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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


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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Category A





measured




761

.01


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


Atomic absorption


Atomic absorption


Atomic absorption


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Category A





measured




761

.01


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


Spectrophotometer at

430 nm SOP 23.7.1

Atomic absorption


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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Category A





measured




761

.03


and materials

Stockfoods (Animal

Feedstuffs)

Feedstuff and

ingredients

Nitrogen content 0.1 - 14.0% as


crude protein

Documented in-house

methods:


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%


SOP 16.1

Total Magnesium

0.03- 10%

Atomic absorption


Total Copper

3 - 5000 mg/kg

Atomic absorption


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Category A





measured




761

.03


and materials

Stockfoods (Animal

Feedstuffs)

Feedstuff and

ingredients

Total Calcium

0.03 - 10%

Documented in-house

methods:

Atomic absorption


Total Potassium

0.03 - 10%

Atomic absorption


Total Zinc

3 - 5000 mg/kg

Atomic absorption


Total Sodium

0.03 - 10%

Atomic absorption


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


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Category A





measured




761

.03


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


crude protein


SOP 13.1

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Category A





measured




761

.03


and materials

Stockfoods (Animal


Silage)

Documented in-house

methods:

Herbage Ash

0.1 - 99.0%


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


Total Calcium

0.03 - 10%

Atomic absorption


Total Potassium

0.03 - 10%

Atomic absorption


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Category A





measured




761

.03


and materials

Stockfoods (Animal


Silage)

Documented in-house

methods:

Herbage Total Sodium

0.03 - 10%

Atomic absorption


Total Zinc

3 - 5000 mg/kg

Atomic absorption


Total Phosphorus

0.2 - 35%


430 nm SOP 23.7.1

Total Manganese

3 - 5000 mg/kg

Atomic absorption


.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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Category A





measured




761

.22


and materials

Soils

Phosphorus - Soil

1 - 50 mg/L

Documented in-house

methods:


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


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


23.1.3

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Category A





measured




.99 Other agricultural

products

- Feed supplement

Magnesium (Inorganic)

0.1 - 60%

Atomic absorption


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Category A





measured




761

.99


and materials

Other agricultural

products

- Feed supplement

Copper (Inorganic)

5 - 300,000 mg/kg

Documented in-house

methods:

Atomic absorption


Calcium (Inorganic)

0.1 - 55%

Atomic absorption


Sodium (Inorganic)

0.1 - 50%

Atomic absorption


Zinc (Inorganic)

5 - 750,000 mg/kg

Atomic absorption


Manganese (Inorganic)

5 - 700,000 mg/kg

Atomic absorption


Phosphorus (Inorganic)

3 - 30% as P


430 nm SOP 23.7.2

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