In Brief

 

The Central Laboratory (Thailand) Company Limited (CLT) has established in accordance with the Cabinet Resolution since 17 June 2003 or presently operating for more than 20 years. CLT has accredited the international standard of ISO/IEC 17025, certified more than 1,000 laboratory testing parameters and abled to support more than 400,000 samples per year. Certainly, CLT is not only able to provide standard product analysis services for exporters, entrepreneurs, agribusinesses, SMEs, OTOP and community enterprises but support to the policy transfer from the governmental agency as well such as the Department of Fisheries, Thai Industrial Standards Institute Excise Department and Rice Department. In advance, CLT has 6 branches covering all the country regions, including Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Chachoengsao, Samut Sakhon, Songkhla and Bangkok.

 

With the potential of CLT, the company has also received the international standard of ISO/IEC 17025 - the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, ISO 29993 – Learning services for non-formal education and training, ISO/IEC 17043 - General requirements for proficiency testing, ISO/IEC 17065 and ISO/IEC 17021-1 - standards for Certification Bodies (CB) from the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards, including Recognized by partner countries - Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfares (MHLW), Japan Hongkong Center of Food Safety, Hongkong Ministry of Food and Drugs Safety and Korea ASEAN countries.

In this regard, EURLs (European Union Reference Laboratories) announced that CLT was the only one in Thailand that passed the Pesticide Residue Test for Specific Crops for Export in 2016, CLT in Thailand was only 1 in 5 of Asia, including China, India, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand that have passed the tests. Central Lab Thai had tested for EURLs for 3 consecutive years from 2014 - 2016.

 

For Laboratory Testing Services

To service laboratory testing for supporting and enhancing product performances in groups of exporters, entrepreneurs, agribusinesses, SMEs, OTOP, community enterprises, product researchers, developers and consumers

• • Testing for vegetables and fruits for exporting and consuming for the country and partner countries such as pesticide residues in groups of Organochlorine, Organophosphate, Carbamate and Pyrethroid.
  • Testing for fishery and livestock products for exporting by testing the residues of chemicals, antibiotics, microbiology and heavy metal.
  • Testing for food composition and nutrient to make the nutrition fact label and test for product shelf-life.
  • Testing for process food products, beverages, daily products, bakeries, seasonings and others by testing for food additive, toxin, microbiology, and heavy metal.
  • Testing for seeds, cereals, plant foods and fishery products for toxin and bio-toxin.
  • Testing for the quality of water, ice, water reservoirs and wastewater, according to international standards.
  • Testing for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in plant foods, raw materials and products of animal feeds, according to the requirements of partner countries.
  • Testing for Genetic Materials of DNA/RNA in plant foods, foods, Halal foods and animal feeds, including to virus pathogens in aquatic animals and fishery products for exporting, according to the requirements of OIE partner countries and others.
  • Testing for the quality of agricultural productivity factors in the registration process with the results such as fertilizer composition and active ingredient in agricultural hazardous substances.
  • Testing for Food Contact Materials, Packaging and Packaging Waste, including the material quality and the material distribution of packaging migration.
  • Testing for the agricultural and food product analysis, according to the agreement of product distribution between partner countries such as Bird’s Nest Products.
  • Testing for foods, cosmetics and other products for reporting and monitoring for food, environmental and occupational health issues and testing for supporting research manners.

 

For Certification and Inspection Services

To focus the enhancement of certification and inspection processes for agricultural and industrial production in order to develop the capacity building of human resources with more efficiency and effectiveness in implementing to the standards, occupational health and safety and environmental conditions of workplaces, including to the environmental quality of life-beings

Product Certification and Inspection Services
Certification Body (CB) and Inspection Body (IB)
- Good Agriculture Practices or Good Aquaculture Practices (GAP) and Code of Conduct (CoC) for fishery products and plant products (plant foods, organic plants, rice and organic rice).
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) for food productions and beverages in manufacturers.
- Chain of Custody of Forest based Products Management – Requirements, according to TIS 2861
- Sustainable Forest Plantation Management – Requirements, according to TIS 14061
- Green label products from manufacturers

Calibration Laboratory Service
For Alcohol Breath Tester Calibration, Temperature Control of Cold Storage, Temperature & Humidity Calibration, Mass Calibration and Volumetric Apparatus Calibration

Indoor Air Quality Service in Buildings
To measure indoor air quality with basic parameters in buildings, according to indoor air quality standard.

Learning Service Provider Service
According to the international standard of ISO 29993

Academic In-house Training Service
For manufacturers, related to food safety and others

Proficiency Testing Provider Service
According to the international standard of ISO/IEC 17043

Internal Auditor Service
According to the internal standards of ISO/IEC 17025 and TIS 2677

Standard Consultant Service
- For establishing laboratory testing standard, according to ISO/IEC 17025 and management system of laboratory occupational health and safety, related to chemicals, according to TIS 2677.
- Environmental Management System, according to ISO 14001
- Quality Management System, according to ISO 9001

 

 

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