SGS lab receives SANAS accreditation
The backing means the Cape Town site can carry out specific tasks in terms of the Accreditation for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Act (Act 19 of 2006).
The laboratory was accredited for:
- Protein in foods and feeds – method: WI-AN-001 based on AOAC 2001.11 Kjeltec
- Free Fatty Acids in foods, feeds and oils – method: WI-AN-002 based on AOCS Ca 5a-40
- Salt (Sodium Chloride) in foods and feeds – method: WI-AN-003 based on AOAC 937.09
Cape Town’s in-house analytical capabilities include nutritional analysis (foodstuffs, feeds, vegetable oils), microbiological testing, metals and minerals in foods and feeds, fish, spices, oils, honey, juices and wines, distilled liquors and liqueurs.
