Laboratory examination of microbiological safety of all foods (also soft drinks, juices, bottled sparkling and non-sparkling water)
Laboratory examination of microbiological safety of chlorinated and non-chlorinated drinking water, raw surface water and wastewater.
Laboratory for sanitary microbiology is accredited in 2006. with following parameters:

Proving and identification of Salmonella (ISO 6579/2002)
Proving Coagulaza positive Staphylococci (ISO 6888-1 / 1999)
Proving and identification of E.coli O157: H7 ISO 16654/2001
Proving Listeria monocitigenes ISO 11290-1: 1996
Counting the total number of aerobic bacteria (ISO 4833: 2003)
Determination of MPN coliform organisms and expected termotolerant E.coli in drinking water (ISO 9308-2 / 1990)
Total number of aerobic bacteria at 22 ° C in 1 ml (ISO 6222: 1999)
Proving the MF Enterococci in water (ISO 7899-2: 2000)
From May 2008 laboratory for microbiological examination and safety of food,  works under the new “Regulations on the special requirements for food safety in terms of microbiological criteria” that came out in the Official Gazette under number 78 of 30.06.2008. Depending on the type of the test, and in accordance with the rules, the laboratory works the following analysis:

  • Proving and identification of Salmonella (ISO 6579/2002)
    Proving Coagulaza pozitive Staphylococci (ISO 6888-1 / 1999)
    Proving staphylococcal enterotoxin
    Proving Sulfidoreduced klostridiumi (ISO 15213)
    Proving Clostridium perfrigens (ISO 7937)
    Proving E.coli (ISO 16649-1,2,3)
    Evidence of E.coli O157: H7 (ISO 16654/2001)
    Proving Listeria monoytogenes (ISO 11290-1: 1996)
    Proving Campilobacter species (ISO 10272-1)
    Proving Yersinia enterocolitika (ISO 10273)
    Proving Bacillus cereus (ISO 7932)
    Proving Enterobacteriaceae (ISO 21528-2)
    Proving Enterobacter sakazakii (ISO 21528-2)
    Proving Lactobacilli
    Proving Streptococcus species
    Counting the total number of aerobic bacteria (ISO 4833)
    Counting of yeasts and molds (ISO 6611, 7954) (ISO 13681)

Laboratory examination of microbiological safety of water works according to the “Regulations on safety of water” out in the Official Gazette of the Republic Macedonia under the number 46 from 07.04.2008. Depending on the type of the tested water, and in accordance with the Rules the laboratory it determines the following analysis:

  • Determination of MPN coliform organisms and expected termotolerante E.coli in drinking water (ISO 9308-2 / 1990)
    Total number of aerobic bacteria at 22 ° C in 1 ml (ISO 6222: 1999)
    Total number of aerobic bacteria at 37 ° C in 1 ml (ISO 6222: 1999)
    Determining the presence of Enterococcus in water (ISO 7899-2: 2000)
    Determination of Legionella pneumophila (ISO 11731-2: 2004)
    Determination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (DIN EN 12780: 2002)
    Determination of Proteus species
    Determination Sulfidoreduced klostridium (ISO 6461-1)

Head of Laboratory: Spec. Dr. Elizabeth Coneva- Specialist Microbiologist