ICAR

Milk Analysis Sub-Committee

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

Chairperson

Members of the Sub-Committee

Frederic Dehareng	Elżbieta Rybicka
Amel Guellouz	Dena Snidall
Marina Gips	Harrie Van Den Bijgaart
Thomas Hauck	Philippe Trossat
John Rhoads	Silvia Orlandini (ICAR Secretariat)

1. Terms of reference (as approve by the ICAR Board in November 2014).
2. Minutes of MASC meetings
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Berlin, Germany, on 18 May 2014
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 2 June 2013
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Cork, Ireland , on 29 May 2012 and Tel Aviv, Israel, on 3 June 2012
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Lyon, France, on 22 May 2011
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Montreal, Canada on 16 May 2010
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Sochi, Russia, on 17 May 2009
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Niagara Falls, USA on 17 June 2008
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Montreux, Switzerland on 22 of May 2008
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Munich, Germany, on May 2007
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Kuopio, Finland, on June 2006
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 10 November 2005
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Magaliesburg, South Africa, on 24 May 2005
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Sousse, Tunisia on June 2004
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Parma, Italy on 22 April 2004
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Holstebro, Denmark, on 19 May 2003
   • Minutes of the MASC meeting held in Interlaken, Switzerland on 28 May 2002
   • Minutes of previous meetings (Munich 19-20/11/2001; Toledo, 22/04/2002)
     
3. 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
4. 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
     
5. List of analytical methods
   
6. 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 2017
   • 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)”
        
7. Questionnaires/Surveys:
   • Survey on AQA in milk recording laboratories of ICAR – 2001
   • Milk Recording Sample Vials and Containers – Results of 2002 Questionnaire
     
8. Workshops
   • Analytical Brainstorming Workshop, Bourg-en-Bresse (France), 21 June 2011
     
9. ICAR approval for milk analysers in milk recording:
   • Announcement / Introduction letter.
   • Procedure for the ICAR approval request.