Zhangjiagang Becomes First Certified Laboratory in China

Zhangjiagang Academy of Inspection and Detection has been certified under the ICA Bremen International Laboratory Certification Scheme.

Designed to help raise the bar in the quality testing arena, the scheme was established to develop an approved list of testing laboratories worldwide that meet a standard of quality assurance. It was developed by ICA Bremen based on its own laboratory experience, as well as the good practices of CSITC (Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton), USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials).

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The program is open to any international testing laboratory.

“The certification has recognized our laboratory’s professional level and will continue to help raise our standard in the future,” said Ms Yang Xiaoyun, Laboratory Manager at Zhangjiagang Academy. “We will endeavor to reach our target to make the laboratory a world-class, industry-leading and impartial third party inspection organization.”

Participating laboratories have to meet a level of quality assurance based on eight specific criteria, including conditioning, maintenance, calibration, and testing procedures.

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Twenty-one laboratories are currently in the process of assessment. Upon certification, they will become a “laboratory of choice” to resolve quality disputes in line with the ICA Bylaws & Rules, as well as provide a service to the cotton industry.

 

Source – ICA Bremen

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