This system is open for purposes from all labs which have participated within the AOCS-GOED Nutraceutical Oil Laboratory Proficiency Program (LPP).
The ‘Particular Achievement’ designation shall be given to qualifying laboratories for a one-year time period, legitimate from July 1 to June 30. Throughout this era, GOED will actively promote these laboratories to its members and the general public. Moreover, GOED will prioritize referring these laboratories to firms looking for testing services for the quantification of EPA and DHA.
LPP outcomes should be resubmitted every year to proceed to be awarded this title in subsequent years.
EPA and DHA in an oil matrix are among the many most difficult substances to quantify reliably, Gerard Bannenberg, PhD, GOED’s director of technical compliance and outreach defined: “But by choosing the proper technique, executing it appropriately, constructing expertise and collaborating within the AOCS GOED Nutraceutical Oils Laboratory Proficiency Program, a laboratory can obtain excessive proficiency.”
The standards used to qualify laboratories shall be quantification of EPA and DHA (as mg/g in free fatty acid equivalents) inside 2% of the imply consensus worth (± 4 mg/g shall be accepted for outcomes under 200 mg/g).
The outcomes must be obtained with one of many strategies really helpful by GOED: GOED Fatty Acid Technique, Ph.Eur. 2.4.29, USP 401 or AOCS Ce1i-07.
Bannenberg added this system is a part of GOED’s ongoing dedication to high quality and enhancing client confidence in omega-3 merchandise.
“The Particular Achievement Program is one side of GOED’s actions to enhance the flexibility and ambition of laboratories to turn into more adept in testing EPA/DHA omega-3 ingredient oils and completed merchandise […],” he mentioned.
“GOED believes there may be room for additional enchancment, since important variability within the capacity of laboratories to reliably quantify EPA and DHA in omega-3 oils is famous within the Laboratory Proficiency Program.”
