Report on the 2013 proficiency test of the European Union reference laboratory for mycotoxins, for the network of national reference laboratories : determination of patulin in apple juice

This report presents the results of the ILC of the EURL for Mycotoxins which focused on the determination of patulin in apple juice samples. Fifty-one participants from 27 countries (among them 30 NRLs and 21 official food control laboratories) registered for the exercise and 50 sets (Sample A and B) of results were reported. Only z-scores were used for the evaluation of an underperformance. In total 88 % of the attributed z- scores were below an absolute value of two, which indicates that most of the participants performed satisfactory.