**This PT is not accredited**

About the analytes

Acrylamide is a compound that is formed when food is coocked at high temperatures and low moisture. Some of the process that can form acrylamide are baking, toasting and frying, just like potato chips are prepared.¹

This compound is widely found and ingested when preparing and cooking the food and since these practices are followed during all lifetime, EFSA in 2015 published a full risk assesment about acrylamide and found that it can cause cancer in all age groups.¹

Due to the difficulty of approching the levels of acrylamide in food the european union published and came into force a regulation with guidelines to reduce the levels of acrylamide in food. With this regulation in the upcoming years is expected to reduce the levels of acrylamide found in food.²

Summary of the proficiency test

All the information about this PT can be found in the protocol, which can be donwloaded from a link located below, in this page.

This proficiency test will consist in a single round, one sample will be distributed with approximately 50g. The target standard desviation for this PT is 25%.

For this PT the parameters to be analysed are: 

PT Scheduled milestones

*These dates are orientative and always will have to be checked in the protocol of the PT and the news in our webpage.

Why participate with TestQual?

·This PT is NOT Accredited. Check our accreditation scope here.

TestQual's proficiency testing schemes are a useful tool for testing laboratories to demonstrate their competence and quality assurance of their analysis, a continous participation allows our clients to compare their results with other laboratories from the sector, follow up their performance and detect bias or errors that can be correctly approached with preventive or corrective actions.

By assiduously participating in PTs laboratories can assure their clients their commitment to the continous improvement and scaning of possible errors, offering always the security and trust that their results are always reliable and have been contrasted through an exhaustive internal quality control and continuous checks with the participation in TestQual's proficiency tests.

Additionally, from TestQual we make sure to listen to all the feedback given by our clients, making sure our PTs are designed accordingly with the needs and sugestions of our participants.

TestQual designs its proficiency tests with the goal of allowing participants to contrast and compare their results, always keeping in mind that each laboratory must follow their usual procedures, ensuring a true and useful comparison.

In this kind of PT is equally or even more important to participate continously, this laboratories will be able to see their results over time and will likely allow them to see improvements in the obtained evaluations.

How to participate

Those laboratories that want to participate and are not registered on our website can register through this link: START REGISTRATION

If your laboratory is already registered on our website you can start your applciation by clicking the link situated at the bottom of this page, in APPLICATION FORM, once you have logged in you will have to enter your Limit of Quantification (LOQ) for the parameters that have to be studied. 

Once the application has been sent, as soon as possible you will receive an email with your laboratory code for the participation in the PT.

Contact data

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