🇵🇱 WOJEWÓDZKI INSPEKTORAT WETERYNARII W OPOLU PL
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WOJEWÓDZKI INSPEKTORAT WETERYNARII W OPOLU is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 585 (Opole, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 74 test methods in the following areas: Food & beverages, Microbiology, Environment. Test objects include: Feed, Raw meat of pigs and wild boars, Meat and meat products, Environmental samples from the food production and trade area E. Most frequently used techniques: Reference method, Gravimetric method, Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 585
- Methods in scope: 74
- Types of test objects: 22
- Techniques used: 30
- City: Opole, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 585
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ZAKŁAD HIGIENY WETERYNARYJNEJ, ul. Wrocławska 170, 45-836 Opole
- City
- Opole, Poland
What this laboratory tests (22)
- Feed — 17 methods
- Raw meat of pigs and wild boars — 16 methods
- Meat and meat products — 6 methods
- Environmental samples from the food production and trade area E — 5 methods
- Feed, agricultural products — 5 methods
- Food E — 4 methods
- Feed E — 3 methods
- Blood serum of cattle and pigs — 2 methods
- Brain tissue — 2 methods
- Feed, Food — 2 methods
- Animal blood serum E — 1 method
- Bee brood — 1 method
- Bees, brood, hive debris — 1 method
- Bees, hive debris, brood, honey, food stores, wax — 1 method
- Biological material of animal origin: brain tissue, internal organs, swabs from the reproductive tract — 1 method
- and 7 more
Analytical techniques used (30)
- Reference method — 16 methods
- Gravimetric method — 11 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation — 4 methods
- Microscopic method — 4 methods
- Culture method with biochemical confirmation — 3 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 3 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and microscopic confirmation — 2 methods
- Gamma-ray spectrometry method — 2 methods
- High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC – FLD) — 2 methods
- Plate method (spread plate) — 2 methods
- Potentiometric titration method — 2 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 2 methods
- Titrimetric method — 2 methods
- Acidified plate agglutination test (OKAP) — 1 method
- Complement fixation test method (OWD) — 1 method
- and 15 more
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 19.12.2025
- Issue no.
- 25
Accreditation scope — test methods (74)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Feed, Water | Presence of rods of the genus, Salmonella | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09; White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme 2007 | |
| 2 | Feed | Enterobacteriaceae count at 37°C | Plate method (pour plate) | PN-ISO 21528-2:2017-08 | |
| 3 | Feed | Presence of animal protein DNA (ruminant / porcine / poultry) | Real – time PCR method | Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2013 of 16.01.2013, Annex VI, cl. 2.2; | PB-01/Mp edition 1, issue of 15.10.2021 | |
| 4 | Meat and meat products | Table salt content Range (0,62 - 6,00) % |
Potentiometric titration method | PN-73/A-82112 | PN-73/A-82112/ Az1:2002 | |
| 5 | Meat and meat products | Kjeldahl nitrogen content Range (0,07 - 4,6) % nitrogen Protein content (calculated) |
Titrimetric method | PN-75/A-04018 | |
| 6 | Meat and meat products | Nitrite content Range (6 - 100) mg/kg Nitrate content Range (7 - 330) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-74/A-82114 | |
| 7 | Meat and meat products | Total phosphorus content Range (0,21 - 0,78) % P2O5 Polyphosphate content (calculated) |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 2294:1999 | |
| 8 | Meat and meat products | Water content Range (36,0 – 84,0) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 1442:2000 | |
| 9 | Meat and meat products | Free fat content Range (1,4 - 44,2) % |
Gravimetric method | PN-ISO 1444:2000 | |
| 10 | Feed | Kjeldahl nitrogen content Range (0,75 – 13,68) % nitrogen Crude protein content (calculated) |
Titrimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex III, chapter C | |
| 11 | Feed | Crude fat content Range (0,8 – 44,6) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter G | |
| 12 | Feed | Crude fibre content Range (1,0 – 43,0) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter H | |
| 13 | Feed | Crude ash content Range (0,19 – 87,70) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex III, chapter L | |
| 14 | Feed | Phosphorus content Range (0,05 – 5,00) % |
Spectrophotometric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter N | |
| 15 | Feed | Chloride content Range (0,06 – 13,30) % |
Potentiometric titration method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter O | |
| 16 | Feed | Moisture content Range (2,00 - 77,10) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter A | |
| 17 | Feed | Homogeneity (calculated) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr.0200.1.6.2020 of 12 March 2020 | ||
| 18 | Feed | Content of botanical impurities Range (5 - 3500) mg/kg |
Gravimetric method | PB-12/CHPa edition 3 issue of 03.10.2019 | |
| 19 | Feed | Presence of live pests | Visual method | PB-13/CHPa edition 3 issue of 03.10.2019 | |
| 20 | Feed | Content of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid Range (0,04% - 7,36%) |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter M | |
| 21 | Feed, agricultural products | Fumonisin content Fumonisin B1, Range (10-4000) μg/kg Fumonisin B2 Range (10-4000) μg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | PB-15/CHPa edition 3 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy | |
| 22 | Feed, agricultural products | Ochratoxin A content. Range (0,9 - 150) μg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC – FLD) | PB-03/CHPa edition 4 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy | |
| 23 | Feed, agricultural products | Deoxynivalenol content Range (25 - 5000) μg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) | PB-07/CHPa edition 4 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy | |
| 24 | Feed, agricultural products | Zearalenone content Range (8 - 3000) μg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC – FLD) | PB-08/CHPa edition 4 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy | |
| 25 | Feed, agricultural products | Metal content calcium (0,24 – 455) g/kg copper (3,0 -18000) mg/kg zinc (14 – 62171) mg/kg sodium (0,076 – 102) g/kg potassium (0,05 – 49) g/kg iron (4,0 – 72000) mg/kg manganese (2,6 – 50000) mg/kg magnesium (0,01-74) g/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-EN ISO 6869:2002 | |
| 26 | Feed | Starch content Range (1,30 – 93,70 )% |
Polarimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter K | |
| 27 | Feed | Sugar content Range (1,00 – 59,00) % Sucrose content (calculated) |
Titrimetric method (Luff –Schoorl) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex III, chapter I | |
| 28 | Poultry feed | Estimation of energy value (calculated) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex VII | ||
| 29 | Feed | Content of packaging residues Range (0,05 – 1,00)% |
Gravimetric method | PB-17/CHPa edition 2, issue of 03.10.2019, developed on the basis of the KLP Instruction in Lublin | |
| 30 | Feed | Physical impurity content Range (0,002 – 1,000)% |
Gravimetric method | PB-17/CHPa edition 2, issue of 03.10.2019, developed on the basis of the KLP Instruction in Lublin | |
| 31 | Feed E | Presence of processed animal protein | Microscopic method | Legal regulations | |
| 32 | Raw milk | Somatic cell count | Microscopic method | PN-EN ISO 13366-1:2009 +AC:2009+Ap1:2009 | |
| 33 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 34 | Food E | Presence and identification of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | Standards | |
| 35 | Food E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 36 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (spread plate) | Standards | |
| 37 | Environmental samples from the food production and trade area E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 38 | Environmental samples from the food production and trade area E | Presence and identification of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | Standards | |
| 39 | Environmental samples from the food production and trade area E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 40 | Environmental samples from the food production and trade area E | Microorganism count | Plate method (spread plate) | Standards | |
| 41 | Environmental samples from the food production and trade area E | Presence of microorganisms | Culture method with biochemical and microscopic confirmation | Standards | |
| 42 | Samples taken at the primary production stage, including biological material: surface swabs, disinfection efficacy swabs, boot swabs, liners from transport containers, dust, faeces, chicks, internal organs of animals, chick down, meconium, dead-in-shell embryos, hatching eggs | Presence and identification of rods, Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09 ISO/TR 6579-3:2014 | |
| 43 | Brain tissue | Presence of lyssavirus antigen | Direct immunofluorescence method (IF) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-3/2018 of 7 February 2018 | |
| 44 | Bone sections | Presence of tetracycline marker (TC) | Microscopic method | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-36/2016 of 12 December 2016 | |
| 45 | Bees, hive debris, brood, honey, food stores, wax | Presence of Paenibacillus larvae | Culture method with biochemical and microscopic confirmation | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr 02010-23/2016 of 16 August 2016 | |
| 46 | Brain tissue | Presence of lyssavirus | Lyssavirus isolation in mouse neuroblastoma cell culture method (RTCIT) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-38/2016 of 12 December 2016 | |
| 47 | Blood serum, body cavity fluid | Presence of antibodies against rabies virus | Enzyme immunoassay method (ELISA) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-35/2016 of 12 December 2016 / test manufacturer's instructions | |
| 48 | Bees, brood, hive debris | Presence of Varroa destructor mites | Microscopic method | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr 02010-22/2016 of 16 August 2016 | |
| 49 | Biological material of animal origin: brain tissue, internal organs, swabs from the reproductive tract | Presence and identification of Listeria spp. | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-7/2018 of 31 August 2018 | |
| 50 | Bee brood | Presence of Melissococcus plutonius | Culture method with microscopic confirmation | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-24/2016 of 16 August 2016 | |
| 51 | Blood serum of cattle and small ruminants, pigs | Presence of antibodies against Brucella spp. | Acidified plate agglutination test (OKAP) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. 27/2003 of 25 June 2003, ref. GIW z VII.420/lab – 4/2003 | |
| 52 | Blood serum of cattle and pigs | Presence of antibodies against Brucella spp. | Tube agglutination test (OA) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. 26/2003 of 25 June 2003, No. GIW z VII.420/lab – 3/2003 | |
| 53 | Blood serum of cattle and pigs | Presence of antibodies against Brucella spp. | Complement fixation test method (OWD) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.3.2022 of 30 August 2022 | |
| 54 | Animal blood serum E | Presence of antibodies | ELISA method | Instructions of the Chief Veterinary Officer test procedures developed on the basis of the test manufacturer's instructions | |
| 55 | Feed, Food | Radionuclide activity concentration: 137Cs Range (0,20-4806,01) Bq/kg |
Gamma-ray spectrometry method | PN-EN ISO 20042:2022-01 | |
| 56 | Feed, Food | Radionuclide activity concentration: 134Cs Range (0,20 – 406,3) Bq/kg |
Gamma-ray spectrometry method | PN-EN ISO 20042:2022-01 | |
| 57 | Feed E | Genetic modification DNA content | Real-time PCR method | Standards, standardised documents ◄ | |
| 58 | Feed E | Presence of DNA of genetic modification | PCR / real-time PCR method | Standards, standardised documents ◄ | |
| 59 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 60 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 61 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 62 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 63 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 64 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 65 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 66 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 67 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 68 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 69 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 70 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 71 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 72 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 73 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
| 74 | Raw meat of pigs and wild boars | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) by the magnetic stirring method of digestion of a pooled sample. | Reference method | PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02 | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024 | |
Reference standards (51)
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. 26/2003 of 25 June 2003, No. GIW z VII.420/lab – 3/2003
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. 27/2003 of 25 June 2003, ref. GIW z VII.420/lab – 4/2003
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.3.2022 of 30 August 2022
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-3/2018 of 7 February 2018
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-35/2016 of 12 December 2016 / test manufacturer's instructions
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-36/2016 of 12 December 2016
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-38/2016 of 12 December 2016
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr.0200.1.6.2020 of 12 March 2020
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr 02010-22/2016 of 16 August 2016
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr 02010-23/2016 of 16 August 2016
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-24/2016 of 16 August 2016
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-7/2018 of 31 August 2018
Instructions of the Chief Veterinary Officer test procedures developed on the basis of the test manufacturer's instructions
Standards
Standards, standardised documents ◄
PB-01/Mp edition 1, issue of 15.10.2021
PB-03/CHPa edition 4 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy
PB-07/CHPa edition 4 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy
PB-08/CHPa edition 4 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy
PB-12/CHPa edition 3 issue of 03.10.2019
PB-13/CHPa edition 3 issue of 03.10.2019
PB-15/CHPa edition 3 issue of 03.10.2019 developed on the basis of instruction PIW-PIB in Puławy
PB-17/CHPa edition 2, issue of 03.10.2019, developed on the basis of the KLP Instruction in Lublin
PN-73/A-82112
PN-73/A-82112/ Az1:2002
PN-74/A-82114
PN-75/A-04018
PN-EN ISO 13366-1:2009 +AC:2009+Ap1:2009
PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 20042:2022-01
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09 ISO/TR 6579-3:2014
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09; White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme 2007
PN-EN ISO 6869:2002
PN-ISO 1442:2000
PN-ISO 1444:2000
PN-ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-ISO 2294:1999
Legal regulations
Commission Regulation (EU) No 51/2013 of 16.01.2013, Annex VI, cl. 2.2;
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter A
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex III, chapter C
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter G
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter H
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex III, chapter I
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter K
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex III, chapter L
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter M
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter N
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024, Annex III, Chapter O
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 Annex VII