Dear Colleagues,

We are organising in 2013 for the NRLs for Milk and Milk Products a training session on somatic cell count in raw cow’s milk by the reference method 13366-1. This 2 days session will be both theoretical and practical. It will take place in our Laboratory in Maisons-Alfort from 13 June at 9:00 to 14 June 2013 at 15:00. Please find attached the programme of the training session (MMP-Cr-201304D.pdf).

Dear Colleagues,

As we have informed you at the recent annual workshops, the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements of the EC Joint Research Centre  (JRC/IRMM, Geel) envisages to develop Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) for somatic cell count (SCC) in milk, in collaboration with us.

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed the circular letter 2013-01 dated 13/02/2013, accompanying the EURL MMP document on “Criteria for the validation of instrumental (epifluorescent) methods for the enumeration of somatic cells in raw cow’s milk”, Version 2-21/01/2013.

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dr Bertrand LOMBARD
Sub-director in charge of reference activities, manager of European Union-Reference Laboratories Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococci and Milk

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed:

-          Circular letter 2013/14

-          Document with information

Related to the call for participation to the 2013 PT trial on L. monocytogenes enumeration.

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dr Bertrand LOMBARD
Sub-director in charge of reference activities, manager of European Union-Reference Laboratories Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococci and Milk

Dear colleagues,

Please find enclosed the report of the EURLs' representatives at the 2013 annual meetings of ISO/TC34/SC9 and CEN/TC275/WG6 (standardization in food microbiology), organized in Berlin on 24-28 June of this year. Also the resolutions (ISO) and recommendations (CEN) of both meetings are enclosed. I represented the EURL Lm at these meetings.

To note in particular CEN recommendation 338 on Lm.

Remaining at your disposal for any further details you may wish,

With best regards,

Bertrand

Dear Colleagues,

Please find enclosed circular letter 2013/13 on dispatch of a set of L. monocytogenes strains for implementation of challenge tests.

With best regards,

Bertrand

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Dr Bertrand LOMBARD
Sub-director in charge of reference activities, manager of European Union-Reference Laboratories Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococci and Milk

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the report of the 2012 workshop of the NRLs (Maisons-Alfort, 3-5 October 2012).

We would be grateful if you could provide us your feedback on the workshop: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFI3eTdsX0RKazVhX2VCZk03amRuWnc6MA#gid=0

With best regards

Adrien