Milk Analysis Sub-Committee ICAR Proficiency Test (PT) Call for the PT rounds in 2024 (March and September) Results and Reports of the PT round on Sept. 2023 ICAR PT over the time The ExtraMIR Initiative Presentaing the initiative Preliminary information about ExtraMir Webinar on “New ICAR/IDF project on the use of infrared data – ExtraMIR” ICAR certification for milk analysers Procedure for granting the ICAR Certification ICAR certified milk analysers The list of the certified milk analysers is available Webinars Webinar on “Proficiency Test for milk laboratories” and its main conclusions Webinar on “Certified Reference Material for SCC in Milk” IDF/ICAR project on somatic cell counting Guidance on application of EC JRC Certified Reference Material for somatic cell counting in milk IDF and ICAR jointly launched a project to set up an international reference system for SCC in raw milk The EU JRC launched the new certified (primary) reference material for SCC. More info here Report SCC traceability The report is available here Milk Analysis Sub-Committeee facts Composition of the MA SC and Account of its activities Terms of Reference of the MA SC Minutes of the meetings of the MA SC Guidelines Section 12: Milk Analysis Protocol for the evaluation of milk analysers for ICAR approval Guidance on application of EC JRC Certified Reference Material for somatic cell counting in milk Section 13: On-line milk analysis