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+# (C) Crown copyright, Met Office. All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of IMPROVER and is released under a BSD 3-Clause license.
+# See LICENSE in the root of the repository for full licensing details.
+import pytest
+
+from improver import api
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("module", (api.PROCESSING_MODULES.keys()))
+def test_all_values_are_callable(module):
+    """Checks that each item in the PROCESSING_MODULES dict points to a callable object"""
+    assert callable(getattr(api, module))