🇵🇱 WOJEWÓDZKA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL
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WOJEWÓDZKA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 519 (Opole, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 173 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Food & beverages, Microbiology, Environment. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Food E, Water E, Workplace environment - air. Most frequently used techniques: Spectrophotometric method, Titrimetric method, Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 519
- Methods in scope: 173
- Types of test objects: 32
- Techniques used: 35
- City: Opole, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 519
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- W OPOLU, ul. Mickiewicza 1, 45-367 Opole
- City
- Opole, Poland
What this laboratory tests (32)
- Water, Water intended for human consumption — 68 methods
- Food E — 22 methods
- Water E — 16 methods
- Workplace environment - air — 11 methods
- Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E — 9 methods
- Faeces, rectal swab — 5 methods
- Meat and meat products including fish, seafood and their products — 3 methods
- Swimming pool water — 3 methods
- Fish and seafood products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Vegetable- and cereal-based snacks, Confectionery and pastry products, Fruit products, Vegetable products, Vegetable-meat products, Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable and animal fats, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements — 2 methods
- Milk and milk products, Meat and meat products, Vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, fish, Cereal grains and cereal-flour products, Raw feed — 2 methods
- Samples of food of plant origin - with high water content - with high acid content and high water content - with high starch and/or protein content and low protein and fat content - cereal-based foods for children — 2 methods
- Vegetable and animal oils and fats — 2 methods
- Water, Surface water, Water intended for human consumption — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - cold microclimate — 2 methods
- Workplace environment - hot microclimate — 2 methods
- and 17 more
Analytical techniques used (35)
- Spectrophotometric method — 35 methods
- Titrimetric method — 20 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation — 10 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 9 methods
- Culture method with biochemical confirmation — 7 methods
- Direct measurement method — 7 methods
- Potentiometric method — 7 methods
- Membrane filtration method — 6 methods
- Gamma-ray spectrometry method — 4 methods
- Conductometric method — 3 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 3 methods
- Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) — 3 methods
- Gravimetric method — 3 methods
- High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) — 3 methods
- Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) — 3 methods
- and 20 more
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 26.11.2025
- Issue no.
- 26
Accreditation scope — test methods (173)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Fish and seafood products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Vegetable- and cereal-based snacks, Confectionery and pastry products, Fruit products, Vegetable products, Vegetable-meat products, Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable and animal fats, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements | Content of sweeteners: acesulfame K saccharin aspartame acesulfame-K (1,2 - 3000) mg/kg (mg/l) saccharin (0,4 - 760) mg/kg (mg/l) aspartame (2,5 - 4000) mg/kg (mg/l) |
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) | PB/BC – 03, issue 06 of 15.11.2023 | |
| 2 | Fish and seafood products, Milk and dairy products, Cereal-flour products, Vegetable- and cereal-based snacks, Confectionery and pastry products, Fruit products, Vegetable products, Vegetable-meat products, Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable and animal fats, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements | Content of preservatives: benzoic acid and salts of benzoic acid expressed as benzoic acid sorbic acid and salts of sorbic acid expressed as sorbic acid benzoic acid and salts of benzoic acid expressed as benzoic acid Range (1,5 - 4000) mg/kg (mg/l) sorbic acid and salts of sorbic acid expressed as sorbic acid (1,0 - 3000) mg/kg (mg/l) |
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) | PB/BC – 03, issue 06 of 15.11.2023 | |
| 3 | Non-alcoholic beverages, Confectionery products (caramels), Food supplements | Caffeine content Range (3,0 - 1000) mg/l (mg/kg) |
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) | PB/BC – 03, issue 06 of 15.11.2023 | |
| 4 | Cereal products for children and processed cereal-based food for infants and young children | Mycotoxin content: T-2, HT-2 toxin T-2 toxin (1,25 - 10,0) μg/kg HT-2 toxin (1,25 - 10,0) μg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection (LC- MS/MS) total toxins (calculated) | PB/BC – 52, issue 03 of 30.04.2024 | |
| 5 | Cereals and cereal products | Mycotoxin content: T-2, HT-2 toxin T-2 toxin (2,5 - 180) μg/kg HT-2 toxin (2,5 - 125) μg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection (LC- MS/MS) total toxins (calculated) | PB/BC – 52, issue 03 of 30.04.2024 | |
| 6 | Food E | Colourant content | High-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection (HPLC-DAD) | PB/BC – 07 | |
| 7 | Food E | Mycotoxin content | High-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection (HPLC-DAD) | PZH Methodological Publications, 2005 | |
| 8 | Food E | Mycotoxin content | High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | PZH Methodological Publications, 2005 standards test procedures | |
| 9 | Food E | Metal content | Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PB/BC – 45 | |
| 10 | Food E | Metal content | Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | Publication of the National Food and Nutrition Institute, 1997; PB/BC – 45 | |
| 11 | Food E | Mercury content | Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (CVAAS) | PB/BC – 13 | |
| 12 | Food E | Arsenic content | Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HGAAS) | PB/BC – 22 | |
| 13 | Food E | Metal content | Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) | PN-EN 17851 | |
| 14 | Food E | Pesticide residue content | Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) and tandem mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS/MS); Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection (LC-MS/MS) | Standards | |
| 15 | Food E | Sensory analysis of food products | Descriptive method | PB/BC-31 | |
| 16 | Food E | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1 | |
| 17 | Food E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 18 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 19 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (spread plate) | Standards | |
| 20 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1 | |
| 21 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 22 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 23 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Metal concentrations: Aluminium, lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel Al (4,00 - 400) μg/l Pb (2,0 - 10) μg/l Cd (0,6 - 5) μg/l Cr (2,0 - 50) μg/l Ni (5,0 - 50) μg/l |
Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry method (ETAAS) | PB/BC – 42, issue 03 of 15.02.2016 | |
| 24 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Kjeldahl nitrogen concentration Range (0,30-10) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25663:2001 | |
| 25 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (3,0 - 800) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 26 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Calcium concentration Range (1 - 100) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 27 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Magnesium concentration Range (1 - 125) mg/l Calculated |
PN-C-04554-4:1999 | ||
| 28 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Dissolved oxygen concentration Range (0,2 - 20,0) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 25813:1997 | |
| 29 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Chloride concentration Range (5,00 - 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 30 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Permanganate index Range (0,56 - 10) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 31 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Biochemical oxygen demand after n days (BODn) Range (0,5 - 6,0) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN 1899-2:2002 | |
| 32 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,04 - 45,10) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-08:1982 | |
| 33 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate concentration Range (0,18 - 200,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-08:1982 | |
| 34 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite concentration Range (0,010 - 0,80) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 35 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,004 - 0,250) mg/l calculated |
PN-EN 26777:1999 | ||
| 36 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,03 - 3,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 excluding cl. 6b | |
| 37 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,040 - 3,86) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 excluding cl. 6b | |
| 38 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Free chlorine concentration, Range (0,05 - 6,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | |
| 39 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total chlorine concentration Range (0,05 - 6,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | |
| 40 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | ||
| 41 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Iron concentration Range (15,0 - 2000) μg/l Range (0,015 - 2,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06 | |
| 42 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (5 - 70) mg/l Pt |
Visual method | PN-EN ISO 7887: 2012+Ap1:2015-06; Method D | |
| 43 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,02 - 500) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 44 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | pH Range 2,0 - 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 45 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (5,00 - 3000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 46 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Concentration of fluorides, chlorides, nitrites, nitrates, sulphates and phosphates fluorides (0,050 - 4,0) mg/l chlorides (1,00 - 500) mg/l nitrites (0,010 - 3,00) mg/l nitrates (1,00 - 500) mg/l sulfates (1,00 - 500) mg/l phosphates (0,050 - 4,0) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012 | |
| 47 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Chlorite and chlorate concentration Chlorites (0,050 - 1,5) mg/l Chlorates (0,050 - 1,5) mg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 10304-4: 2022-08 | |
| 48 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Bromate concentration Bromates (2,5 - 50) μg/l |
Ion chromatography with conductometric detection (IC-CD) | PN-EN ISO 15061: 2003 | |
| 49 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons fluoranthene (0,0010 - 0,016) μg/l Range (0,000001 - 0,000016) mg/l benzo(b)fluoranthene (0,0010 - 0,016) μg/l (0,000001 - 0,000016) mg/l benzo(k)fluoranthene (0,0010 - 0,016) μg/l (0,000001 - 0,000016) mg/l benzo(a)pyrene (0,0010 - 0,016) μg/l (0,000001 - 0,000016) mg/l benzo(ghi)perylene (0,0010 - 0,016) μg/l (0,000001 - 0,000016) mg/l indeno (1,2,3-c,d)pyrene (0,0010 - 0,016) μg/l (0,000001 - 0,000016) mg/l |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | PB/BC – 18, issue 03 of 19.09.2023 | |
| 50 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Trihalomethane concentration chloroform (1,5 - 175) μg/l Range (0,0015 - 0,175) mg/l bromodichloromethane (1,5 - 175) μg/l (0,0015 - 0,175) mg/l dibromochloromethane (1,5 - 184) μg/l (0,0015 - 0,184) mg/l bromoform (1,5 - 0,180) μg/l (0,0015 - 0,180) mg/l |
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) | PB/BC – 59 issue 01 of 12.06.2024 | |
| 51 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | 1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethene and tetrachloroethene concentration Range 1,2-dichloroethane (0,90 - 6,0) μg/l trichloroethene (0,50 - 10) μg/l tetrachloroethene (0,50 - 10) μg/l |
Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) | PB/BC – 59 issue 01 of 12.06.2024 | |
| 52 | Swimming pool water | Redox potential (oxidation-reduction) at an Ag/AgCl 3,5 mol/l KCl electrode Range (200 - 800) mV |
Potentiometric method | PB/BC – 55 issue 03 of 02.10.2023 | |
| 53 | Water E | Pesticide concentration | Gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) | PB/BC – 26 | |
| 54 | Water E | Metal concentrations | Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) | PN-EN ISO 17294-2 | |
| 55 | Water E | Microorganism count | Membrane filtration method | Standards | |
| 56 | Water E | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count | Membrane filtration method | PZH methodology ZHK, 2007 | |
| 57 | Water E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 58 | Water E | Most probable number of microorganisms | MPN method | Standards | |
| 59 | Water E | Most probable number of microorganisms | Miniaturized method (MPN) | Standards | |
| 60 | Workplace environment - indoor and outdoor electric lighting | Illuminance Range (5 - 10000) lx |
Direct measurement method | PN-83/E-04040.03 | |
| 61 | Workplace environment - indoor and outdoor electric lighting | Illuminance uniformity (calculated) | PN-83/E-04040.03 | ||
| 62 | Workplace environment - noise | A-weighted equivalent sound pressure level Range (30 - 135) dB Maximum A-weighted sound pressure level Range (30 - 135) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (56 - 135) dB |
Direct measurement method | PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612: 2011 excluding the method covering strategies 2 and 3 cl. 10 and 11 | |
| 63 | Workplace environment - noise | Noise exposure level referred to: an 8-hour daily working time the average weekly working time (calculated) |
PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612: 2011 excluding the method covering strategies 2 and 3 cl. 10 and 11 | ||
| 64 | Workplace environment, Whole-body vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range (0,02 - 10) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN 14253 +A1:2011 | |
| 65 | Workplace environment, Whole-body vibration | Daily exposure, expressed as the 8-hour energy-equivalent frequency-weighted RMS vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate coefficients (1.4awx, 1.4awy, awz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes and less, expressed as the frequency-weighted RMS vibration acceleration dominant among the vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components taking into account the appropriate coefficients (1.4 ahwx, 1.4 ahwx, ahwz) (calculated) | PN-EN 14253 +A1:2011 | ||
| 66 | Workplace environment, Hand-transmitted vibration | Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration Range (0,06 - 50) m/s2 |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | |
| 67 | Workplace environment, Hand-transmitted vibration | Daily exposure, expressed as the energy-equivalent value for an 8- hour working day of the vector sum of the frequency-corrected r.m.s. vibration accelerations, determined for the three directional components. (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz), Exposure lasting 30 minutes or less, expressed as the vector sum of the frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration accelerations, determined for the three directional components (ahwx, ahwy, ahwz) (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11 | ||
| 68 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | Air temperature Range (10 - 30) °C Black globe temperature Range (10 - 40) °C Air humidity Range (25 - 75) % Air velocity Range (0,15 - 1,0) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | |
| 69 | Workplace environment - moderate microclimate | PMV index, PPD index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7730:2006 | ||
| 70 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | Air temperature Range (10 - 50) °C Black globe temperature Range (10 - 50) °C Natural wet bulb temperature Range (10 - 50) °C |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | |
| 71 | Workplace environment - hot microclimate | WBGT index, WBGTeff index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01 | ||
| 72 | Workplace environment - cold microclimate | Air temperature Range (-30 - +10) °C Black globe temperature Range (-30 - +10) °C Air humidity Range (25 - 75) % Air velocity Range (0,2 - 5) m/s |
Direct measurement method | PN-EN ISO 11079:2008 | |
| 73 | Workplace environment - cold microclimate | IREQ min index, IREQ neutral index, twc index (calculated) | PN-EN ISO 11079:2008 | ||
| 74 | Workplace environment - air | Carbon monoxide concentration Range (2,3 - 120) mg/m3 Range (2 - 102) ppm |
Electrochemical method | PB/BC – 36, issue 03 of 28.04.2022 | |
| 75 | Workplace environment - air | Nitrogen oxide concentration Range (0,15 - 8,0) μg in the sample Range (0,22 - 11,5) mg/m3 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-Z-04009-11:2008 | |
| 76 | Workplace environment - air | Nitrogen dioxide concentration Range (0,15 - 8,0) μg in the sample Range (0,07 - 3,5) mg/m3 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-Z-04009-11:2008 | |
| 77 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of iron oxides calculated as Fe iron (III) oxide iron (II) oxide triiron tetraoxide inhalable fraction Range (0,06 - 10) mg/m3 respirable fraction Range (0,06 - 10) mg/m3 |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-Z-04469:2015-10 | |
| 78 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of manganese and its inorganic compounds calculated as Mn inhalable fraction respirable fraction Range (0,003 - 1,0) mg/m3 |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-Z-04472:2015-10 | PN-Z-04472:2015-10/Ap1 | |
| 79 | Workplace environment - air | Formaldehyde concentration Range (0,030 - 1,6) mg/m3 high performance liquid chromatography method with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) |
Principles and Methods of Assessing the Working Environment, 1999, No. 22, pp. 96-100 | ||
| 80 | Workplace environment - air | Organic solvent concentration acetone (3 - 2700) mg/m3 benzene (0,05 - 3,4) mg/m3 n-butyl acetate (2 - 900) mg/m3 ethyl acetate (3 - 2600) mg/m3 ethylbenzene (2 - 900) mg/m3 o- xylene (1,0 - 400) mg/m3 m- xylene (1,0 - 400) mg/m3 p- xylene (1,0 - 400) mg/m3 toluene (1 - 480) mg/m3 trichloroethene (0,5 - 300) mg/m3 |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | PB/BC – 21, issue 05 of 27.03.2024 | |
| 81 | Workplace environment - air | Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to: industrial dusts inhalable fraction respirable fraction organic substances, including inhalable fraction inorganic substances, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction metals and their compounds, including inhalable fraction respirable fraction |
Personal dosimetry method | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+ Az1:2004 | |
| 82 | Workplace environment - air | Exposure index (calculated) | PN-Z-04008-7:2002+ Az1:2004 | ||
| 83 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of dust agents harmful to health- inhalable fraction: apatites and phosphorites -Portland cement titanium dioxide -natural graphite synthetic graphite amorphous and synthetic silica wood dusts flour dusts dusts not classified according to toxicity organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts carbon black talc coal (hard, brown) calcium magnesium carbonate (dolomite) silicon carbide, non-fibrous Range (0,10 - 17) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 84 | Workplace environment - air | Concentration of harmful dust agents - respirable fraction: apatites and phosphorites -Portland cement -natural graphite amorphous and synthetic silica organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts talc coal (hard, brown) Range (0,10 - 24) mg/m3 |
Gravimetric method | PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08 | |
| 85 | Water, Surface water, Water intended for human consumption | 137Cs radionuclide activity concentration Range (0,1 - 10000) Bq/dm3 Range (0,1 - 10000) Bq/kg |
Gamma-ray spectrometry method | PB/BC – 05, issue 05 of 23.07.2025 | |
| 86 | Milk and milk products, Meat and meat products, Vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, fish, Cereal grains and cereal-flour products, Raw feed | 137Cs radionuclide activity concentration Range (1,0 - 10000) Bq/dm3 Range (1,0 - 10000) Bq/kg |
Gamma-ray spectrometry method | PB/BC – 05, issue 05 of 23.07.2025 | |
| 87 | Water, Surface water, Water intended for human consumption | 137Cs radionuclide activity concentration Range (0,1 - 1500) Bq/dm3 Range (0,1 - 1500) Bq/kg |
Gamma-ray spectrometry method | PN-EN ISO 20042:2022-01 | PN-EN ISO 10703:2021-12 | |
| 88 | Milk and milk products, Meat and meat products, Vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, Poultry and poultry products, Eggs and egg products, fish, Cereal grains and cereal-flour products, Raw feed | 137Cs radionuclide activity concentration Range (0,1 - 1500) Bq/dm3 Range (0,1 - 1500) Bq/kg |
Gamma-ray spectrometry method | PN-EN ISO 20042:2022-01 | |
| 89 | Faeces, rectal swab | Presence and identification of rods of the genera Salmonella and Shigella | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB/OM – 05, issue 06 of 23.09.2025 | based on methodological publications and test manufacturer's instructions | |
| 90 | Faeces, rectal swab | Presence and identification of pathogenic enteric rods, Escherichia coli and Yersinia spp | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB/OM – 17, issue 08 of 23.09.2025 | based on methodological publications and test manufacturer's instructions | |
| 91 | Faeces, rectal swab | Presence and identification of bacteria of the genus Campylobacter | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | PB/OM – 19, issue 07 of 23.09.2025 | based on methodological publications | |
| 92 | Faeces | Presence of Noroviruses | Enzyme immunoassay method (ELISA) | PB/OM – 26, issue 04 of 26.08.2025 based on the test manufacturer's instructions | |
| 93 | Meat and meat products including, Fish, seafood and their products, Cereal grains and cereal-flour products, Food supplements, Confectionery and pastry products, Food concentrates, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses | Total nitrogen content Range (0,03 - 8,50) % Protein content calculated |
Titrimetric method | PN-75/A-04018 | |
| 94 | Meat and meat products including fish, seafood and their products | Nitrite content as NaNO2 Range (2 - 280) mg/kg Nitrate content as NaNO3 Range (10 - 400) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 35, issue 01 of 02.07.2007 | |
| 95 | Meat and meat products including fish, seafood and their products | Total phosphorus content as P2O5 Range (0,01 - 0,80) % Range (0,1 - 8,0) g/kg |
Gravimetric method | PN-A-82060:1999 | |
| 96 | Meat and meat products including fish, seafood and their products | Added phosphorus content as P2O5 Range (0,01 - 0,80) % Range (0,1 - 8,0) g/kg Calculated |
PN-A-82060:1999 | ||
| 97 | Fruit, vegetables and their products | Nitrate content as NO3 - Range (2 - 10000) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-A-75112:1992 | |
| 98 | Milk and dairy products – products for infants and young children | Nitrate content as NO3 - Range (2 - 270) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 14673-1:2004/ Ap1:2007 | |
| 99 | Milk and dairy products – cheeses | Nitrate content as NO3 - Range (6 - 100) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN ISO 14673-1:2004/ Ap1:2007 | |
| 100 | Wines and meads | Sulfur dioxide content as SO2 Range (5 - 570) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-A-79120-10:1990 | |
| 101 | Vegetable preserves | Sulfur dioxide content as SO2 Range (12 - 1180) mg/kg |
Titrimetric method | PN-A-75101-23:1990 excluding cl. 2.3.a and 3, Az 2:2002 | |
| 102 | Dried fruit | Content of sulphites and sulphur dioxide as SO2 Range (10 - 4460) mg/kg |
Titrimetric method after distillation | PN-EN 1988-1:2001 | |
| 103 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (5,0 - 600) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 104 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Calcium concentration Range (2,0 - 100) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 105 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Magnesium concentration Range (1,5 - 100) mg/l Calculated |
PN-C-04554-4:1999 | ||
| 106 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Chloride concentration Range (5,00 - 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 107 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Permanganate index Range (0,50 - 10) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 108 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,04 - 45,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576.08 | |
| 109 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate concentration Range (0,18 - 200,0) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-82/C-04576.08 | |
| 110 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite concentration Range (0,0080 - 0,66) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 111 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,0020 - 0,20) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 112 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,040 - 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 excluding cl. 6b | |
| 113 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,050 - 2,56) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 excluding cl. 6b | |
| 114 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Free chlorine concentration, Range (0,03 - 6,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | |
| 115 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total chlorine concentration Range (0,03 - 6,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | |
| 116 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | ||
| 117 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Iron concentration Range (40,0 - 3000) μg /l Range (0,0400 - 3,000) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6332:2001+ Ap1:2016-06 | |
| 118 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Fluoride concentration Range (0,10 - 10) mg/l |
Potentiometric method | PB/BC – 30, issue 02 of 04.02.2008 | |
| 119 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,02 - 20) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 120 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | pH Range 2,0 - 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 121 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (1 - 100 000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 122 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (5 - 70) mg/l Pt |
Visual method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06; Method D | |
| 123 | Swimming pool water | Redox potential (oxidation-reduction) at an Ag/AgCl 3,5 mol/l KCl electrode Range (270 - 800) mV |
Potentiometric method | PB/BC – 55 issue 03 of 02.10.2023 | |
| 124 | Food E | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1 | |
| 125 | Food E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 126 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 127 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (spread plate) | Standards | |
| 128 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1 | |
| 129 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 130 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 131 | Water E | Microorganism count | Membrane filtration method | Standards | |
| 132 | Water E | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count | Membrane filtration method | PZH methodology ZHK, 2007 | |
| 133 | Water E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 134 | Water E | Most probable number of microorganisms | MPN method | Standards | |
| 135 | Water E | Most probable number of microorganisms | Miniaturized method (MPN) | Standards | |
| 136 | Table salt | Iodine content Range (5 - 50) mg I-/kg Content of potassium iodide and potassium iodate (calculated) |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 49, issue 01 of 12.03.2012 | |
| 137 | Samples of food of plant origin - with high water content - with high acid content and high water content - with high starch and/or protein content and low protein and fat content - cereal-based foods for children | Content of dithiocarbamates and thiuram disulfide expressed as CS2 Range (0,2 - 5,0) mg/kg CS2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 12396-1:2002 | |
| 138 | Samples of food of plant origin - with high water content - with high acid content and high water content - with high starch and/or protein content and low protein and fat content - cereal-based foods for children | Content of dithiocarbamates and thiuram disulfide expressed as CS2 Range (0,01 - 0,2) mg/kg CS2 |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 12396-3:2002 | |
| 139 | Vegetable and animal oils and fats | Acid value Range (0,05 - 70,0) mg/g KOH |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 660:2010 excluding cl. 9.2 and 9.3 | |
| 140 | Vegetable and animal oils and fats | Peroxide value Range (0,1 - 30,0) milliequivalents active oxygen/kg |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 3960:2012 | |
| 141 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total content of calcium and magnesium (total hardness) Range (5 - 600) mg/l CaCO3 |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6059:1999 | |
| 142 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Calcium concentration Range (2 - 100) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 6058:1999 | |
| 143 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Magnesium concentration Range (1 - 125) mg/l Calculated |
PN-C-04554-4:1999 | ||
| 144 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Chloride concentration Range (5,00 - 400) mg/l |
Titrimetric method | PN-ISO 9297:1994 | |
| 145 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Permanganate index Range (0,50 - 10) mg/l O2 |
Titrimetric method | PN-EN ISO 8467:2001 | |
| 146 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate nitrogen concentration Range (0,1 - 45,25) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-08:1982 | |
| 147 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrate concentration Range (0,44 - 200) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-08:1982 | |
| 148 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite concentration Range (0,01 - 0,82) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 149 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Nitrite nitrogen concentration Range (0,003 - 0,25) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-EN 26777:1999 | |
| 150 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium nitrogen concentration Range (0,04 - 2,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 excluding cl. 6b | |
| 151 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Ammonium ion concentration Range (0,05 - 2,57) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-C-04576-4:1994 excluding cl. 6b | |
| 152 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Free chlorine concentration Range (0,03 - 4,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | |
| 153 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Total chlorine concentration Range (0,03 - 6,00) mg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | |
| 154 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Combined chlorine concentration (calculated) | PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023 | based on Visocolor 936220 and Visocolor 936221 | ||
| 155 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Iron concentration Range (14 - 5000) μg/l |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6332:2001+ Ap1:2016-06 | |
| 156 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Turbidity Range (0,02 - 100) NTU |
Nephelometric method | PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09 | |
| 157 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | pH Range 2,0 - 12,0 |
Potentiometric method | PN-EN ISO 10523:2012 | |
| 158 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Electrical conductivity Range (5 - 3000) μS/cm |
Conductometric method | PN-EN 27888:1999 | |
| 159 | Water, Water intended for human consumption | Colour Range (5 - 70) mg/l Pt |
Visual method | PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06; Method D | |
| 160 | Swimming pool water | Redox potential (oxidation-reduction) at an Ag/AgCl 3,5 mol/l KCl electrode Range (200 - 800) mV |
Potentiometric method | PB/BC – 55 issue 03 of 02.10.2023 | |
| 161 | Food E | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1 | |
| 162 | Food E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 163 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 164 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (spread plate) | Standards | |
| 165 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Presence of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1 | |
| 166 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 167 | Environmental samples from food production and food trade areas E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 168 | Water E | Microorganism count | Membrane filtration method | Standards | |
| 169 | Water E | Coagulase-positive staphylococci count | Membrane filtration method | PZH methodology ZHK, 2007 | |
| 170 | Water E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 171 | Water E | Most probable number of microorganisms | Miniaturized method (MPN) | Standards | |
| 172 | Faeces, rectal swab | Presence and identification of rods of the genera Salmonella and Shigella | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB/OM – 05, issue 06 of 23.09.2025 | based on methodological publications and test manufacturer's instructions | |
| 173 | Faeces, rectal swab | Presence and identification of pathogenic enteric rods: Escherichia coli and Yersinia spp | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PB/OM – 17, issue 08 of 23.09.2025 | based on methodological publications and test manufacturer's instructions | |
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PB/BC – 05, issue 05 of 23.07.2025
PB/BC – 07
PB/BC – 13
PB/BC – 18, issue 03 of 19.09.2023
PB/BC – 21, issue 05 of 27.03.2024
PB/BC – 22
PB/BC – 26
PB/BC – 30, issue 02 of 04.02.2008
PB/BC – 35, issue 01 of 02.07.2007
PB/BC – 36, issue 03 of 28.04.2022
PB/BC – 42, issue 03 of 15.02.2016
PB/BC – 45
PB/BC – 49, issue 01 of 12.03.2012
PB/BC – 52, issue 03 of 30.04.2024
PB/BC – 54 issue 03 of 20.09.2023
PB/BC – 55 issue 03 of 02.10.2023
PB/BC – 59 issue 01 of 12.06.2024
PB/BC-31
PB/OM – 05, issue 06 of 23.09.2025
PB/OM – 17, issue 08 of 23.09.2025
PB/OM – 19, issue 07 of 23.09.2025
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PN-82/C-04576.08
PN-83/E-04040.03
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PN-A-79120-10:1990
PN-A-82060:1999
PN-C-04554-4:1999
PN-C-04576-08:1982
PN-C-04576-4:1994 excluding cl. 6b
PN-EN 12396-1:2002
PN-EN 12396-3:2002
PN-EN 14253 +A1:2011
PN-EN 17851
PN-EN 1899-2:2002
PN-EN 1988-1:2001
PN-EN 25663:2001
PN-EN 25813:1997
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10304-1:2009+AC:2012
PN-EN ISO 10304-4: 2022-08
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 10703:2021-12
PN-EN ISO 11079:2008
PN-EN ISO 14673-1:2004/ Ap1:2007
PN-EN ISO 15061: 2003
PN-EN ISO 17294-2
PN-EN ISO 20042:2022-01
PN-EN ISO 3960:2012
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
PN-EN ISO 6579-1
PN-EN ISO 660:2010 excluding cl. 9.2 and 9.3
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7243:2018-01
PN-EN ISO 7730:2006
PN-EN ISO 7887: 2012+Ap1:2015-06; Method D
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06; Method D
PN-EN ISO 8467:2001
PN-EN ISO 9612: 2011 excluding the method covering strategies 2 and 3 cl. 10 and 11
PN-ISO 6058:1999
PN-ISO 6059:1999
PN-ISO 6332:2001+ Ap1:2016-06
PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
PN-ISO 9297:1994
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+ Az1:2004
PN-Z-04009-11:2008
PN-Z-04469:2015-10
PN-Z-04472:2015-10
PN-Z-04472:2015-10/Ap1
PN-Z-04507:2022-05
PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
PN-Z-04508:2022-05
PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
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based on methodological publications and test manufacturer's instructions