Article 3 Detection of Salmonella spp. and serotyping of the relevant isolates

Detection of Salmonella spp. and serotyping of the relevant isolates shall take place in national reference laboratories for salmonella.

However, where a national reference laboratory does not have the capacity to perform all the analyses or if it is not the laboratory that performs detection routinely, the competent authorities may designate a limited number of other laboratories involved in official controls of salmonella to perform the analyses.

Those laboratories shall have proven experience in using the required detection method, shall implement a quality-assurance system complying with ISO standard 17025, and shall be supervised by the national reference laboratory.

The detection of Salmonella spp. shall be performed in accordance with the method recommended by the Community reference laboratory for salmonella.

Serotyping of the relevant isolates shall be performed according to the Kaufmann-White scheme.