AXIO | Proficiency Testing schemes 2026
Quantity of Matrix
Rounds per Year
Sample Code Matrix
Analytes
PT-MT-741
Shellfish
50g
Total Arsenic; Cadmium; Zinc; Mercury; Lead; Phosphorus Total Arsenic; Cadmium; Zinc; Mercury; Lead; Phosphorus; Methyl mercury Detection of Campylobacter species in 10g; Campylobacter species in 25g
2
PT-MT-742
Fish
50g
2
PT-MT-743
Lyophilised meat
Vial + 25g sample Vial +25g sample
2
PT-MT-744
Lyophilised meat
Detection of Escherichia coli O157
2
PT-MT-745
Lyophilised fish or shellfish Vial + 25g sample
Detection of Vibrio species; Vibrio parahaemolyticus
2
PT-MT-746
Lyophilised meat
10g
Enumeration of Pseudomonas species; Lactic acid bacteria; Yeast; Mould; Yeast and Mould Total Arsenic; Cadmium; Zinc; Mercury; Lead Histamine; Total volatile nitrogen (TVN); Trimethylamine (TMA)
4
PT-MT-747 PT-MT-748
Meat
50g
1
Fish
150g
3
PT-MT-749
Meat
1 x set of 2 samples (2g each)
Meat authenticity; Species stated to be screened for presence of other species of meat, e.g. chicken, pork, horse, beef, lamb.; Analytes will vary each round. Authenticity 4
PT-MT-752 PT-MT-754
Fish
4 x 20g
Fish species identification
2
Freeze-dried prawn
10g
Detection of Listeria and Listeria monocytogene Thiamphenicol; Florfenicol (sum of florfenicol and its metabolites measured as florfenicol-amine) 1
PT-MT-755 PT-MT-756
Meat Meat
100g
Ractopamine, Salbutamol; Clenbuterol
1
Quantitative Package: Total aerobic mesophilic count; Enumeration of Total coliforms; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; Bacillus cereus; Coagulase positive staphylococci; Yeast; Mould; Yeast and Mould; Detection of coagulase positive staphylococci 4
2 x vial + 1 x minimum 20g matrix
PT-MT-757
Meat
2 x vial + 1 x minimum 200g matrix
Qualitative Package Detection of Escherichia coli O157 (non- toxigenic strain); Listeria species; Listeria monocytogenes ; Salmonella species Identification of Listeria species; Salmonella species Enumeration of aerobic psychrotrophs Enumeration of Listeria species; Listeria monocytogenes Detection of Listeria sp. and Listeria monocytogenes
4
PT-MT-758 PT-MT-759
Lyophilised meat Lyophilised meat
10g 10g
1
2
PT-MT-764
Meat Powder
125g
1
PT-MT-765
Fish/meat
30g
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS); Sum of 4 PFAS At least 10 PFAS from a list (see scheme description) 1
PT-MT-766
Offal
50g
Total Arsenic; Cadmium; Mercury; Lead
1
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