemical Ring Trial : Freezing Point QLIP (3 rounds per annum 2019)
£125.50 ex. VAT -
Chemical Ring Trial : Freezing Point QLIP (3 rounds per annum)
£143.51 ex. VAT -
Chemical Ring Trial MILK FPL-TS (3 rounds)
£233.58 ex. VAT -
Chemical Ring Trial Cream FP-TS-3 Rounds
£247.29 ex. VAT -
Chemical Analysis QLIP
£313.78 ex. VAT -
Proficiency Testing Registration Fee 2023
£328.60 ex. VAT
