🇵🇱 WOJEWÓDZKI INSPEKTORAT WETERYNARII PL
Food & beveragesMaterials & polymersMicrobiology
WOJEWÓDZKI INSPEKTORAT WETERYNARII is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 594 (Zielona Góra, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 65 test methods in the following areas: Food & beverages, Materials & polymers, Microbiology. Test objects include: Feed, Products of animal origin, Feed, Feed, Feed premixes, Fish, Fish products. Most frequently used techniques: Real-time RT-PCR method, Gravimetric method, Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS).
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 594
- Methods in scope: 65
- Types of test objects: 32
- Techniques used: 28
- City: Zielona Góra, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 594
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- W ZIELONEJ GÓRZE, ul. Botaniczna 14, 65-306 Zielona Góra, ZAKŁAD HIGIENY WETERYNARYJNEJ, ul. Bohaterów Warszawy 4
- City
- Zielona Góra, Poland
What this laboratory tests (32)
- Feed — 20 methods
- Products of animal origin, Feed — 5 methods
- Feed, Feed premixes — 3 methods
- Fish, Fish products — 3 methods
- Animal blood serum E — 2 methods
- Animal brain tissue — 2 methods
- Food E, Feed E — 2 methods
- Food E, Feed E, Environmental samples from the food and feed production and trade area E — 2 methods
- Meat and meat products — 2 methods
- Raw meat of pigs, wild boar, wild boar-pig hybrids — 2 methods
- Bees, hive debris, brood E — 1 method
- Biological material originating — 1 method
- Biological material originating from birds (internal organs, intestines with contents, faeces swabs from the oropharyngeal cavity, trachea and cloaca) — 1 method
- Blood serum of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs — 1 method
- Cattle blood serum — 1 method
- and 17 more
Analytical techniques used (28)
- Real-time RT-PCR method — 7 methods
- Gravimetric method — 5 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 3 methods
- High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (HPLC-UV/VIS) — 3 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 3 methods
- Bulk sample leaching using the magnetic stirring method.; Reference method — 2 methods
- Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation — 2 methods
- Culture method with biochemical confirmation — 2 methods
- Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) — 2 methods
- Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG AAS) — 2 methods
- Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) — 2 methods
- Microscopic method — 2 methods
- Plate method (pour plate) — 2 methods
- Titrimetric method — 2 methods
- Acidified plate agglutination test (OKAP) — 1 method
- and 13 more
Laboratory locations
- Voivodeship Veterinary Inspectorate in Zielona Góra (main site) — ul. Botaniczna 14, 65-306 Zielona Góra
- Veterinary Hygiene Laboratory — ul. Bohaterów Warszawy 4, 66-400 Gorzów Wielkopolski
Accreditation scope — test methods (65)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test methods | |||||
| 1 | Food E, Feed | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 2 | Environmental samples from the food and feed production and distribution area E | Microorganism count | Plate method (pour plate) | Standards | |
| 3 | Food E | Microorganism count | Plate method (spread plate) | Standards | |
| 4 | Raw milk E | Somatic cell count | Microscopic method | Standards | |
| 5 | Milk and dairy products E | Presence of antibiotics, sulfonamides and other antibacterial substances | Gel diffusion method (Delvotest SP-NT) | Test procedures | |
| 6 | Food E, Feed (including water) E, Environmental samples from the food and feed production and trade area E, Biological material from animals and environmental samples from the primary production area E | Presence and identification of Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | Standards | |
| 7 | Food E, Feed E, Environmental samples from the food and feed production and trade area E | Presence of Listeria monocytogenes | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Standards | |
| 8 | Food E, Feed E | Presence of Clostridium perfringens | Standards Instructions standards | ||
| 9 | Food E, Feed E | Culture method with biochemical confirmation | Instructions | ||
| 10 | Food E, Feed E, Environmental samples from the food and feed production and trade area E | Presence of microorganism DNA | PCR method (BAX Q7 System) | Test procedures | |
| 11 | Bees, hive debris, brood E | Presence of Varroa destructor mites | Macroscopic method | Legal regulations | |
| 12 | Raw meat of pigs, wild boar, wild boar-pig hybrids | Presence of trichinae (Trichinella) | Bulk sample leaching using the magnetic stirring method.; 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 | |
| 13 | Feed excluding oilseeds and oilseed residues | Crude fat content Range (0,5 – 22,0) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III G, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III G, of 29 February 2024 | |
| 14 | Meat and meat products | Kjeldahl nitrogen content Range (0,9 - 4,8) % |
Titrimetric method | PN-75/A-04018 +Az3:2002 | |
| 15 | Meat and meat products | Protein content (calculated) | PN-75/A-04018 +Az3:2002 | ||
| 16 | Feed | Kjeldahl nitrogen content Range (0,02 - 11,2) % |
Titrimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III C, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III C, | |
| 17 | Feed | Protein content (calculated) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III C, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III C, | ||
| 18 | Feed | Presence and type of processed animal protein | Microscopic method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/893 of 7 June 2022 | |
| 19 | Feed | Metal content Iron (20 - 29 300) mg/kg Copper (10 – 9610) mg/kg Zinc (20 - 77700) mg/kg Manganese (20 – 66000) mg/kg Metal content |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV C, of 29 February 2024 | Implementing Regulation | |
| 20 | Feed | Iron (20 - 29 300) mg/kg |
…Commission (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV C, | ||
| 21 | Feed | Copper (10 – 9610) mg/kg |
of 29 February 2024 | ||
| 22 | Feed | Zinc (20 - 77700) mg/kg |
of 29 February 2024 | ||
| 23 | Feed | Manganese (20 – 66000) mg/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | of 29 February 2024 | |
| 24 | Feed | Metal content | PN-EN ISO 6869:2002 | ||
| 25 | Feed | Calcium (50 - 400000) mg/kg |
PN-EN ISO 6869:2002 | ||
| 26 | Feed | Magnesium (50 – 4 600) mg/kg |
PN-EN ISO 6869:2002 | ||
| 27 | Feed | Sodium (500 – 80 000) mg/kg |
PN-EN ISO 6869:2002 | ||
| 28 | Feed | Potassium (500 – 35 000) mg/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | PN-EN ISO 6869:2002 | |
| 29 | Feed | Selenium content Range (0,08 – 30 000) mg/kg |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG AAS) | PB-11/C edition 5 of 24.09.2025 | |
| 30 | Products of animal origin, Feed | Arsenic content Range (0,01 – 20) mg/kg |
Hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG AAS) | PB-03/C edition 7 of 24.09.2025 | |
| 31 | Products of animal origin, Feed | Mercury content Range (0,001 – 15) mg/kg |
Atomic absorption spectrometry with amalgamation technique (CV-AAS) | PB-04/C edition 7 of 24.09.2025 | PB-04/C edition 7 of 24.09.2025 | |
| 32 | Feed | Crude fibre content Range (0,4 – 23,0) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III H, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III H, of 29 February 2024 | |
| 33 | Feed | Phosphorus content Range (0,6 – 50,0) g/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | PN-ISO 6491:2000 | |
| 34 | Feed | Crude ash content Range (0,2-65)% |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III L, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III L, of 29 February 2024 | |
| 35 | Feed | Humidity Range (0,2- 93,0) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III A, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III A, of 29 February 2024 | |
| 36 | Feed | Homogeneity (calculated) based on the degree of mixing of the key component | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr.0200.1.6.2020 of 12 March 2020 | ||
| 37 | Feed | Insoluble solid impurities content in fats Range (0,02 – 20,00)% |
Gravimetric method | PB-05/C edition 6 of 01.09.2020 | |
| 38 | Feed, Feed premixes | Ionophore coccidiostat content Monensin: Range (0,57 – 236150,00) mg/kg Salinomycin: (0,69 – 147490,00) mg/kg Narasin: (0,60 – 9290,00) mg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (HPLC-UV/VIS) | PN-EN ISO 14183:2008 | |
| 39 | Feed, Feed premixes | Nicarbazin content (0,37 – 9210,00) mg/kg | High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (HPLC-UV/VIS) | PN-EN 15782:2009 | |
| 40 | Feed, Feed premixes | Lasalocid content Range (1,00 – 200,00) mg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV G, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV G, | |
| 41 | Feed, Feed materials, Feed mixtures, Concentrates – for ruminants | Urea content Range (3700 - 43 2000,00) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III D, of 29 February 2024 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III D, of 29 February 2024 | |
| 42 | Feed, Feed materials, Feed mixtures | Urea content Range (0,18 - 20,8)% |
Spectrophotometric method | PB-17/C edition 1 of 07.11.2024 | |
| 43 | Products of animal origin, Feed | Lead content Products of animal origin Range (0,016-1,326) mg/kg Feed Range (0,016-12,664) mg/kg Lead content |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PB-16/C edition 4 of 24.09.2025 | |
| 44 | Products of animal origin, Feed | Products of animal origin Range (0,016-1,326) mg/kg |
PB-16/C edition 4 of 24.09.2025 | ||
| 45 | Products of animal origin, Feed | Cadmium content Products of animal origin Range (0,008 -1,310) mg/kg Feed Range (0,008 – 11,720) mg/kg |
Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) | PB-16/C edition 4 of 24.09.2025 | |
| 46 | Fish, Fish products | Histamine content Range (2,40- 220,00) mg/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (HPLC-UV/VIS) | PB-15/C edition 4 of 14.03.2022 | |
| 47 | Fish, Fish products | Content of metals Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Ca, Na, K, Mg and P Fe (0,7- 19600) mg/kg Cu (4,53-6690) mg/kg Mn (1,0-42980) mg/kg Zn (2,65-33000) mg/kg Ca (0,0020-39,0)% Na (0,010-30,0)% K (0,0032-20,0)% Mg (0,0050-41,0)% P (0,0030-22,4)% |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PB-15/C edition 4 of 14.03.2022 | |
| 48 | Fish, Fish products | Content of metals Fe, Cu, Mn, Zn, Ca, Na, K, Mg and P Fe (0,7- 19600) mg/kg Cu (4,53-6690) mg/kg Mn (1,0-42980) mg/kg Zn (2,65-33000) mg/kg Ca (0,0020-39,0)% Na (0,010-30,0)% K (0,0032-20,0)% Mg (0,0050-41,0)% P (0,0030-22,4)% |
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) | PN-EN 15621:2017-09 | |
| 49 | Blood serum of cattle, sheep, goats and 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, NrGIWzVII.420/lab – 4/2003 | |
| 50 | Cattle blood serum | Presence of antibodies against, Brucella abortus | Tube agglutination method (OA) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. 26/2003 of 25 June 2003 No. GIWzVII.420/lab – 3/2003 | |
| 51 | Equine blood serum | Presence of antibodies against equine infectious anaemia virus (EIAV) | Agar gel immunodiffusion method (AGID) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-29/2016 of 7 September 2016 | |
| 52 | Samples taken at the primary production stage, including biological material: faeces, boot swabs, surface swabs, disinfection efficacy swabs, liners from transport containers, dust, chicks, internal organs of animals, chick down, meconium | Presence and identification, Salmonella spp. | Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation | PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09 ISO/TR 6579-3:2014 | |
| 53 | Animal brain tissue | Presence of lyssavirus antigen | Direct immunofluorescence method (IF) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr02010-3/2018 of 7 February 2018 | |
| 54 | Animal brain tissue | Presence of lyssavirus | Cell culture method (RTCIT) | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr02010-38/2016 of 12 December 2016 | |
| 55 | Raw meat of pigs, wild boar, wild boar-pig hybrids | Presence of trichinae ( Trichinella) | Bulk sample leaching using the magnetic stirring method.; 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 | |
| 56 | Biological material originating from birds (internal organs, intestines with contents, faeces swabs from the oropharyngeal cavity, trachea and cloaca) | Presence of genetic material of avian influenza virus type A together with detection of genetic material of subtypes, H5 and H7. | Real-time RT-PCR method | Instruction GLW No. BP.0200.1.5.2023 of 2 June 2023 I-14/Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer BP.0200.1.5.2023 of 2 June 2023 / edition 1 of 02.07.2025 | |
| 57 | Biological material originating | Presence of genetic material of Newcastle disease virus | Real-time RT-PCR method | Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer (GLW) No. BP.0200.1.4.2024 of | |
| 58 | from birds (internal organs, | Presence of genetic material of Newcastle disease virus | Real-time RT-PCR method | 22 January 2024 | |
| 59 | intestines with contents, faeces swabs from | Presence of genetic material of Newcastle disease virus | Real-time RT-PCR method | I-15/Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer | |
| 60 | of the oropharyngeal cavity, | Presence of genetic material of Newcastle disease virus | Real-time RT-PCR method | …Veterinary Officer BP.0200.1.4.2024 of 22… | |
| 61 | trachea and cloaca) | Presence of genetic material of Newcastle disease virus | Real-time RT-PCR method | …January 2024 / edition 2 of 24.11.2025 | |
| 62 | Animal blood serum E | Presence of antibodies | Enzyme immunoassay method (ELISA) | Instructions of the Chief Veterinary Officer test procedures | |
| 63 | Animal blood serum E | Presence of antibodies | Complement fixation test method (OWD) | Instructions of the Chief Veterinary Officer | |
| 64 | Ruminant blood E | Presence of bluetongue virus (BTV) RNA | Real-time RT-PCR method | Test procedures | |
| 65 | Feed E | Presence of specific DNA | Real-time PCR method | Legal regulations test procedures | |
Reference standards (50)
22 January 2024
I-15/Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer (GLW) No. BP.0200.1.4.2024 of
Instruction GLW No. BP.0200.1.5.2023 of 2 June 2023 I-14/Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer BP.0200.1.5.2023 of 2 June 2023 / edition 1 of 02.07.2025
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. BP.0200.1.8.2024 of 8 May 2024
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr-02010-29/2016 of 7 September 2016
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr.0200.1.6.2020 of 12 March 2020
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr02010-3/2018 of 7 February 2018
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. GIWpr02010-38/2016 of 12 December 2016
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. 26/2003 of 25 June 2003 No. GIWzVII.420/lab – 3/2003
Instruction of the Chief Veterinary Officer No. 27/2003 of 25 June 2003, NrGIWzVII.420/lab – 4/2003
Instructions
Instructions of the Chief Veterinary Officer
Instructions of the Chief Veterinary Officer test procedures
…Commission (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV C,
Standards
Standards Instructions standards
PB-03/C edition 7 of 24.09.2025
PB-04/C edition 7 of 24.09.2025
PB-05/C edition 6 of 01.09.2020
PB-11/C edition 5 of 24.09.2025
PB-15/C edition 4 of 14.03.2022
PB-16/C edition 4 of 24.09.2025
PB-17/C edition 1 of 07.11.2024
PN-75/A-04018 +Az3:2002
PN-EN 15621:2017-09
PN-EN 15782:2009
PN-EN ISO 14183:2008
PN-EN ISO 18743:2015-11+A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 + A1:2020-09 ISO/TR 6579-3:2014
PN-EN ISO 6869:2002
PN-ISO 6491:2000
Test procedures
Legal regulations
Legal regulations test procedures
Implementing Regulation
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/893 of 7 June 2022
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III A, of 29 February 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III C,
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III C, of 29 February 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III D, of 29 February 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III G, of 29 February 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III H, of 29 February 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex III L, of 29 February 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV C, of 29 February 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV G,
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771, Annex IV G, of 29 February 2024
…Veterinary Officer BP.0200.1.4.2024 of 22…
…January 2024 / edition 2 of 24.11.2025
of 29 February 2024