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The two major laboratories being operated by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have been upgraded to international standard, the agency's Director-General, Dr. Paul Orhii said on Tuesday.
The NAFDAC’s Mycotoxin and Pesticides Residues Laboratories located at Oshodi in Lagos have obtained the ISO 17025 accreditation conducted by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation.
With the accreditation project sponsored by United Nations Industrial Development (UNIDO), the two laboratories are now launched into the league of internationally recognised and respected laboratories.
Orhii, who described the feat as another major breakthrough in the agency's regulatory activities, added that with the ISO 17025 accreditation of the two laboratories, value-added agricultural exports tested and certified by the Agency would now be accepted worldwide without query.
According to the DG, it is a major boost to the country’s image and agricultural transformation agenda of the Federal Government, even as he explained that all products analysed for export purpose by the two laboratories would now carry a special logo making the commodities accepted all over the world.
He said some other laboratories of the agency were also undergoing international accreditation which would greatly boost current efforts to get some pharmaceutical companies to obtain World Health Organisation (WHO) Pre-qualification.
Orhii thanked UNIDO and the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation for the support and cooperation accorded NAFDAC in attaining this great feat.
- Leadership
The NAFDAC’s Mycotoxin and Pesticides Residues Laboratories located at Oshodi in Lagos have obtained the ISO 17025 accreditation conducted by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation.
With the accreditation project sponsored by United Nations Industrial Development (UNIDO), the two laboratories are now launched into the league of internationally recognised and respected laboratories.
Orhii, who described the feat as another major breakthrough in the agency's regulatory activities, added that with the ISO 17025 accreditation of the two laboratories, value-added agricultural exports tested and certified by the Agency would now be accepted worldwide without query.
According to the DG, it is a major boost to the country’s image and agricultural transformation agenda of the Federal Government, even as he explained that all products analysed for export purpose by the two laboratories would now carry a special logo making the commodities accepted all over the world.
He said some other laboratories of the agency were also undergoing international accreditation which would greatly boost current efforts to get some pharmaceutical companies to obtain World Health Organisation (WHO) Pre-qualification.
Orhii thanked UNIDO and the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation for the support and cooperation accorded NAFDAC in attaining this great feat.
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