🇵🇱 POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA PL

PCA AB 561 • Grudziądz, Poland • 48 methods

Water & wastewaterMicrobiologyEnvironmentPharma & cosmeticsFood & beverages

POWIATOWA STACJA SANITARNO-EPIDEMIOLOGICZNA is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 561 (Grudziądz, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 48 test methods in the following areas: Water & wastewater, Microbiology, Environment, Pharma & cosmetics. Test objects include: Water, Water intended for human consumption, Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products,…, Workplace environment - air, Water intended for human consumption. Most frequently used techniques: Membrane filtration method, Plate method pour plate, Spectrophotometric method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 561
  • Methods in scope: 48
  • Types of test objects: 11
  • Techniques used: 18
  • City: Grudziądz, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 561
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
W GRUDZIĄDZU, ul. Kosynierów Gdyńskich 31, 86-300 Grudziądz
City
Grudziądz, Poland

What this laboratory tests (11)

Analytical techniques used (18)

Accreditation scope — test methods (48)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Enterobacteriaceae count Plate method pour plate PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
2 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Listeria monocytogenes count Plate method spread plate PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
3 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Presence of Listeria monocytogenes Culture method with biochemical confirmation PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
4 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Presence of coagulase-positive staphylococci Culture method PN-EN ISO 6888-3:2004 + AC:2005
5 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Presence of Salmonella spp Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
6 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Presence of coliform bacteria Culture method PN-ISO 4831:2007
7 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Coliform bacteria count Plate method pour plate PN-ISO 4832:2007
8 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Total viable count at 30°C Plate method pour plate PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
9 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Coagulase-positive staphylococci count Plate method pour plate PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03+A1:2024-02
10 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Count of β-glucuronidase-positive E. coli Plate method pour plate PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
11 Meat, offal and meat products, Poultry, offal and poultry products, eggs and egg products, Fish, seafood and their products, Milk and milk products, Cereal-flour products, Confectionery and pastry products, Sugar, Vegetables and vegetable preserves, Fruit and fruit preserves, Mushrooms, Non-alcoholic beverages, Vegetable fats, Food concentrates, Mayonnaises, mustards, sauces, Herbs, spices, Coffee, tea, cocoa, fruit and herbal teas, Delicatessen and culinary products, Foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses, Food supplements, Food additives Presumptive Bacillus cereus count Plate method spread plate PN-EN ISO 7932:2005
12 Water intended for human consumption Sampling for microbiological testing PN-EN ISO 19458:2007
13 Water intended for human consumption Sampling for chemical and physical testing PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10
14 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total viable count at 36 °C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
15 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total viable count at 22 °C Plate method (pour plate) PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
16 Water, Water intended for human consumption Coliform bacteria count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
17 Water, Water intended for human consumption Escherichia coli count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
18 Water, Water intended for human consumption Intestinal enterococci count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
19 Water, Water intended for human consumption Pseudomonas aeruginosa count Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
20 Water, Water intended for human consumption, Swimming pool water Legionella sp. count, Matrix A, Procedure 5 (BCYE medium), Procedure 7 (GVPC medium) Membrane filtration method PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08+Ap1:2019-12
21 Biological material- human faeces, Bacterial strain Presence and identification of rods of the genus Salmonella Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB-01/LEP wydanie 4 z dnia 02.08.2021 r.
22 Biological material- human faeces, Bacterial strain Presence and identification of rods of the genus Shigella Culture method with biochemical and serological confirmation PB-01/LEP wydanie 4 z dnia 02.08.2021 r.
23 Biological material- human faeces, Bacterial strain Presence of Salmonella Latex method PB-02/L.EP wydanie 3 z dnia 02.08.2021 r.
24 Biological indicator for monitoring the effectiveness of the sterilisation process Presence of indicator microorganisms Geobacillus stearothermophillus Culture method PB-03/LEP wydanie 2 z dnia 02.08.2021 r.
25 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrite nitrogen concentration
Range (0,005 – 0,250) mg/l Nitrite concentration Range (0,016 – 0,800) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-EN 26777:1999
26 Water, Water intended for human consumption Nitrate nitrogen concentration
Range (0,04 – 50) mg/l Nitrate concentration Range (0,18 – 221) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-82/C-04576-08
27 Water, Water intended for human consumption Manganese concentration
Range (30 – 3000) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-92/C-04590/02
28 Water, Water intended for human consumption Total iron concentration
Range (30 – 4000) μg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
29 Water, Water intended for human consumption Ammonium nitrogen concentration
Range (0,05 – 2,00) mg/l
Spectrophotometric method PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
30 Water, Water intended for human consumption pH
Range 4,0 – 10,0 potentiometric method
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
31 Water, Water intended for human consumption Colour
Range (5 – 50) mg/l Pt
Visual method PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06 pkt 7
32 Water, Water intended for human consumption Electrical conductivity
Range (100 – 2500) μS/cm
Conductometric method PN-EN 27888:1999
33 Water, Water intended for human consumption Turbidity
Range (0,10 – 40) NTU
Nephelometric method PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
34 Water intended for human consumption Odour threshold number TON
Range 1
Simplified method, paired, non-forced choice PN-EN 1622:2006
35 Water intended for human consumption Taste threshold number TFN
Range 1
Simplified method, paired, non-forced choice PN-EN 1622:2006
36 Workplace environment - air Sampling for the assessment of occupational exposure to:
dust agents inhalable fraction respirable fraction
Personal dosimetry method PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
37 Workplace environment - air Exposure index (calculated) PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
38 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents - inhalable fraction:
wood dusts flour dusts dusts not classified according to toxicity organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Range (0,2 – 17,69) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04507:2022-05 | PN-Z-04507:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
39 Workplace environment - air Concentration of harmful dust agents - respirable fraction:
organic dusts of animal and plant origin, excluding wood and flour dusts Range (0,2 – 18,09) mg/m3
Gravimetric method PN-Z-04508:2022-05 | PN-Z-04508:2022-05/Ap1:2022-08
40 Workplace environment - air Carbon monoxide concentration
Range (2,32 – 232) mg/m3 Range (2,0-200) ppm
Electrochemical method PB-02/LHŚ wydanie 6 z 03.01.2024 r.
41 Workplace environment - noise A-weighted equivalent sound level Maximum A-weighted sound level
Range (50 – 135) dB C-weighted peak sound pressure level Range (60 – 135) dB
Direct measurement method PN-N-01307:1994 | PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 3 – p. 11
42 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 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 3 – p. 11
43 Workplace environment indoor electric lighting Illuminance
Range (5 – 5000) lx
Direct measurement method PN-E-04040-3:1983
44 Workplace environment indoor electric lighting Illuminance uniformity (calculated) PN-E-04040-3:1983
45 Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,3 – 60) m/s2
Direct measurement method; Sampling method PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004 | PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
46 Workplace environment - hand-arm vibration Daily exposure ,expressed as the 8-hour energy-equivalent vector sum of the frequency-weighted RMS vibration accelerations determined for the three directional components (ahwx,ahwy,ahwz) (calculated), Exposure lasting 30 minutes and less expressed as the vector sum of the frequency-weighted RMS 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
47 Workplace environment - whole-body vibration Frequency-weighted r.m.s. vibration acceleration
Range (0,03 – 35,00) m/s2
Direct measurement method; Sampling method PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
48 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) (calculated ), 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 (1,4awx,1,4awy,awz ) (calculated) PN-EN 14253+A1:2011

Reference standards (44)

PB-01/LEP wydanie 4 z dnia 02.08.2021 r.
PB-02/L.EP wydanie 3 z dnia 02.08.2021 r.
PB-02/LHŚ wydanie 6 z 03.01.2024 r.
PB-03/LEP wydanie 2 z dnia 02.08.2021 r.
PN-82/C-04576-08
PN-92/C-04590/02
PN-E-04040-3:1983
PN-EN 14253+A1:2011
PN-EN 1622:2006
PN-EN 26777:1999
PN-EN 27888:1999
PN-EN ISO 10523:2012
PN-EN ISO 11290-1:2017-07
PN-EN ISO 11290-2:2017-07
PN-EN ISO 11731:2017-08+Ap1:2019-12
PN-EN ISO 16266:2009
PN-EN ISO 19458:2007
PN-EN ISO 21528-2:2017-08
PN-EN ISO 4833-1:2013-12 +A1:2022-06
PN-EN ISO 5349-1:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 5349-2:2004/A1:2015-11
PN-EN ISO 6222:2004
PN-EN ISO 6579-1:2017-04 +A1:2020-09
PN-EN ISO 6888-2:2022-03+A1:2024-02
PN-EN ISO 6888-3:2004 + AC:2005
PN-EN ISO 7027-1:2016-09
PN-EN ISO 7887:2012+Ap1:2015-06 pkt 7
PN-EN ISO 7899-2:2004
PN-EN ISO 7932:2005
PN-EN ISO 9308-1:2014-12 +A1:2017-04
PN-EN ISO 9612:2011 z wyłączeniem metody obejmującej strategię 3 – p. 11
PN-ISO 16649-2:2004
PN-ISO 4831:2007
PN-ISO 4832:2007
PN-ISO 5667-5:2017-10
PN-ISO 6332:2001+Ap1:2016-06
PN-ISO 7150-1:2002
PN-N-01307:1994
PN-Z-04008-7:2002+Az1:2004
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