6th meeting of the ad hoc Panel on
technical requirements for laboratories
Ghent, BE, 2008-03-17/20

The 6th Meeting of the ad hoc Panel on technical requirements for laboratories was held in Ghent (BE) on 2008-03-17/20. The main objective of the Panel was to review a document produced by an Expert Working Group on validation of methods and performance of internal quality checks. The Panel decided that a new standard supplementary to PM 7/84(1) Basic requirements for quality management in plant pest diagnosis laboratories should be prepared to provide specific guidance for laboratories preparing for accreditation. The Panel also discussed definitions of "sensitivity" and "specificity" in analytical and diagnostic settings which are important in the context of method validation.
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The outcome of the Workshop on Quality Assurance that was held in Copenhagen on 2007-12-04/06 was presented. It was agreed that in the framework of the next conference on plant pest diagnostic (York, GB, 2009-05-11/15) a practical workshop on quality assurance will be organized.
The Panel had the opportunity to visit the new Diagnostic Laboratory of ILVO, which has recently been accredited in mycology and entomology for three methods (Phytophthora ramorum: morphological identification, Diabrotica virgifera: morphological identification of the adult stage, Thrips palmi: extraction with Berlese funnel and morphological identification of the adult stage). This allowed constructive exchange on how to implement accreditation in a diagnostic laboratory.

Participants

Anthoine Géraldine (Ms)
Laboratoire National de la Protection des Végétaux - Unité de Nématologie, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653 LE RHEU CEDEX (FR) - +33-223485208 - +33-223485628 - geraldine.anthoine@rennes.inra.fr

Becheva Ani (Ms)
National Plant Protection Service, Central Laboratory for Plant Quarantine, 120 N.Moushanov blvd, 1330 SOFIA (BG) - +359-28223355 - +359-28223381 - clkr@mbox.contact.bg

Bokuma Gunita (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Lielvardes str.36/38, LV-1006 RIGA (LV) - +371-7543138 - +371-7543201 - gunita.bokuma@vaad.gov.lv

Djouadi Hayet (Ms)
Service de Bactériologie, Intitut National de la Protection des Végétaux (INPV), 12 avenue des frères Ouadek Hacen Badi B.P.80,  EL HARRACH ALGER (DZ) - +213-21521231 - +213-21525863 - hayetbact@yahoo.fr

Galyova Radana (Ms)
Central Controlling and Testing Institute of Agriculture, Osada 281, 4457 HANISKA (SK) - +421-556930291 - +421-556930291 - vkdz.haniska@centrum.sk

Gottsberger Richard (Mr)
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Plant Health, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, A-1226 VIENNA (AT) - +43-5055533343 - +43-5055533303 - pflanzengesundheit@ages.at

Hughes Kelvin (Mr)
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, Y041 1LZ YORK (GB) - +44-1904462340 - +44-19044462250 - k.Hughes@csl.gov.uk

Inghelbrecht Sven (Mr)
ILVO, Plant-Crop Protection, Mycology, Burg.Van Gansberghelaan 96, bus 2, 9820 MERELBEKE (BE) - +32-92722436 - +32-92722429 - sven.inghelbrecht@ilvo.vlaanderen.be

Kozelska Svetla (Ms)
Division of Diagnostics, State Phytosanitary Administration, Slechtitelu 23, 779 00 OLOMOUC (CZ) - +420-585570110 - +420-585227790 - svetla.kozelska@srs.cz

Monton Carmina (Ms)
Responsable del Laboratori de sanitat Vegetal D.A.R.P., Via de Circulacio Nord, Tram VI C/3 (Zona Franca), 8040 BARCELONA (ES) - +34-932234051 - +34-932234215 - cmonton@gencat.net

Müller Petra (Ms)
Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Plant Protection in Horticulture and Forests, Stahnsdorfer Damn 81, 14532 KLEINMACHNOW (DE) - +49-3320348377 - +49-3320348385 - petra.mueller@jki.bund.de

Ravnikar Maja (Ms)
Mirje 15, 1000 LJUBLJANA (SI) - +386-1-4233388 - +386-1-2573847 - Maja.ravnikar@nib.si

Sherokolava Natalia (Ms)
All-Russian Centre for Plant Quarantine, Pogranichnaya str. 32, 140150 MOSCOW Oblast, Ramensky region, Bykovo (RU) - +74-957857613 - +74-952237241 - natalia_sh@mail.ru

Taluntyte Loreta (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Phytosanitary Research Laboratory, Sukileliu str. 9A, LT-11351 VILNIUS (LT) - +370-2616801 - +370-2616801 - vaatlo@vaat.lt

Tegel Jukka (Mr)
 Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Plant Quarantine Laboratory, Mustialankatu 3, 00790 HELSINKI (FI) - +358-207725070 - +358-207725085 - jukka.tegel@evira.fi

van der Blom Marianne (Ms)
Plantenziektenkundinge Dienst, Geertjesweg 15, Postbus 9102, 6700 HC WAGENINGEN (NL) - +31-317496852 - +31-317421701 - m.van.der.blom@minlnv.nl

Van Vaerenbergh Johan (Mr)
Laboratory on bacterial Diseases,  CLO, Burg. Van Gansberghelaan 96, 9820 MERELBEKE (BE) - +32-92722476 - +32-92722429 - johan.vanvaerenbergh@ilvo.vlaanderen.be

EPPO
Petter Françoise (Ms)
Suffert Muriel (Ms)
OEPP/EPPO, 1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (FR) - +33/ 1 45 20 77 94 - +33/ 1 42 24 89 43 - hq@eppo.fr

Observer
CALVi marica (Ms)
Laboratorio Fitopatologico Regione Lombardia, Servizio Fitosanitario, Fondazione Minoprio, V.le Raimondi 54, 22070 Vertemate con Minoprio CO (IT) - +39 031 320520 - +39 02 3936090 - marica_calvi@regione.lombardia.it

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