Do you need control materials to validate your methods or carry out your quality control?

In addition to organizing proficiency testing schemes, we provide you with leftover samples from proficiency testing rounds in the agri-food and environmental fields. These are available for laboratories that wish to develop internal quality controls with safe samples. All of them come with a certificate that includes:

  • Assigned value and associated uncertainty, and the number of laboratories assigning it
  • Details about the nature of the sample, representative of the matrices commonly analyzed

GSCMEAT/2024

Turkey breast

M1A: Water activity, Ashes (%), Total phosphorus (mg/kg P2O5), C16:0 Palmitic acid (%), C16:1 Palmitoleic acid (%)*, C18:1 Oleic acid (%), C18:2n6 Linoleic acid (%), C18:3n3 Linolenic acid (%)*, Monounsaturated fatty acids (%), Polyunsaturated fatty acids (%), Saturated fat (%), Fat (%), Carbohydrates (%), Hydroxyproline (%)*, Moisture (%)(1), pH (pH units), Crude protein (N% x 6.25) (%), Salt (g/100g NaCl), Sodium (%), Energy value (kcal/100g)

M1B: Nitrates (mg/kg Sodium nitrate), Nitrites (mg/kg Sodium nitrite)(1)

GSCNU 2024

Prepared dish (Chickpea salad)

Nutritional composition in foods

M1: Total sugars (% w/w), Calcium (mg/100g)*, Ashes (% w/w), Energy (kcal/100g)*, Dietary fiber (% w/w)*, Total phosphorus (mg/100g)*, Crude fat with prior hydrolysis (% w/w), Saturated fats (% w/w)*, Metabolizable carbohydrates (% w/w)*(2), Total carbohydrates (% w/w)*(2), Moisture (% w/w)(1), Crude protein (N × 6.25) (% w/w), Sodium (mg/100g)

GSCSLU/2024

Sludge

M1: Total calcium (% (CaO) d.w.)* Conductivity at 25ºC (1:5) (µS/cm)* Total phosphorus (% (P2O5) d.w.)* Iron (mg/kg d.w.)* Total magnesium (% (MgO) d.w.)* Organic matter (% d.w.) Dry matter (%) Kjeldahl nitrogen* (% d.w.)* pH (1:5) (in aqueous extract) (pH units)* Total potassium (% (K2O) d.w.)*

OLIVE OIL-1/2024

Olive oil

OLIVE OIL: QUALITY PARAMETERS

M1: K232 (-), K268 (-)*, K270 (-), Delta-K (-), Total acidity (% oleic acid), Peroxides (meq O2/kg), Ethyl esters (mg/kg)

M2A: K232 (-), K268 (-)*, K270 (-), Delta-K (-), Total acidity (% oleic acid), Peroxides (meq O2/kg), Ethyl esters (mg/kg)

M2B: Moisture (%), Impurities (%)

OLIVE OIL-1/2025

OLIVE OIL

OLIVE OIL QUALITY PARAMETERS

M1: K232 (-), K268 (-), K270 (-), Delta-K (-), Total acidity (% oleic acid), Peroxides (meq O₂/kg), Ethyl esters (mg/kg)

M2A: K232 (-), K268 (-), K270 (-), Delta-K (-), Total acidity (% oleic acid), Peroxides (meq O₂/kg), Ethyl esters (mg/kg),

M2B: Moisture (%), Impurities (%)

OLIVE OIL-2 2024

Olive Oil

Olive Oil. Purity Parameters

ACEITE DE OLIVA – PARÁMETROS DE PUREZA

M1: Ácido láurico (12:0) (%), Ácido mirístico (14:0) (%), Ácido palmítico (16:0) (%), Ácido palmitoleico (16:1) (%), Ácido heptadecanoico (17:0) (%), Ácido heptadecenoico (17:1) (%), Ácido esteárico (18:0) (%), Ácido oléico (18:1) (%), Ácido linoléico (18:2) (%), Ácido linolénico (18:3) (%), Ácido araquídico (20:0) (%), Ácido eicosenoico (20:1) (%), Ácido behénico (22:0) (%), Ácido erúcico (22:1) (%), Ácido lignocérico (24:0) (%), Isómeros trans oléicos (%), Isómeros trans linoleicos + linolénicos (%), Colesterol (%), Brasicasterol (%), Campesterol (%), Estigmasterol (%), Delta-7-estigmastenol (%), Beta-sitosterol (%), Beta-sitosterol aparente (%), Esteroles totales (mg/kg), Monopalmitato de 2-glicerilo (%), Ceras (C40+C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), Ceras (C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), Diferencia ECN-42 (-), Eritrodiol + Uvaol (%), Alcoholes alifáticos totales (mg/kg), Estigmastadienos (mg/kg), Insaponificable (%), Relación 1:2/1:3 diglicéridos (%), Valor real ECN-42 (-). M2: Ácido láurico (12:0) (%), Ácido mirístico (14:0) (%), Ácido palmítico (16:0) (%), Ácido palmitoleico (16:1) (%), Ácido heptadecanoico (17:0) (%), Ácido heptadecenoico (17:1) (%), Ácido esteárico (18:0) (%), Ácido oléico (18:1) (%), Ácido linoléico (18:2) (%), Ácido linolénico (18:3) (%), Ácido araquídico (20:0) (%), Ácido eicosenoico (20:1) (%), Ácido behénico (22:0) (%), Ácido erúcico (22:1) (%), Ácido lignocérico (24:0) (%), Isómeros trans oléicos (%), Isómeros trans linoleicos + linolénicos (%), Colesterol (%), Brasicasterol (%), Estigmasterol (%), Delta-7-estigmastenol (%), Beta-sitosterol (%), Beta-sitosterol aparente (%), Esteroles totales (mg/kg), Monopalmitato de 2-glicerilo (%), Ceras (C40+C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), Ceras (C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), Diferencia ECN-42 (-), Eritrodiol + Uvaol (%), Alcoholes alifáticos totales (mg/kg), Estigmastadienos (mg/kg), Insaponificable (%), Relación 1:2/1:3 diglicéridos (%)*, Valor real ECN-42 (-).

OLIVE OIL-2/2025

OLIVE OIL

OLIVE OIL – PURITY PARAMETERS

M1: Lauric acid (12:0) (%), Myristic acid (14:0) (%), Palmitic acid (16:0) (%), Palmitoleic acid (16:1) (%), Heptadecanoic acid (17:0) (%), Heptadecenoic acid (17:1) (%), Stearic acid (18:0) (%), Oleic acid (18:1) (%), Linoleic acid (18:2) (%), Linolenic acid (18:3) (%), Arachidic acid (20:0) (%), Eicosenoic acid (20:1) (%), Behenic acid (22:0) (%), Erucic acid (22:1) (%), Lignoceric acid (24:0) (%), Trans-oleic isomers (%), Trans-linoleic + linolenic isomers (%), Cholesterol (%), Brassicasterol (%), Campesterol (%), Stigmasterol (%), Delta-7-stigmastenol (%), Beta-sitosterol (%), Apparent beta-sitosterol (%), Total sterols (mg/kg), 2-Monopalmitoyl glycerol (%), Waxes (C40+C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), Waxes (C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), ECN-42 difference (-), Erythrodiol + Uvaol (%), Total aliphatic alcohols (mg/kg), Stigmastadienes (mg/kg), Unsaponifiables (%), 1:2 / 1:3 diglyceride ratio (%), Actual ECN-42 value (-)

M2: Lauric acid (12:0) (%), Myristic acid (14:0) (%), Palmitic acid (16:0) (%), Palmitoleic acid (16:1) (%), Heptadecanoic acid (17:0) (%), Heptadecenoic acid (17:1) (%), Stearic acid (18:0) (%), Oleic acid (18:1) (%), Linoleic acid (18:2) (%), Linolenic acid (18:3) (%), Arachidic acid (20:0) (%), Eicosenoic acid (20:1) (%), Behenic acid (22:0) (%), Erucic acid (22:1) (%), Lignoceric acid (24:0) (%), Trans-oleic isomers (%), Trans-linoleic + linolenic isomers (%), Cholesterol (%), Brassicasterol (%), Campesterol (%), Stigmasterol (%), Delta-7-stigmastenol (%), Beta-sitosterol (%), Apparent beta-sitosterol (%), Total sterols (mg/kg), 2-Monopalmitoyl glycerol (%), Waxes (C40+C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), Waxes (C42+C44+C46) (mg/kg), ECN-42 difference (-), Erythrodiol + Uvaol (%), Total aliphatic alcohols (mg/kg), Stigmastadienes (mg/kg), Unsaponifiables (%), 1:2 / 1:3 diglyceride ratio (%), Actual ECN-42 value (-)

OLIVE OIL-3/2024

Olive Oil

Olives Oil

MA: ARSENIC (mg/kg) (1), CADMIUM (mg/kg), MERCURY (mg/kg) (1), LEAD (mg/kg) (1)

MB: Benzo(a)anthracene (µg/kg) (2), Benzo(a)pyrene (µg/kg), Benzo(b)fluoranthene (µg/kg), Chrysene (µg/kg) (1), Acetamiprid (µg/kg) (2), Chlorpyrifos (µg/kg) (1), Chlorpyrifos-methyl (µg/kg) (2), Ethion (µg/kg) (2), Phenthoate (µg/kg) (2), Propamocarb (µg/kg) (2), Propoxur (µg/kg) (1)