CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board 500 Montgomery Street, Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314, 877-344-3044 This is to certify that Northland Laboratories Mount Prospect 1061 Feehanville Dr. Mount Prospect, IL 60056 has been assessed by ANAB and meets the requirements of international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 while demonstrating technical competence in the field of TESTING Refer to the accompanying Scope of Accreditation for information regarding the types of tests to which this accreditation applies. AT-1491 Certificate Number Certificate Valid: 12/19/2017-10/22/2018 Version No. 004 Issued: 12/19/2017 This laboratory is accredited in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005. This accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope and the operation of a laboratory quality management system (refer to joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqué dated April 2017).
SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION TO ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Northland Laboratories Mount Prospect 1061 Feehanville Dr. Mount Prospect, IL 60056 Krysta Renier 920-336-7465 krenier@northlandlabs.com TESTING Valid to: October 22, 2018 Certificate Number: AT-1491 Microbiological Aerobic Plate Count FDA/BAM Ch 3 Plate Aerobic Plate Count CMMEF Ch 3 & 8 Environmental Plate Aerobic Plate Count Aerobic Plate Count by VRBA by VRBA by MPN by MPN Enterobacteriaceae coagulase positive coagulase positive AOAC 990.12 CMMEF Ch 3 & 8 Environmental FDA/BAM Ch 4 Plate CMMEF Ch 3 & 9 Environmental Plate FDA/BAM Ch 4 Multiple Tube CMMEF Ch 3 & 9 Environmental Multiple Tube AOAC 991.14 / 998.08 CMMEF Ch 3 & 9 Environmental CMMEF Ch 3 & 9 / Environmental FDA/BAM Ch 12 Plate CMMEF Ch 3 & 39 Environmental Plate Page 1 of 4
Microbiological coagulase positive by coagulase positive by AOAC 2003.07 CMMEF Ch 3 & 39 Environmental Yeast/Mold Count FDA/BAM Ch 18 Plate Yeast/Mold Count CMMEF Ch 3 & 21 Environmental Plate Yeast/Mold Count Yeast/Mold Count Rapid Yeast/Mold Count Rapid Yeast/Mold Count Listeria genus Listeria genus Listeria genus by PCR by PCR AOAC 997.02 CMMEF Ch 3 & 21 Environmental 3M 6475/6477 (AOAC PTM 121301) AFNOR 3M 01/13-07/14 Environmental AOAC 2004.06 BioMerieux VIDAS Listeria spp. VIDAS 30700 (AOAC RI 981202) iq Check Listeria spp. 730003459 (AFNOR BRD 07/13-08/07) Environmental / Environmental BioMerieux VIDAS AOAC 2004.02 BioMerieux VIDAS AFNOR BIO 12/9-07/02 Environmental BioMerieux VIDAS iq Check Listeria monocytogenes 730003592 (AFNOR BRD 07/10-04/05) / Environmental Salmonella genus AOAC 2011.03 / Environmental BioMerieux VIDAS Salmonella genus by PCR E. coli O157:H7 iq Check Salmonella 730003613 (AFNOR BRD 07/06-07/04) E.coli 0157:H7 VIDAS 30112 (AOAC RI 060903) / Environmental BioMerieux VIDAS Page 2 of 4
Microbiological E. coli O157:H7 by PCR iq Check E.coli 0157:H7 730003460 (AFNOR BRD 07/15-06/08) Raw Beef, 375g Chemical Ash AOAC 923.03 Muffle Furnace Fat (Modified Mojonnier / Roese Gottlieb) AOAC 989.05 Fat (Acid Hydrolysis) AOAC 922.06 Fat (Soxhlet) AOAC 960.39 (Mojonnier Flask) (Mojonnier Flask) (Heated Reflux) Moisture AOAC 926.08 Vacuum oven Moisture AOAC 950.46B Drying oven Protein (combustion) AOAC 990.03 LECO Analyzer Total Dietary Fiber AOAC 991.43 TDF Analyzer (Ankom) Vitamin A Vitamin C AOAC 992.04 / 974.29 (Modified) Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Salt (Volhard) AOAC 935.43 Titration Metals and Minerals (Ca, Mg, Fe, K, Na) Heavy Metal Contaminants (As, Pb, Cd, Hg) Cholesterol Modified AOAC 2011.14 ICP-MS Modified AOAC 2013.06 ICP-MS AOAC 994.10 (modified extraction) Fatty Acid Profile AOAC 996.06, Modified GC Sugar Profile AOAC 982.14, 984.22 Modified GC Page 3 of 4
Note: 1. This scope is formatted as part of a single document including Certificate of Accreditation No. AT-1491. Page 4 of 4