Founded in 1994 and privately owned, IFM is a long established and highly respected provider of laboratory quality assurance services with strength in the areas of Proficiency Testing and Reference Materials. IFM operates globally with representatives in several European countries, S.E. Asia, P.R. China, the Middle East, South Africa and South America. IFM has in-depth expertise in providing microbiological Proficiency Testing to a broad range of testing laboratories. IFM can supply general control cultures and culture matrices for microbiology laboratories. IFM provides reference cultures, training and preparation audits for laboratories wishing to gain accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025. Each culture or matrix is supplied with a link to it’s certificate which provides the mandatory traceability and quality control information. Please note that requests for cultures will be granted only to legal entities with legitimate reasons for requesting them. Persons/ organitations unknown to us will be asked for credentials.