The Health Protection Agency Shellfish EQA Scheme is organised in collaboration with the centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (CEFAS), Weymouth, UK. The EU Council Division of 29 April 1999 (1999/313/EC) defined the roles of both the European Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) and National Reference Laboratories (NRL) responsible for co-ordinating the requisite tests for the detection of bacterial and viral contamination of live bivalve molluscs, and designated the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (CEFAS) Weymouth as the CRL. CEFAS Weymouth was subsequently also designated as the UK NRL.

Further information and a price list may be obtained by e-mail: foodeqa@hpa.org.uk

Julie Russell Scheme Coordinator
Rachel Rangdale CEFAS - Scheme consultant

Website: http://www.crlcefas.org

Registration Form

Registration form (PDF, 45 KB)

Sample Schedule

Sample Schedule (PDF, 18 KB)

Sample Instruction Sheet

Sample Instruction Sheet (English) (PDF, 32 KB)
Sample Instruction Sheet (French) (PDF, 34 KB)
Sample Instruction Sheet (German) (PDF, 34 KB)
Sample Instruction Sheet (Italian) (PDF, 33 KB)
Sample Instruction Sheet (Portuguese) (PDF, 40 KB)
Sample Instruction Sheet (Spanish) (PDF, 34 KB)

Safety Data Sheet

Safety Data Sheet for Lenticules (English) (PDF, 43 KB)
Safety Data Sheet for Lenticules (French) (PDF, 29 KB)
Safety Data Sheet for Lenticules (German) (PDF, 29 KB)
Safety Data Sheet for Lenticules (Italian) (PDF, 28 KB)
Safety Data Sheet for Lenticules (Portuguese) (PDF, 22 KB)
Safety Data Sheet for Lenticules (Spanish) (PDF, 30 KB)

Current distribution

Request Report Form Sample No: SF0088 (Word Document, 778 KB) 
 

Request Report Form Sample No: SF0089 (Word Document, 775 KB)

Shellfish Scheme Recent Reports

Distribution SF040, SF0088 and SF0089 (PDF, 110 KB)

Distribution SF039, SF0086 and SF0087 (PDF, 80 KB)

Distribution SF038, SF0084 and SF0085 (PDF, 148 KB)
Distribution SF037, SF0082 and SF0083 (PDF, 88 KB)
Distribution SF036, SF0080 and SF0081 (PDF, 61 KB)

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Recent Intended results for Distribution

Recent Intended results for Distribution SF040 (PDF, 32 KB)

Recent Intended results for Distribution SF039 (PDF, 31 KB)
Recent Intended results for Distribution SF038 (PDF, 33 KB)

 

Trend Analysis

From April 2004 - November 2011 (Excel Spreadsheet, 53 KB)