PTA Food Lab & Nutritional Services LTD is accredited by the Cyprus Organization for the Promotion of Quality (CYS), according to Standard CY EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2005, since 1st of March, 2013.
Accreditation Certificate Number. L048 (pdf)
Scope of Accreditation (pdf)
The laboratory participates in various programs of inter- laboratory proficiency tests.
Since 2013 the laboratory has a contract with the Veterinary Services of Cyprus and participates in National Salmonella Control Program (E.P.E.S) (pdf).
Quality control is a continuous process that covers all the functions of the laboratory. These include regular calibration of measuring instruments, verification of measurements (control samples, duplicates, blanks). All the above procedures are monitored by control charts and they ensure that the measurements of the laboratory are in compliance with the specifications (correctness, accuracy, reapability) required by each method.