Determination of the mass fraction of vitamin A in poultry feed
Report of the Proficiency Test “FAC-24/01”
Implementation of the European legislation on Feed Additives (FA) requires the monitoring of their presence in feed through analytical tests, conducted by laboratories designated for official controls by the EU Member States. To ensure these control laboratories perform uniformly and reliably, the European Union Reference Laboratory for Feed Additives ‘Control’ (EURL-FA Control) organises proficiency tests (PTs) in-line with Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/724 concerning the authorisation of retinyl acetate, retinyl palmitate and retinyl propionate as feed additives for all animal species. This report summarises the results of the PT “FAC-24/01” aiming at the determination of vitamin A in poultry feed. A test item, consisting of a commercially available compound feed for poultry containing vitamin A, was dispatched for analyses. Participants in this PT included 15 National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) and 10 Official Control Laboratories (OCLs) from EU-neighbouring countries. The evaluation of the analytical performance confirms that the capability of the participating NRLs and OCLs to monitor vitamin A in feedingstuffs is satisfactory.
SERANO Federica;
BOUTEN Katrien;
DEHOUCK Pieter;
CHEDIN Mostafa;
EZERSKIS Zigmas;
STROH Aneta;
ROBOUCH Piotr;
STROKA Joerg;
2024-12-05
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC140426
978-92-68-22627-8 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 40143,
OP KJ-01-24-190-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC140426,
10.2760/8800615 (online),
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