Bio-Rad Quality Control Testing Laboratory for Food and Water Safety Receives ISO 17025 Accreditation
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., has announced that its food and water safety quality control laboratory in Steenvoorde, France, has obtained ISO 17025 accreditation following an audit of the lab’s quality management system by the French Accreditation Committee.
ISO 17025 accreditation recognizes that the controls used in batch release for water and food microbiology testing performed in the laboratory are uniform, so downstream laboratories can reduce their testing and controls and still ensure food and water safety. If a laboratory is not accredited, the downstream lab must strictly monitor its products and services to ensure they are performing as anticipated.