quality control test material sales
Analysts around the world have recognised the value of FAPAS test materials for laboratory internal quality control. FAPAS test materials are an economical tool for staff training and appraisal and assessing method performance. Combining their use with participation in FAPAS proficiency tests provides good evidence of internal and external quality control assessment, which may be required by accreditation bodies. Reference materials for the food analysis sector are not numerous and surplus FAPAS test materials may be the only source of a suitable quality control material.
The range of materials available can be found at the link below. Each material is accompanied by a data sheet giving an assigned value and an acceptable range within which your analytical result should lie. Data sheets can be viewed via the search results.
Search for Matrix (food type) / Analyte in selected Currency
(Leaving the search box blank will return all available quality control test materials)
Note for Use
FAPAS® quality control test materials are real food matrices with one or more properties that have been sufficiently well established from the results of laboratories participating in a proficiency test to be used by laboratories as quality control materials. The values have been derived as a consensus of a number of laboratories using a variety of methods. The satisfactory range indicates the range between which results would have been awarded a satisfactory z-score in the proficiency test. The satisfactory range is set as a range that is considered fit for purpose and reflects the expected interlaboratory reproducibility. Full details of the statistical methods used by FAPAS® are given in our protocol.
