Global consumption of meat and fish in human diets has increased rapidly, as the manufacturing process tries to meet demand, it inevitably brings a whole host of problems. Customers demand products to be authentic and free of contamination from both deliberate fraud and accidental cross-contamination during processing. To protect consumers this industry is highly regulated. EU Regulation 882/2004 requires official control laboratories to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and to use external means of monitoring performance, such as proficiency testing.

AXIO Proficiency Testing understands the importance of laboratories responsible for analysis in this sector to get it right. This is why we are proud to operate our Quality in Meat and Fish Scheme (QMAS). The scheme is intended for chemists and microbiologists working in or providing, analytical services to the meat, fish, and shellfish processing industries.