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Public Analyst's Laboratory - Galway Seamus Quirke Road, University College Hospital, Galway

Testing Laboratory

Registration number: 009T

is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) to undertake

testing as detailed in the Schedule bearing the Registration Number detailed

above, in compliance with the International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 2nd Edition

“General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories”

(This Certificate must be read in conjunction with the Annexed

Schedule of Accreditation)

Date of award of accreditation: 05:05:2002

Date of last renewal of accreditation: 06:12:2016

Expiry date of this certificate of accreditation: 06:12:2021

This Accreditation shall remain in force until further notice subject to continuing compliance

with INAB accreditation criteria, ISO/IEC 17025 and any further requirements specified by the

Irish National Accreditation Board.

Manager: Chairperson:

Dr Adrienne Duff Ms Ita Kinahan

Issued on 06 December 2016

Organisations are subject to annual surveillance and are re-assessed every five years. The renewal date on this

Certificate confirms the latest date of renewal of accreditation. To confirm the validity of this Certificate, please

contact the Irish National Accreditation Board.

The INAB is a signatory of the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) Testing Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangement.

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Schedule of Accreditation

(Annex to Accreditation Certificate) Permanent Laboratory:

Category A

PUBLIC ANALYST'S LABORATORY - GALWAY

Chemical Testing Laboratory

Initial Registration Date : 12-December-1989

Postal Address:

(Address of other locations

as they apply)

Seamus Quirke Road

University College Hospital

Galway

Telephone: +353 (91) 581122

Fax: +353 (91) 581212

E-mail: [email protected]

Contact Name: Dr Helena McGrath

Facilities: Conditionally available for Public testing

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Schedule of Accreditation

Permanent Laboratory: Category A

THE IRISH NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD (INAB) is the Irish body for the accreditation of

organisations including laboratories.

Laboratory accreditation is available to testing and calibration facilities operated by manufacturing

organisations, government departments, educational institutions and commercial testing/calibration

services. Indeed, any organisation involved in testing, measurement or calibration in any area of

technology can seek accreditation for the work it is undertaking.

Each accredited laboratory has been assessed by skilled specialist assessors and found to meet criteria

which are in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO 15189 (medical laboratories). Frequent audits,

together with periodic inter-laboratory test programmes, ensure that these standards of operation are

maintained.

Testing and Calibration Categories:

Category A:

Permanent laboratory calibration and testing where the laboratory is erected on a fixed

location for a period expected to be greater than three years.

Category B: Site calibration and testing that is performed by staff sent out on site by a permanent

laboratory that is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board.

Category C: Site calibration and testing that is performed in a site/mobile laboratory or by staff sent

out by such a laboratory, the operation of which is the responsibility of a permanent

laboratory accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board.

Category D: Site calibration and testing that is performed on site by individuals and organisations that

do not have a permanent calibration/testing laboratory. Testing may be performed using

(a) portable test equipment

(b) a site laboratory

(c) a mobile laboratory or

(d) equipment from a mobile or site laboratory

Standard Specification or Test Procedure Used:

The standard specification or test procedure that is accredited is the issue that is current on the date of the most

recent visit, unless otherwise stated.

Glossary of Terms

Facilities:

Public calibration/testing service: Commercial operations which actively seek work from others.

Conditionally available for public

calibration/testing:

Established for another primary purpose but, more commonly than not,

is available for outside work.

Normally not available for public

calibration/testing:

Unavailable for public calibration/testing more often than not.

Laboratory users wishing to obtain assurance that calibration or test results are reliable and carried out to the Irish

National Accreditation Board criteria should insist on receiving an accredited calibration certificate or test report.

Users should contact the laboratory directly to ensure that this scope of accreditation is current. INAB will, on

request, verify the status and scope.

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Scope of Accreditation

Public Analyst's Laboratory - Galway Permanent Laboratory:

Category A


INAB Classification number (P9)

Materials/products tested

Type of test/properties

measured

Range of measurement

Standard specifications

Equipment/techniques used

766

.01

.99

Waters

Water for potable and

domestic purposes

Drinking waters

Other waters

Bottled waters

Chemical tests:-

Colour1 2.0-500 mg/L

Pt/Co

Turbidity1 0.2-500 N.T.U.s

Conductivity1 10-6000 µS/cm

at 20°C

pH 3.0-10.0

Free and total 0.02-50 mg/L

Chlorine1

Documented In-house

Methods based on:-

Spectroscopy @ 400nm

Pt/Co scale (Method 2/6)

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012) 2130B,

Nephelometry - Formazin

(Method 2/7)

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012) 2510A,

Electrometry (Method 2/8)

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012)

4500-H+B Electrometry

(Method 2/9)

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012) 4500-CL

G, Colourimetry (Method

2/10)

Note: S.M. denotes "Standard Methods for the examination of Waters and Waste Waters"

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Category A





measured




766

.01

.99

Waters


domestic purposes

Drinking waters

Other waters

Bottled waters

Chemical tests:-

Fluoride1

100-5,000 µg/I F

Ammonium1 0.03-

1.6 mg/L

Total Oxidised Nitrogen1 2.0-

80.0mg/L

Nitrite1 0.02-

1.0 mg/L

Documented In-house

Methods based on:-

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012)

4100 B Ion Chromotography

(Method 2/25)

Automated salicylate

method

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012) 4500

NO2 B

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012)

4500-N03 H

Aquakem (Method 2/37)

766

.99

Waters

Other waters

Swimming pool and

Jacuzzi

Total and free Chlorine

0.02-50 mg/ I Cl

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012)

4500-CL G, Colourimetry

(Method 2/10)

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Category A





measured




766

.01

.07

.99

Waters


domestic purposes

Drinking waters

Bore waters

Other waters

Bottled waters

Chemical tests:-

Total Hardness

Total alkalinity

Chloride

Sulphate

20 - 1,000 mg/L

Documented In-house

Method 2/30 based on:-

Standard methods for

Examination of Waters and

Waste Waters

Hardness (Method 2340C)

Alkalinity (Method 2320B)

Chloride (Method 4500-Cl-E)

Sulphate (Method 4500-SO4-

E)

766

.01

.99

Waters


domestic purposes

Other waters

Bottled waters

Chloroform 3 - 450 µg/L

Bromodichloromethane 1 - 150

µg/L

Dibromochloromethane 1 - 150

µg/L

Bromoform 1 - 150 µg/L

In house method 2/81

based on Shimadzu GCMS

Application Note and

Standard Methods for

Examination of Waters

and Wastewaters Method

6200B (GCMS)

766

.01

.99

Waters


domestic purposes

Other waters

Tetrachloroethene 2 – 75 µg/L

Benzene 0.25 - 31.25 µg/L

1,2 Dichloroethane 0.3 - 45 µg/L

Trichloroethene 2 – 75 µg/L

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Category A




Type of test/properties measured




766

.01

.07

.99

Waters

Waters for potable

and domestic purposes

Bore waters

Other waters

Dialysis waters

Bottled waters

Trace Metals:

Cadmium1 0.1-5.0 µg/L

Lead1 4-200 μg/L

Nickel1 4-200 μg/L

Chromium1 4-200 μg/L

Selenium1 4-200 μg/L

Arsenic1 4-200 μg/L

Aluminium1 20-500 μg/L

Boron1 20-500 μg/L

Copper1 40-2000 μg/L

Zinc1 40-2000 μg/L

Iron 20-1000 μg/L

Manganese 20-1000 μg/L

In house method 2/46 based

on US EPA Method 200.8

ICP-MS

766

.01

.07

.99

Waters


domestic purposes

Bore waters

Other waters

Bottled water not

including carbonated

bottled water

Volatile Organic Compounds:

1,2- Dichloroethane1 1 - 37.5 μg/L

Benzene1 0.5 - 31.2 μg/L

Bromodichloromethane1 2-125 μg/L

Bromoform1 2-125 μg/L

Chloroform1 3-375 μg/L

Dibromochloromethane1 2-125μg/L

Tetrachloroethene1 2-62.5 μg/L

Trichloroethene 1 2-62.5 μg/L


Based on S.M. 22nd Ed

(2012). 6200B

GC-MS

1. Flexible scope: Pages 4 to 7, ranges may be extended in accordance with the laboratory's approved and documented

procedures. For details refer to the laboratory's Master List of Flexible Scope Changes, available from the laboratory.

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Category A





measured




756

.01

Drugs and

Pharmaceuticals

Drugs

Uniformity of Mass of single

dose preparation

Uniformity of Mass of delivered

doses from multi dose

containers

Subdivisions of Tablets

10mg to 100g

Disintegration

(Tablets/Capsules/Granules)

Assay and Identification:-

% of labelled content

(i) HPLC

(ii) Absorption

Spectrophotometry

[British Pharmacopoeia]

[European Pharmacopoeia]

(Method 3/2)



[United States

Pharmacopoeia] (Method

3/4)

HPLC (Method 3/5)

UV/VIS Spectrometry

(Method 3/6)

(Based on monographs in

the above Pharmacopoeia or

customer supplied methods

where the active ingredient

is isolated by solution or

extraction)

* Flexible scope: Drugs and pharmaceuticals may be added and ranges extended in accordance with the laboratory's

approved and documented procedures. For details refer to the laboratory's Master List of Flexible Scope Changes,

available from the laboratory.

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Category A





measured




756

.01

Drugs and

Pharmaceuticals

Drugs

Uniformity of content of single

dose preparation


Uniformity of dosage units

pH measurement 1-13

Dissolution-Solid Oral Dosage

Forms


Documented In-house

Methods based on:-



[United States


3/7) UV or HPLC

Electrometry ( Method 3/8)



[United States


3/9)

* Flexible scope: Drugs and pharmaceuticals may be added and ranges extended in accordance with the laboratory's



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Category A





measured




751

.01

.03

.04

.05

.06

.07

.08

.16

.17

.18

Foods*

Dairy products

Meat & meat products,

game & poultry

Fish, shellfish and

molluscs

Fats and oils

Soups broths & sauces

Cereals & bakery

products

Processed, salted

vegetables

Nut and nut products,

snacks

Prepared meals

Foodstuffs intended

for special nutritional

uses

Potassium 0.01-10.0%

Sodium 0.01-10.0%

Flame photometry


* Flexible scope: Additional food matrices may be added in accordance with the laboratory's approved and documented procedures. For details refer to the laboratory's Master List of Flexible Scope Changes, available from the laboratory.

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measured




751

.01

Foods

Dairy products

Milk & cream

Milk

Total solids 1 - 15% m/m

Delvo test SP < or > 0.001 IU

Penicillin G K+/ml

Freezing Point Depression

-422 to -621 moH

Extranous water: 0.5% to16%

Titratable Acidity

1.4-3.0 mL of 0.1M NaOH/10mL

In-house method 1/1

In-house method 1/10A

In-house method 1/6A based

on IS EN ISO 5764:2009

Cyroscope

In-house method 1/7 based

on BS 1741:1989 Section

10.1 and ISO 6091:1980

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Public Analyst's Laboratory -Galway Permanent Laboratory:

Category A





measured




751

.01

.02

.03

.04

.05

.06

.07

.13

.14

.15

.16

.17

.18

Foods

Dairy Products

Egg and egg products


game&poultry

Fish, shellfish&molluscs

Fats & Oils

Soups,broths&sauces

Cereals&bakery products

Ices & desserts

Cocoa&cocoa

preparations,coffee& tea

*(except those containing

sugars or starchy

products with low fat

levels)

Confectionery

Nuts&nut products,snack

Prepared dishes

*(except those containing

high sugars or starchy

products with low fat

levels)

Foodstuffs intended for

special nutritional uses.

Fat 0.4-100% m/m

Documented In-house method 1/5

using Werner Schmid procedure

Acid Hydroloysis / Extraction

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Public Analyst's Laboratory -Galway Permanent Laboratory:

Category A





measured




751

.03

.04

.06

.08

.10

.11

.12

.15

.18

.19

Foods

Meat& meat products,

game & poultry

Fish,shellfish&molluscs

Soups,broths&sauces

Fruit&vegetables

Non-alcoholic

beverages

Wine

Alcoholic beverages

(other than wine)

Confectionery

Foodstuffs intended


uses

Additives

Sulphur Dioxide

10-4500 mg/kg (or L)

Documented in-house

Tanner method 1/50 by

distillation.

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Category A





measured




751

.01

.02

.04

.06

.07

.08

.10

.11

.12

.13

.15

.17

.18

.19

Foods

Dairy products

Egg & egg products

Fish, shellfish &

molluscs

Soups, broths & sauces

Cereals & bakery

products

Fruit & vegetables

Non-alcoholic beverages

Wine

Alcoholic beverages

(other than wine)

Ices & deserts

Confectionery

Prepared dishes

Food stuffs intended for

special nutritional uses

Additives

Sorbic Acid and Benzoic Acid

10-500 mg/ L (Liquids)

75-3000mg/kg (Solids)

Annex K-2 & K-3 of

Laboratory QAP Manual

Documented in-house HPLC

method 1/55

* Flexible scope: Additional food matrices may be added and ranges extended for theh above additives and contaminants in accordance with the laboratory's approved and documented procedures. For details refer to the laboratory's Master List of Flexible Scope Changes, available from the laboratory.

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Category A





measured




751

.15

.07

.18

Foods

Confectionery

Cereals and bakery

products



Including Baby food

*Allergens in foods using the

ELISA Technique to include

Gluten

Range 10 - 25000 mg/kg

In-house method based on

quality assurance

procedures manual annex K-

6 - ELISA Protocol

Method 1/31A procedure

using (Gliadin Elisa Kit)

ELISA technique and Annex

K-6 of QAP Manual

751

.15

.07

Foods

Confectionary

(Chocolate)

Cereals and Bakery

Products (Biscuits)

Peanut

Range 2.5 – 20 mg/Kg

In House method 1/41

R-Biopharm FAST Peanut

(Part No. R6202) ELISA test

kit.

* Flexible scope: Additional allergens or food matrices may be added and range extended for the detection of allergens using the ELISA technique, and flexibility concerning the performance of the test method, in accordance with the laboratory's approved and documented procedures. For details refer to the laboratory's Master List of Flexible Scope Changes, available from the laboratory.

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Category A





measured




751

.01

.02

.03

.04

.05

.06

.07

.08

.09

.10

.11

.12

.13

.14

.15

.16

.17

.18

.19

.21

Foods

Dairy products

Egg &egg products

Meat &meat products,

game & poultry

Fish, shellfish & molluscs

Fats & oils

Soups, broths&sauces

Cereals & bakery products

Fruit & vegetables

Herbs & spices


Wine

Alcoholic beverages (other

than wine)

Ices & desserts

Cocoa &cocoa

preparations, coffee & tea

Confectionery

Nuts &nut products,snack

Prepared dishes



Additives

Others

Including high protein

foodstuffs

Chemical Tests

Ash 0.2-100% m/m

Nitrogen 0.01-37% m/m

Protein 0.6- 100%

(Calculation from Nitrogen

result)

Documented In-house

Methods based on:-

In-house method 1/12



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Category A





measured




751

.01

.02

.03

.04

.05

.06

.07

.08

.13

.14

.15

.16

.17

.18

.19

Foods

Dairy products

Egg & egg products

Meat &meat products,

game & poultry

excludes sausages + high

fats

Fish, shellfish &

molluscs

Fats & oils

Includes only butter and

fats

Soups, broths&sauces

Cereals & bakery

products

Fruit & vegetables

Ices & desserts

Cocoa &cocoa

preparations, coffee &

tea

Confectionery

Excludes syrups and sugars

Nuts &nut

products,snack

Prepared dishes



Additives

Chemical Tests

Moisture 0.5-100% m/m

Documented In-house

Methods based on:-


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Category A





measured




751

.01

.02

.03

.04

.05

.06

.07

.08

.09

.10

.11

.12

.13

.14

.15

.16

.17

.18

.19

.21

Foods

Dairy products

Egg & egg products


game & poultry

Fish,shellfish&molluscs

Fats & oils


Cereals & bakery

products

Fruit & vegetables

Herbs & spices


Wine

Alcoholic beverages

(other than wine)

Ices & desserts

Cocoa & cocoa

preparations, coffee &

tea

Confectionery

Nuts & nut products,

snack

Prepared dishes



Additives

Others

Foreign Objects CCFRA Guidelines for the

identification of foreign

bodies reported in food, 2nd

Ed. No.4, 2006.

General Classification based

on:

Microscopy

Physical/Chemical/

Microscopical examination

(Method 1/80)

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Category A





measured




751

.01

.05

.07

.10

.18

.21

Foods*

Dairy products

Milk

Dairy spreads

Fats and oils

Spreads

Cereals & bakery

products

Non-alcoholic

beverages

Foodstuffs intended


uses

Baby Food

Others

Food supplements

Body building foods

Folic acid

*2 - 160µg/100g

*10-1000µg/100g

*10-1000µg/100g

*6-1000µg/100g

*2 -160µg/100ml

*6-1000µg/100g

*400µg – 512mg/100g

*6-1000µg/100g

Liquid Chromatography-

Mass Spectroscopy(LC-MS)

In House method 1/42

* Flexible scope: Additional food matrices may be added and ranges extended in accordance with the

laboratory's approved and documented procedures. For details refer to the laboratory's Master List of

Flexible Scope Changes, available from the laboratory.

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Category A





measured




751

.01

.05

Foods

Dairy products

-cheese

Fish, crustaceans &

molluscs

Biogenic Amines*:

Putrescine

Cadaverine

Histamine

Tyramine

10-3700 mg/kg

JAOAC Vol. 78, No.4 1995

HPLC (method 1/36)

Annex K-2 & K-3 of

Laboratory QAP Manual

.05

.06

.10

.15

Fats & oils


Non-alcoholic

beverages

Confectionery

Preserves

Refractive Index 1.32-1.56

Sol.Solids as sucrose 0-85% w/w

Documented In-house

Methods based on:-

Refractrometer (Method

1/17)

* Flexible scope: Additional food matrices may be added and ranges extended in accordance with the laboratory's



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Category A





measured




751

.01

.08

.10

.11

.12

.15

Foods

Dairy products

Fruit & vegetables

Non-alcoholoc

Beverages

Wine

Alcoholic beverages

(other than wine)

Confectionery

pH 2-12

Electrometry (Method 1/19)

752*

.01

Residues in Foods and

Agricultural Materials

Elements

Food & Drink

Analytes*

- Arsenic 0.2-100 mg/kg

- Cadmium 0.2-100 mg/kg

- Chromium 0.25-100 mg/kg

- Lead 0.2-100 mg/kg

- Nickel 0.5-100 mg/kg

- Selenium 0.2 - 100 mg/kg

*Documented In-house

method 1/24 Inductively

Coupled Plasma - Mass

Spectrometry (ICP - MS)

with microwave digestion.

* Flexible scope: Additional food matrices may be added, analytes and ranges extended in accordance with

the laboratory's approved and documented procedures. For details refer to the laboratory's Master List of

Flexible Scope Changes, available from the laboratory..

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Category A





measured




757

.01

Cosmetics, perfumes

& essential oils

Cosmetics

Arsenic 0.5-500 mg/kg

Cadmium 0.5-500 mg/kg

Chromium 0.5-500 mg/kg

Lead 0.6-500 mg/kg

Nickel 1.2-1000 mg/kg

In house method 4/1 based

on ISEN 15763:2009

ICP - MS with microwave

digestion

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Category A





measured




781

.11

.12

Constituents of the

Environment

Waters other than

saline

Bathing waters

Saline waters

Bathing waters

Chemical Tests

Colour 2.0-500mg/L Pt/Co

pH 3.0-10.0

Documented In-house

Methods based on:-

Spectrophotometry @

400nm Pt/Co

Scale (Method 2/6)

S.M. 22nd Ed. (2012) 450-

HB, Electrometry (Method

2/9)

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