Full instrument validation and interlaboratory study
The “Full instrument validation” is granted to those milk analysers that, based on the data provided after the laboratory tests, positivelly pass the requirements established by ICAR. The certification is valid for five years and , to date, the following milk meters have been grante with the “Full instrument validation”:
| Code | Name of the Milk Analyser |
Manufacturer | Valid up to |
Picture | Report | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Fossomatic 7 | FOSS | May 2025 |  |
Report | Certificate |
| 08 | Fossomatic 7 DC | FOSS | April 2025 |  |
Report | Certificate |
| 07 | MilkoScan 7 RM | FOSS | April 2025 |  |
Report | Certificate |
Grandfathered exception
Based on the data provided by previous independent evaluation studies, ICAR certifies that the results comply with the limits established in the ICAR protocol for evaluation of milk analysers and ISO 8196-3 IDF 128-3 for raw cow milk. The granted certification has a validity for five years.
| Code | Name of the milk Analysers | Manufacturer | Valid up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Somacount FCM for sheep milk | Bentley Instruments | October 2025 |
| 16 | Somacount FCM for goat milk | Bentley Instruments | October 2025 |
| 15 | FTS for sheep milk | Bentley Instruments | October 2025 |
| 14 | FTS for goat milk | Bentley Instruments | October 2025 |
| 13 | DairySpec FT | Bentley Instruments | September 2025 |
| 12 | FTS for cow milk | Bentley Instruments | September 2025 |
| 11 | Somacount FC | Bentley Instruments | September 2025 |
| 10 | Somacount FCM for cow milk | Bentley Instruments | September 2025 |
| 06 | Fossomatic FC | FOSS | February 2025 |
| 05 | MilkoScan FT plus | FOSS | February 2025 |
| 04 | MilkoScan 6000 | FOSS | February 2025 |