MilliporeSigma has earned ISO/IEC-17025:2005 accreditation for the culture media manufactured at its Microbiology Quality Control Laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany. The accreditation assures customers in the food and beverage industries that MilliporeSigma’s lab adheres to the most stringent international standards for quality in preparation and performance. It also provides a benchmark for lab competence for specific types of testing, measurement and calibration, informing customers that test data supplied by the lab are accurate and reliable.

ISO/IEC-17025:2005 accreditation is based on a thorough evaluation of a facility's quality management system and emphasizes continual product and process improvement. The accreditation saves time and improves efficiency by reducing the amount of quality control testing that is necessary for customers.

Overall, MilliporeSigma’s culture media products are helping to ensure that customers are compliant and accurate in their microbial testing of food and water samples.

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