Gallus-group regards product safety as a key issue. As its part, the company operates an own testing laboratory, which guarantees quality products to clients and partners. It also ensures the compliance with the animal health- and other regulations in the integration from feed production to the primary production phase of poultry rearing and growing.
In the first instance, the laboratory makes the testing duties for the sites belonging to Gallus-group. Most of the tasks are scheduled in advance and are set in workprograms, a lesser part adds up from tests requested in the meantime. Besides the internal tests, our laboratory accepts orders by external clients.
Accredited tests
Our objective is to provide highly professional accredited testing in accordance with professional practices for the sake of fully meeting clients’ needs. Therefore our laboratory regularly participates in food chain proficiency testing and in interlaboratory comparisons that are appropriate for its accredited testfields. Besides these external supervisions, our own internal proficiency checks are completed on a monthly basis.
The history of the Laboratory
The laboratory started its operation on 11 May 1999, as the animal health laboratory of Gallus Ltd. for the sites headed by the Chief Veterinarian, employing a Chief Laboratory Technician. Along the dynamic growth of Gallus Ltd. , the laboratory had its own development. As a result, it was appointed by the Food and Feed Safety Directorate, Central Agricultural Office in July 2008 to provide testing for protection from salmonellosis.
After some considerable developments in equipment and personnel, and implementing the quality management system, it continued to operate as a public animal health service-provider laboratory from July 2009. The quality management system of the laboratory was acknowledged and accredited as a testing laboratory of NAT-1-1618/2009 by the National Accreditation Authority from 9 December 2009 onwards.
Based on its proficiency in tests of isolating salmonella-types and its licences available, the laboratory received the appointment on 12 April 2010 by the Food and Feed Safety Directorate, Central Agricultural Office to perform salmonella „O” group topology, so the tests to decontaminate poultry salmonella are all available.
- Animal health and environment samples from the first production phase in poultry rearing and growing: testing samples of bedding, faeces, boot/socks swap, lining of transport boxes, dust, swap, organs of day-old chicks, unhatched eggs for isolation of Salmonella sp.
- Microbiological testing of samples (swaps) from food industry environment hygiene and production technology hygiene
- Testing samples from the split neck skin of a broiler chicken for isolating Salmonella sp.
- Testing samples from feed, feed-commodities for isolating Salmonella sp.
After scheduling an appointment in advance, and having received a permission by the Laboratory Head, our Client can enter the laboratory – being accompanied and subject to work, fire and accident regulations set in the laboratory –and can watch the test(s) being carried out for his samples as well as get an insight into documents, notes referring his samples in a way that confidential file management is not violated regarding other clients.
Our Clients may also have an overview of the Quality Management Manual, so as to have a deeper understanding of the quality management system.
Make an appointment for a Laboratory visit here.
Saturday – Sunday: by appointment
(The laboratory accepts samples by post, if the quality of the sample is appropiate for testing.)
If you would like to order our service, please fill in the Order form.
| Test fees at the Microbiological Laboratory of Gallus Poultry Rearing and Hatching Ltd. | |
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| Effective from 30th November 2019 (VAT is not included) |
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| Fees for accredited tests: | |
| Foodstuffs, feeds, feed supplies, environmental samples from the first production phase | |
| Test | Isolation of Salmonella-type bacteria enrichment method |
| Test identification No. | MSZ EN ISO 6579:2006 (recalled regulation), MSZ EN ISO 6579-1:2017 |
| Test fee (accredited) | 5 500 HUF |
| Cloaca swap used in protection against Salmonella, boot swap / environmental sample, faeces, unhatched eggs, dust and hygiene swap as well as lining with meconium and poultry organs | |
| Test | Isolation of Salmonella-type bacteria enrichment method |
| Test identification No. | MSZ EN ISO 6579:2002/A1:2007 (recalled regulation), MSZ EN ISO 6579-1:2017 |
| Test fee (accredited) | 6 300 HUF |
| Food industry environment hygiene and production technology hygiene samples | |
| Test | Number of microorganisms Colony counting method |
| Test identification No. | MSZ EN ISO 4833-1:2014 |
| Test fee (accredited) | 3 000 HUF |
| Test | Isolation of Salmonella-type bacteria enrichment method |
| Test identification No. | MSZ EN ISO 6579:2006 (recalled regulation), MSZ EN ISO 6579-1:2017 |
| Test fee (accredited) | 5 500 HUF |
| Test | Isolation and counting of enterobacteria Colony counting method |
| Test identification No. | MSZ ISO 21528-2:2007 (recalled regulation), MSZ EN ISO 21528-2:2017 |
| Test fee (accredited) | 3 500 HUF |
| Raw meat | |
| Test | Isolation and counting of Campylobacter spp. Colony counting method |
| Test identification No. | ISO/TS 10272-2:2006 (recalled regulation), MSZ EN ISO 10272-2:2017 |
| Test fee | 7 000 HUF |
| Salmonella-type bacteria | |
| Test | Eliminating the presence of Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium |
| Test identification No. | MSZ EN ISO 6579-1:2017 |
| Test fee | 3 500 HUF |
| Fees for non-accredited tests: | |
| Foodstuffs of animal origin | |
| Test | Isolation and counting of ß-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli Colony counting method |
| Test identification No. | MSZ ISO 16649-2:2005 |
| Test fee | 2 500 HUF |
| Foodstuffs of animal origin | |
| Test | Number of microorganisms Colony counting method at 30 0C |
| Test identification No. | MSZ ISO 4833-1:2014 |
| Test fee | 2 500 HUF |
| Foodstuffs of animal origin | |
| Test | Isolation and counting of enterobacteria Colony counting method |
| Test identification No. | MSZ ISO 21528-2:2007 |
| Test fee | 3 000 HUF |
| Poultry blood / poultry serum | |
| Test | Checking antibody level with ELISA test IBD, IBV, NDV, ART, REO, AE, CAV, MG,MS, EDS, AI, ILT, FAV1, BLS |
| Test identification No. | Description of producer’s test for the applied kit |
| Test fee | 2 100 HUF (per parameter) |
| Feeds | |
| Test | Defining Micotoxin presence with ELISA test Aflatoxin, T-2, F-2, DON |
| Test identification No. | Description of producer’s test for the applied kit |
| Test fee | 5 500 HUF (per parameter) |
Questionnaire to assess customer satisfaction
It is voluntary to provide data. It is not compulsory to fill in data concerning the client. The information from the completed questionnaires is used only for developing the quality management system of the microbiological laboratory.
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