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The laboratories of the National Institute of Health (INS) of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) achieved international reaccreditation ISO/IEC 17025:2017 to perform food quality control in Peru.
The accreditation to the laboratories of the National Center for Food, Nutrition and Healthy Living (Cenan) of the INS was granted by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board – ANAB, after rigorous evaluations of face-to-face audits carried out this year.
Compliance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is part of Cenan's commitment to maintain high quality standards in its food control activities, and referents at the national level. Quality control activities have focused especially on social programmes such as the National Cuna Más Programme, the Glass of Milk Programme and monitoring of micronutrient fortification in wheat flour, iodine in salt and rice.
In this regard, the executive president of the INS, Víctor Suárez Moreno, stressed that Cenan has the laboratories with the largest number of accredited methods complying with the requirements of ISO 17025: 2017 in the Health sector, which includes microbiological and chemical tests.
The accreditation process was based on evaluations of technical competencies of personnel, participation in interlaboratory tests, internal and external audits, updating, application and permanent monitoring of quality documents, risk analysis, integral management for the strategic execution of maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment, availability of quality inputs strengthening of personnel capacities, among other aspects.
The culture of quality of the laboratories of Cenan/INS, based on resilience, responsibility and solidarity, allowed to maintain the accreditation for more than a decade, reflects the commitment of Cenan with excellence and the benefit of public health of the Peruvian population.
