UB’s SAVCA laboratory receives ENAC accreditation, highlighting the quality and reliability of virus analysis in food
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The University of Barcelona’s Service for the Analysis of Viruses in the Food Chain and Water Cycle (SAVCA) laboratory has obtained accreditation of the Spanish National Accreditation Body (ENAC), in accordance with the ISO 17025 standard, a recognition that represents a fundamental stap in guaranteeing the quality and reliability of the analysis of viruses in food. The SAVCA laboratory is the second UB centre to obtain this accreditation — the first was the Environmental Radiology Laboratory of the Faculty of Chemistry — as a result of intense commitment to meeting ENAC’s demanding requirements.
The University of Barcelona’s Service for the Analysis of Viruses in the Food Chain and Water Cycle (SAVCA) laboratory has obtained accreditation of the Spanish National Accreditation Body (ENAC), in accordance with the ISO 17025 standard, a recognition that represents a fundamental stap in guaranteeing the quality and reliability of the analysis of viruses in food. The SAVCA laboratory is the second UB centre to obtain this accreditation — the first was the Environmental Radiology Laboratory of the Faculty of Chemistry — as a result of intense commitment to meeting ENAC’s demanding requirements.
The SAVCA laboratory, which belongs to the Enteric Virus Group of the UB’s Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and is part of the Nutrition and Food Safety Research Institute (INSA) has obtained ENAC accreditation in accordance with the requirements established in the UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard (accreditation 520/LE2869). This accreditation is an official recognition of the technical competence and quality of the laboratory’s processes, ensuring that the results obtained are accurate, reliable and internationally comparable.
This success has been possible thanks to the SAVCA laboratory team, made up of highly qualified professionals committed to research and quality. Specifically, the laboratory is led by Emeritus Professor Albert Bosch and has as deputy director Professor Rosa Maria Pintó. Professor Susana Guix is responsible for scientific coordination and technology transfer, and researcher Cristina Fuentes is the technical director and quality manager. Finally, Professor Albert Blanco makes an essential contribution to the analysis and quality assurance of the results. Apart from the laboratory’s own staff, support and advice have also been received from the UB’s Research Quality Unit.
The SAVCA laboratory intends to maintain the current accreditation and to extend it in the future to other services, thus consolidating its commitment to quality, research and knowledge transfer in the field of public health and food safety.
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