CCFRA’s latest guide aims to assist microbiologists assess the reliability of results from microbiological analyses - of food, raw materials, ingredients and environmental samples.

Microbiological measurement uncertainty: a practical guide is an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach to the measurement of uncertainty in microbiological analysis, produced by a group of industrial microbiologists and data analysts.

Importantly, many laboratories will find they do not need to conduct extra analyses or generate additional data to make use of the procedures as the approach makes optimum use of data generated during routine internal and external laboratory quality assurance.