The Center for Laboratory Services and Research (CLSR) of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has earned international recognition from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) .
The FDA has expanded the scope of its ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 17025:2017 testing as of June 3, 2022, according to the widely respected National Accreditation Board of ANSI.
The FDA’s Laboratory currently had the broadest ISO accreditation scope in Africa, according to the ISO accreditation and surveillance audits carried out between March 28 and April 4, 2022.
This information was included in a news statement that Mr. Seth Seaneke, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO), of the FDA’s Health Products and Technologies Division, released and signed on Friday in Accra.
It stated that the FDA currently had 55 parameters, seven more than the previous 48 parameters.
It explained that the seven new parameters comprised five parameters for the Food Physicochemical laboratory and two for the Pharmaceutical Microbiology laboratory.
“This enviable feat obviously places FDA in a position to meet internationally accepted scientific laboratory practices as it also allows the authority to issue Export Certificates in accordance with Section 131 of the Public Health Act, 2012, (Act 851),” it said.
The statement added that locally manufactured products such as foods, drugs, medical devices, herbal medicines, and household chemical substances that were certified by the FDA would be considered as having met international standards, and that will be a game-changer in the advancement of the African Continental Free Trade Area protocols.
The laboratory staff commitment and tenacity, as well as the quality procedures and policies that ensured reliable testing in accordance with worldwide standards, were credited by the chief executive officer, Mrs. Delese Mimi Darko, with the noteworthy accomplishment.
She consequently urged staff to maintain upholding the FDA’s high standards because doing so was the most reliable approach to reach remarkable achievements..