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Dairygold Co-Op Society Limited Dairygold Feed Laboratory
Lombardstown, Co. Cork
Testing Laboratory
Registration number: 007T
is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) to undertake testing as detailed in
the Schedule bearing the Registration Number detailed above, in compliance with the
International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 2nd Edition
“General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories”
(This Certificate must be read in conjunction with the Annexed Schedule of Accreditation)
Date of award of accreditation: 30:04:2002
Date of last renewal of accreditation: 02:07:2015
Expiry date of this certificate of accreditation: 02:07:2020
This Accreditation shall remain in force until further notice subject to continuing compliance
with INAB accreditation criteria, ISO/IEC 17025 and any further requirements specified by the
Irish National Accreditation Board.
Manager: ____________________ Chairperson: ____________________
Dr Adrienne Duff Mr Tom O’Neill
Issued on 02 July 2015
Organisations are subject to annual surveillance and are re-assessed every five years. The renewal date on this
Certificate confirms the latest date of renewal of accreditation. To confirm the validity of this Certificate, please
contact the Irish National Accreditation Board.
The INAB is a signatory of the European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) Testing Multilateral Agreement (MLA) and the
International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) Mutual Recognition Arrangement.
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Schedule of Accreditation
(Annex to Accreditation Certificate) Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
DAIRYGOLD CO-OP SOCIETY LIMITED
Dairygold Feed Laboratory
Chemical (Animal Feed)Testing Laboratory
Initial Registration Date : 11-April-1989
Postal Address:
(Address of other locations
as they apply)
Lombardstown, Co. Cork
Telephone: +353 (0) 2247275
Fax: +353 (1) 2247108
E-mail:
Contact Name: Aileen O’Sullivan
Facilities: Public testing service
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Schedule of Accreditation
Permanent Laboratory: Category A
THE IRISH NATIONAL ACCREDITATION BOARD (INAB) is the Irish body for the accreditation of
organisations including laboratories.
Laboratory accreditation is available to testing and calibration facilities operated by manufacturing
organisations, government departments, educational institutions and commercial testing/calibration
services. Indeed, any organisation involved in testing, measurement or calibration in any area of
technology can seek accreditation for the work it is undertaking.
Each accredited laboratory has been assessed by skilled specialist assessors and found to meet criteria
which are in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 or ISO/IEC 15189 (medical laboratories). Frequent audits,
together with periodic inter-laboratory test programmes, ensure that these standards of operation are
maintained.
Testing and Calibration Categories:
Category A:
Permanent laboratory calibration and testing where the laboratory is erected on a fixed
location for a period expected to be greater than three years.
Category B: Site calibration and testing that is performed by staff sent out on site by a permanent
laboratory that is accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board.
Category C: Site calibration and testing that is performed in a site/mobile laboratory or by staff sent
out by such a laboratory, the operation of which is the responsibility of a permanent
laboratory accredited by the Irish National Accreditation Board.
Category D: Site calibration and testing that is performed on site by individuals and organisations that
do not have a permanent calibration/testing laboratory. Testing may be performed using
(a) portable test equipment
(b) a site laboratory
(c) a mobile laboratory or
(d) equipment from a mobile or site laboratory
Standard Specification or Test Procedure Used:
The standard specification or test procedure that is accredited is the issue that is current on the date of the most
recent visit, unless otherwise stated.
Glossary of Terms
Facilities:
Public calibration/testing service: Commercial operations which actively seek work from others.
Conditionally available for public
calibration/testing:
Established for another primary purpose but, more commonly than not,
is available for outside work.
Normally not available for public
calibration/testing:
Unavailable for public calibration/testing more often than not.
Laboratory users wishing to obtain assurance that calibration or test results are reliable and carried out to the Irish
National Accreditation Board criteria should insist on receiving an accredited calibration certificate or test report.
Users should contact the laboratory directly to ensure that this scope of accreditation is current. INAB will, on
request, verify the status and scope.
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
751
.03
Foods
Dairy Products
Nitrogen content 0.1 – 14.0% as
Nitrogen and calculation of
crude protein
Documented in-house
methods:
Automatic Kjeldhal method
SOP 13.1
761
.01
Agricultural products
and materials
Cereal grains and
by-products
Moisture
8 - 40%
Oil
0.1 - 40%
0.1 - 80%
Nitrogen content 0.1 - 14.0% as
Nitrogen and calculation of
crude prote
Crude Fibre
0.1 - 40%
Ash
0.1 - 99.0%
Documented in-house
methods:
Oven method at 130 oC
SOP 9.2
Method A - Tecator
SOP 14.2
Method B - Tecator
SOP 14.3
Automated Kjeldhal method
SOP 13.1
Gravimetric Method
SOP 15
Combustion at 550 oC
SOP 16.1
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.01
Agricultural products
and materials
Cereal grains and
by-products
Hectolitre
30 - 88 kg/HL
Starch
0.2 - 75%
Total Magnesium
0.03 - 10%
Total Copper
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Total Calcium
0.03 - 10%
Total Potassium
0.03 - 10%
Total Sodium
0.03 - 10%
Documented in-house
methods:
Bulk density
SOP 18
Polarimetry
SOP 22
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.1.1
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.2.1
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.3.1
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.4.1
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.5.1
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.01
Agricultural products
and materials
Cereal grains and
by-products
Total Zinc
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Total Phosphorus
0.2 - 35%
Total Manganese
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Documented in-house
methods:
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.6.1
Spectrophotometer at
430 nm SOP 23.7.1
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.8.1
761 Agricultural products
and materials
Barley and Wheat
Screenings
0.1 – 60%
Sieving (automatic)
SOP 17.2
.01
.02
.03
Cereal grains and by-
products
Oil-seeds and by-
products
Stockfoods
Aflatoxin B1
0.5 - 50 µg/kg
HPLC method SOP 26.1
.03 Stockfoods (Animal
Feedstuffs)
Feedstuff and
ingredients
Moisture
1 - 20%
Oven method at 103 oC
SOP 9.1
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.03
Agricultural products
and materials
Stockfoods (Animal
Feedstuffs)
Feedstuff and
ingredients
Nitrogen content 0.1 - 14.0% as
Nitrogen and calculation of
crude protein
Documented in-house
methods:
Automatic Kjeldhal method
SOP 13.1,
Oil
0.1 - 40%
0.1 - 80%
Method A Buchi SOP 14.1
Method A Tecator SOP
14.2
Method B Tecator SOP
14.3
Crude Fibre
0.1 - 40%
Gravermetric method
SOP 15
Ash
0.1 - 99.0%
Combustion at 550 oC
SOP 16.1
Total Magnesium
0.03- 10%
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.1.1
Total Copper
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.2.1
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.03
Agricultural products
and materials
Stockfoods (Animal
Feedstuffs)
Feedstuff and
ingredients
Total Calcium
0.03 - 10%
Documented in-house
methods:
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.3.1
Total Potassium
0.03 - 10%
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.4.1
Total Zinc
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.6.1
Total Sodium
0.03 - 10%
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.5.1
Total Phosphorus
0.2 - 35%
Spectrophotometry at
430 nm SOP 23.7.1
.03 Stockfoods (Feedstuffs
and ingredients
excluding milkpowder
products)
Total Manganese
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
Spectroscopy SOP 23.8.1
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.03
Agricultural products
and materials
Stockfoods (Feedstuffs
and ingredients
excluding milkpowder
products)
Starch
0.2 - 75%
Documented in-house
methods:
Polarimetry SOP 22
.03 Stockfoods (Animal
Feedstuffs - Grass and
Silage)
Dry matter
5 - 70%
Oven method SOP 10
Silage pH
3 - 10 pH
pH Meter SOP 20
Molasses Total Solids
50 - 85%
Oven method SOP 11
Grass Nitrate
1 - 1500 mg/kg
Spectrophotometric method
SOP 13.4
Herbage Nitrogen content 0.1 - 14.0% as
Nitrogen and calculation of
crude protein
Automatic Kjeldhal method
SOP 13.1
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.03
Agricultural products
and materials
Stockfoods (Animal
Feedstuffs - Grass and
Silage)
Documented in-house
methods:
Herbage Ash
0.1 - 99.0%
Combustion at 550 oC
SOP 16.1
Starch
0.2 - 75%
Polarimetry SOP 22
Total Magnesium
0.03 - 10%
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.1.1
Total Copper
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.2.1
Total Calcium
0.03 - 10%
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.3.1
Total Potassium
0.03 - 10%
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.4.1
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.03
Agricultural products
and materials
Stockfoods (Animal
Feedstuffs - Grass and
Silage)
Documented in-house
methods:
Herbage Total Sodium
0.03 - 10%
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.5.1
Total Zinc
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.6.1
Total Phosphorus
0.2 - 35%
Spectrophotometry at
430 nm SOP 23.7.1
Total Manganese
3 - 5000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.8.1
.22 Soils
pH Soil (Water)
4 - 10 pH
pH Meter SOP 20.2 and
SOP 20.4
pH Soil (Buffer)
4 - 10 pH
pH Meter SOP 20.3 and
SOP 20.5
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.22
Agricultural products
and materials
Soils
Phosphorus - Soil
1 - 50 mg/L
Documented in-house
methods:
Spectrophotometry at
890nm Extracted with
Morgan's Solution SOP
23.7.3
Phosphorus - Soil
1 - 50 mg/L
Lachat system and flame
photometry. Extracted with
Morgan’s solution
Sop 23.9
Potassium - Soil
5 - 500 mg/L
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy Extracted with
Morgan's Solution SOP
23.4.3
Potassium - Soil
5 - 500 mg/L
Lachat system and flame
photometry. Extracted with
Morgan’s solution
Sop 23.9
Organic Matter
0.1 - 99.9%
Oven method @105 oC /
Combustion @ 500 oC
SOP 16.3
Magnesium - Soils
10-400 mg/L
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy Extracted with
Morgan's Solution SOP
23.1.3
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
.99 Other agricultural
products
- Feed supplement
Magnesium (Inorganic)
0.1 - 60%
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.1.2
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Scope of Accreditation
DAIRYGOLD FEED LABORATORY Permanent Laboratory:
Category A
Animal Feed Testing Laboratory
INAB Classification number (P9)
Materials/products tested
Type of test/properties
measured
Range of measurement
Standard specifications
Equipment/techniques used
761
.99
Agricultural products
and materials
Other agricultural
products
- Feed supplement
Copper (Inorganic)
5 - 300,000 mg/kg
Documented in-house
methods:
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.2.2
Calcium (Inorganic)
0.1 - 55%
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.3.2
Sodium (Inorganic)
0.1 - 50%
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.5.2
Zinc (Inorganic)
5 - 750,000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.6.2
Manganese (Inorganic)
5 - 700,000 mg/kg
Atomic absorption
spectroscopy SOP 23.8.2
Phosphorus (Inorganic)
3 - 30% as P
Spectrophotometry at
430 nm SOP 23.7.2