BAHA Food Safety Laboratory receives accreditation

By BBN Staff: The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) today announced the accreditation of its Food Safety Laboratory, the Central Investigation Laboratory (CIL), to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the international standard for Competence of Testing Laboratories.

This recognition was conferred by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) effective August 17, 2018.

With this achievement, BAHA offers greater assurance to customers in the quality of testing services.

“Our success in this endeavor is a measure of BAHA’s commitment to quality infrastructure and customer satisfaction,” BAHA expressed in a statement.

BAHA says that it will continue in the pursuit of excellence with its ongoing efforts to improve the quality and scope of its laboratory testing services.

The BAHA management thanks the donors and collaborators who helped to make this achievement a reality: The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), the Caribbean Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), Organizacion Internacional Regional de Salud Agropecauria (OIRSA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the European Union and the Government of Belize.