Laboratory Accreditation & Collaborative Trials

May/09

To find a lab accredited to do the test you need on your type of product go to your national Accreditation body.  Some sites have a search facility.  For example, UKAS for the UK and COFRAC for France.  For a full listing, go to the "European Co-operation for Accreditation" web site that lists National Accreditation bodies across Europe and rest of the world.

In addition to accreditation, your labs should participate in relevant inter-laboratory collaborative trials where they are availalbe.  Several specialist schemes are run by FAPAS.