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The determination of chemical elements falls within the scope of the CRL for residues at the Istituto Superiore di Sanita (ISS), Rome [29]. By means of prob-ciency testing, the ISS-CRL constantly monitors the performance of the NRLs as regards the determination of trace elements. Recently, a cooperation was established with the IRMM to organize an IMEP ILC for NRLs on trace elements analysis in tuna bsh. As a follow-up of this cooperation specibc training activities for NRLs are scheduled to be jointly organized by the IRMM and the ISS-CRL. 

The production of biological and environmental Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) is one of the main activities of the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Geel (Belgium) (1). The Reference Materials Unit was therefore requested by the Istituto Superiore di Sanita (ISS), Rome (Italy) to perform the transformation of a batch of ca. 80 kg wet Antarctic coastal marine sediment, eollected in the Terra Nova Bay during the XI Italian Expedition to the Antarctic, into a sampled, dry and conservable powder to be certified for the content of a range of elements. 

National Centre for Food Quality and Risk Assessment, Istituto Superiore di Sanita Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy, E-mail francesco.cubadda iss.it... 

BCR = Commission of the European Communities, Community Bureau of Reference, Belgium. IAEA = International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria. NIES = National Institute of Environmental Science, Japan. ISS = Istituto Superiore di Sanita (National Institute of Health), Italy. NIST = National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA. AGAL = Australian Government Analytical Laboratory, Australia. NRCC = National Research Council of Canada, Canada. 

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