Mokpo Seafood Food Support Center Earns KOLAS International Testing Laboratory Accreditation

Strengthening Seafood Export Support
Accelerating the Growth of Local Businesses

The Mokpo Seafood Food Support Center has obtained accreditation as an internationally recognized testing institution from the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS).

According to Mokpo City on the 18th, KOLAS is an organization under the National Institute of Technology and Standards of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, responsible for evaluating and accrediting quality systems and technical competence according to international standards. The KOLAS accreditation system evaluates the management system and technical competence of the target institution based on international standards and certifies its capabilities in the relevant field.

Exterior view of Mokpo Fisheries Food Support Center

Through this KOLAS accreditation, the center has been officially recognized for its testing capabilities in line with international standards. As a result, it will now be able to issue test reports that comply with the regulations of importing countries when exporting seafood and processed food products.

These test reports will have internationally equivalent validity under the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). The center has been accredited in a total of six items: three in the food sector (lead, cadmium, arsenic) and three in the microbiology sector (total bacteria count, coliform group, Escherichia coli).

Mayor Park Hongryul (Chairman of the Mokpo Seafood Food Support Center) stated, "The KOLAS international accreditation is a result that proves the center's testing and analysis capabilities and quality management system are at an international level," adding, "With the completion of the seafood export complex in Mokpo Dae-yang Industrial Complex next year, we will provide international-level testing services and actively support the export of seafood and processed food companies, doing our best to foster local businesses."

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