Yumna Shehadeh
Microbiological testing of food is important for ensuring its quality and safety. Thus, it is a basic tool to assess the effectiveness of risk management programs for ensuring food safety and quality which necessitate the presence of Quality Assessment programs. Therefore, the Center for Quality in Medical Laboratories (CQML), Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Al Quds University, organized the external quality assessment schemes (EQA) in Water and Food Microbiology in support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and Palestine Accreditation Unit (PALAC). The CQML is a Proficiency Testing (PT) provider in the Medical Laboratory field since 1995. The EQA scheme for food microbiology started in 2019. The EQA schemes is available to all food microbiology laboratories, providing schemes in water and drinks, meat and poultry, dairy products, fish and sea food, and salads. The participation is currently free of charge, but mandatory for accredited labs and voluntary for the others
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