Belmopan- The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) is pleased to announce accreditation of its Food Safety Laboratory, the Central Investigation Laboratory (CIL), to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, international standard for Competence of Testing Laboratories. This recognition was conferred by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC) effective August 17, 2018.
BAHA says they are proud to offer greater assurance to our customers in the quality of our testing services. According to BAHA their success in this endeavor is a measure of BAHA’s commitment to quality infrastructure and customer satisfaction.
BAHA also states that they will continue to strive for excellence with their ongoing efforts to improve the quality and scope of its laboratory testing services. BAHA also stresses that they remain faithfully committed to fulfilling their mandate to the people of Belize, local producers, exporters, importers, trading partners and collaborators.
BAHA management said to be thankful to 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.