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> Duties of the EU-RL for Listeria monocytogenes
-providing analytical methods
-coordinating the application of methods by organising comparative testing
-coordinating arrangements for new methods and providing information about advances
-conducting training courses
-providing scientific and technical assistance to the European Commission
-collaborating with third countries
On May 2006, the European Commission officially designated the French Food Safety Agency (now known as the French agency for food, environmental and occupational health safety, ANSES) as the European Union Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for Listeria monocytogenes.
The activities of the EU-RL are handled by ANSES's Maisons-Alfort Laboratory for study and research on food quality and processing.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 defines the role and duties of the European Union Reference Laboratories. The EU-RL for feed and food shall be responsible for the proper use by the National Reference Laboratories (NRL) of the methods set down in the Commission Regulations. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 lays down the microbiological criteria for Listeria monocytogenes.
European Union Reference Laboratory
for Listeria monocytogenes
Main partner
DG Sanco
Directorate - General for Health and Consumers
Due to their scientific and technical proficiency in the areas of animal health, public health and livestock research, the European Union Reference Laboratories (EU-RLs) have been designated and, without prejudice to any other relevant European legislation, are referred to in Commission Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
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