The Mycotoxin and Pesticides Residues laboratories of the National
Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Lagos have obtained the ISO 17025 accreditation of the American
Association of Laboratory Accreditation.
The accreditation
project sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development, UNIDO,
launches the laboratories into the league of internationally recognized
and respected laboratories.
The ISO 17025 is the global yardstick
of accreditation for testing and calibration laboratories. It covers
testing and calibration performed using standard methods, non-standard
methods, and laboratory-developed methods.
Director-General of
NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii who dropped the hint said with the ISO 17025
accreditation of the two laboratories, value-added agricultural exports
tested and certified by the Agency will now be accepted worldwide
without query.
Orhii described the development as a major boost to
the country’s image and agricultural transformation agenda. He said all
products analysed for export by the laboratories will now carry a
special logo of acceptance all over the world.
There are some
other NAFDAC laboratories undergoing the process of international
accreditation to greatly boost current efforts to get pharmaceutical
companies to obtain requirements of the World Health Organisation on
pre-qualification.
Source: Vanguard Newspapers
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