General information

General information

Food safety is currently one of the most important items on political agendas in the western world. Healthy animals are at the heart of this. Good animal health is key to being able to guarantee the quality of our food and relies on the fast and reliable diagnosis of animal diseases.

The laboratory of the Lintjeshof veterinary practices has been working on the diagnostics of animal illnesses since the 1990s, thereby supporting the production of healthy animals.

Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics is a NEN-EN-ISO 9001:2015 TÜV-certified laboratory.

Our certificate

Certification was performed by TÜV Nederland

Merefelt Livestock Diagnostics has been authorised by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority for use in diagnostics and research, category 1 material, category 2 material, and category 3 material as referred to in articles 8, 9, and 10 of Regulation (EC) no. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, dated 21 October 2009, for the determination of public health requirements related to animal products not designated for human consumption (hereafter: the regulation).
Read the annex for the regulations associated with this authorisation.