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