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| ・OMIC Oregon Laboratory ・OMIC Bangkok Laboratory ・OMIC Melbourne Laboratory ・OMIC Tokyo Laboratories |
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| Quality control of OMIC laboratories |
| Our laboratories are carrying out reliable tests and analysis by applying up-to-date technologies and quality control. |
| ● | The up-to-date analytical equipments and technologies are applied for the analysis of trace substances including pesticide residue analysis. |
| ● | Every year OMIC participates in an International proficiency test under FAPAS, and produces good results. |
| ● | OMIC implements internal quality control and internal audit, as well as recovery tests before commencing daily analysis at the laboratories. |
| ● | Every OMIC laboratory is accredited with ISO/IEC17025 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) in major items for analysis by acknowledged institutions in concerned countries. This accreditation assures that OMIC laboratories comply with the requirements of ISO. |
| ● | Tokyo laboratories, which was the status of a Registered laboratory authorized by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, carries out the analysis in accordance with the guidance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. |
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| ISO/IEC17025 accredited ! (ISO/IEC17025 assures the international standard of laboratory’s technical level in analysis.) |
| ● | ISO/IEC17025 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) includes not only the management requirements of laboratories, but also the technical requirements. Technical requirements address the validities in knowledge of staff, experience, competence, facilities, environmental conditions, and methodology. Being accredited with ISO/IEC 17025 indicates that OMIC laboratories are proved to be technically and technologically reliable by the acknowledged third parties (Accreditation body). |
| ● | Pesticide residue analysis is indispensable to secure the safety in international food trade. CODEX (International organization) requires laboratories to adhere to the following point in the guideline: “ The following quality criteria should be adopted by laboratories involved in the import and export control of foods: Compliance with the general criteria for testing laboratories laid down in ISO/IEC Guide 17025 “General requirements for the competence of calibration and testing laboratories” ”. |
OMIC Laboratories |
Accreditation Body |
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| Oregon Laboratory | Pesticide Residue Food Component Microorganisms DNA |
TUV Rheinland of North America |
2001 | |
| Bangkok Laboratory | Sugar | Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  |
2002 | |
| Pesticide Residue Analysis Microorganisms Aflatoxin Cadmium |
Department of Medical Sciences (DMSc)
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2005 | ||
| Melbourne Laboratory | Pesticide Residue Food Component Microorganisms |
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA)  |
2001 2002 |
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| Tokyo Laboratory | Cadmium | The Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment(JAB) |
2007 | |
| External proficiency test |
| Participation in external proficiency test |
| ● | To assure the reliability in the techniques of laboratories, it is stated that the laboratories need to participate in the internal quality control and external proficiency tests, to check its technical competency. |
| ● | Regarding major items of analysis (including pesticide residue, heavy metal, micotoxin, microorganisms, nutrients and environment related items), every OMIC laboratory participates in the proficiency tests such as FAPAS and other tests held by governmental organizations (e.g. United States Department of Agriculture, NARL and NRS of Australia, Thai government (Department of Medical Science, Department of Science Service), Hatano Research Institute - Food and Drug Safety Center in Japan). FAPAS: One of the largest proficiency tests in the world held by the Central Science Laboratory, an executive agency of the UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
| The results of FAPAS in 2006 |
| ● | OMIC laboratories participated in FAPAS (Aflatoxin and pesticide residue ) in FY 2006 and produced the target score (within 2 in z-Scores). This means that the skills and techniques applied in all four laboratories of OMIC were proved to be technically satisfactory. |
TEST No. |
Sample |
Analysis Item |
0489 |
Corn |
Aflatoxin |
0944 |
Wheat Flour |
Pesticide Residue |
| Features of OMIC laboratories |
| ● | All of our overseas laboratories are on “the Foreign Official Laboratories list” of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. When a cargo is inspected by the laboratories on the list in exporting country, prior to the export, and a report of the result from the inspection is attached to the cargo, the inspection of the concerned items at the quarantine station at the time of import may be exempted (excluding the items subjected to the Inspection order and other items (e.g. microorganisms)). |
| ● | The location of laboratories are Thailand, the United States and Australia, which are all exporting countries of agricultural commodities. Since the foodstuffs can be analyzed in these countries; therefore, if by any chance a violation case happened, quick measures (including swift handling of concerned products) can be taken at the location of occurrence. |
| ● | The safety of the products can be comprehensively assured since the laboratories mainly analyze pesticide residues, as well as veterinary drugs, heavy metal, microbial contamination and GMO. |
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| Our staff/chemists are familiar with the legislations and regulations of Japan. They will provide various services at your request. |
| ● | Our chemists have majored in Chemistry and Microbiology, in addition, through the internal and external training, they have acquired the knowledge of not only the methodologies of International standards, but also the ones applied in Japan. |
| ● | OMIC headquarters is also one of the Registered laboratories authorized by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Therefore, the headquarters can inform the overseas laboratories of the requirements of Food Sanitation Law and the guidance principles of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to enable the laboratories to give a high standard of analysis in accordance with the legislations and regulations of Japan. |
| The number of items that OMIC can analyze in pesticide residue analysis is the largest in the region. |
| ● | Every overseas laboratory is capable of analyzing more than 500 items in pesticide analysis. Although microbiological tests, analysis of heavy metal and micotoxin etc can be carried out in all the laboratories, each laboratory has its own features in the items for analysis, in accordance with the needs in the specialty of the region; for example, Antibiotics residue analysis is a feature of the laboratory in Thailand, and the GMO determination is one for the Laboratory in the U.S. |
OMIC Laboratories |
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Features |
| Oregon Laboratory | Portland, Oregon, USA
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Besides analysis of more than 550 items in pesticide residue, the laboratory can carry out DNA analysis in GMO. |
| Bangkok Laboratory | Bangkok, Thailand |
The pesticide residue analysis in Tapioca and Vegetables, and the residue analysis of veterinary drugs in Shrimp and poultry are our strong points. Including mentioned items, we are capable of analyzing more than 600 items. |
| Melbourne Laboratory | Melbourne, Australia |
Rapeseed (Canola, an export of Australia) can be analyzed. We are capable of analyzing 550 items in pesticide residue analysis. |
| Tokyo Laboratory | Zama, Kanagawa, Japan |
The analysis of micotoxin and phosphine are our strong points, as well as ones for Cadmium, Lead and Arsenic. |
