Info on Milk Analysis SC

This page contains basic information on the activities performed by the Milk Analysis Sub-Committee. More specifically, it presents the following items:

Chairperson

Josée Bordeleau Lactanet (Canada)

Members of the Sub-Committee

Malia Caputo
Frederic Dehareng
Elżbieta Rybicka
Amel Guellouz
Dena Snidall
Ruben de Vries
Wenke Friedrichs
Anne-Sofie Ladekjær-Mikkelsen
Muril Niebuhr
Hélène Soyeurt
Alejandra Rodriguez
Dalia Riaukiene
Philippe Trossat
Michael Whittaker (Brian Wickham Young Persons Exchange Program Bursary, 2023)
Silvia Orlandini (ICAR Secretariat)

Documents produced by the MA SC

1. Terms of Reference  of the Milk Analysis Sub-Committee are available here.
2. Summary of tasks underway – Account of activities
   • Account of activities at the 33rd ICAR Sessions, Interlaken
   • Account of activities at the 34th ICAR Sessions, Sousse
   • Account of activities at the 35th ICAR Sessions, Kuopio
   • Account of the activities at the 36th ICAR Session, Niagara Falls
   • Account of the activities at the 37th ICAR Session, Riga
3. Technical documents
   • For application: Guidelines for QA in DHI analysis
   • For application: Protocol for the evaluation of milk analysers for ICAR approval
   • For application: Guidelines on On-farm Milk Analysis
     
4. List of analytical methods
   
5. ICAR Reference Laboratory Network
   • List of laboratory members (updated to April 2016)
   • Joining the network – Nomination (updated to December 2011)
   • Information and instructions about the ICAR PT Programme 2023
   • Proceedings of the Meetings of ICAR Reference Laboratory Network
     1. Proceedings of the first meeting of ICAR Reference Laboratory Network (Interlaken, 27 May 2002)
     2. Proceedings of the second meeting of ICAR Reference Laboratory Network (31 May 2004, Sousse, Tunisia)
     3. Proceedings of the third meeting of ICAR reference Laboratory Network (6 June 2006, Kuopio, Finland)
     4. Proceedings of the fourth meeting of ICAR Reference Laboratory Network (16 -20 June 2008, Niagara Falls, USA)
     5. Proceedings of the fifth ICAR Reference Laboratory Network Meeting: “International Strategies and New Developments in Milk Analysis” (Riga, 2010; 4.2 Mb, pp.155)
     6. Proceedings of the sixth ICAR Reference Laboratory Network Meeting: “International Strategies and New Developments in Milk Analysis” (Cork 2012; 11.5 Mb, pp.146)”
        
6. Questionnaires/Surveys:
   • Survey on AQA in milk recording laboratories of ICAR – 2001
   • Milk Recording Sample Vials and Containers – Results of 2002 Questionnaire
     
7. Workshops
   • Analytical Brainstorming Workshop, Bourg-en-Bresse (France), 21 June 2011