Article 3Detection of Salmonella spp. and serotyping#
1.Detection and serotyping shall take place in national reference laboratories for salmonella.
2.By derogation from paragraph 1, in case the national reference laboratory does not have the capacity to perform all analyses or if it is not the laboratory that performs detection routinely, the competent authorities may decide to designate a limited number of other laboratories involved in official control of salmonella to perform the analyses. These laboratories shall have proven experience of using the required detection method, shall implement a quality assurance system complying with ISO standard 17025, and shall be submitted to the supervision of the national reference laboratory.
3.The detection of Salmonella spp shall be performed in accordance with the method recommended by the Community reference laboratory for salmonella.
4.Serotyping shall be performed according to the Kaufmann-White scheme.