Федеральная служба по ветеринарному и фитосанитарному надзору (Россельхознадзор)
Test Center

Test Center

Scope of activities of the FGBI ARRIAH Testing Centre includes independent testing of food products, food raw materials and animal feed for their quality and safety that are indicative of their compliance with standards and requirements of current regulatory instruments of the Russian Federation.

Centres’ activities

Testing Centre (TC FGBI ARRIAH) was established and accredited by the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology on the basis of the Department for Toxicological Examination of the FGBI ARRIAH on August 26, 2005 and currently it is a structural unit of the FGBI “Federal Centre for Animal Health”.

TESTING LABORATORY (CENTRE) ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATE

In 2015, the Testing Centre of the FGBI “Federal Centre for Animal Health” was re-accredited by the Federal Accreditation Service (RosAccreditation) for its compliance with GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2009 “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories”.

 ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH GOST ISO/IEC 17025-2009


In 2014 the TC was included in the Customs Union (CU) Register of the Testing Laboratories thus acquiring the right to perform tests whose results are accepted in all CU countries and in Russia.               

            In 2015, the Testing Centre of the FGBI ARRIAH was granted an international accreditation by the Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS) for performing microbiological and physic-chemical tests of food, food raw materials, grain, feed, natural and drinking water within its scope of accreditation. In July 2016, the TC competence was confirmed following the inspection performed by the Slovak National Accreditation Service (SNAS).

The Testing Centre has all necessary testing facilities and equipment including unique testing equipment, measurement devices, reference samples and reagents required for tests to be performed in compliance with regulatory requirements and staff and environmental safety to be ensured.

Tested parameters:

Total viable count, coliforms, pathogenic bacteria including Salmonella;

Sulphite-reducing bacteria, mold, fungi and yeasts, lactic acid bacteria, Proteus bacteria;

Antibiotic residues and residues of toxic elements (plumbum, arsenic, cadmium, mercury);

Levels of benzapyrene, pesticides (GCCG, DDT and their metabolites), histamine, oxymethylfurfural, preservatives, aflatoxin M1, radionuclides;

Quality parameters: mass fraction of protein, fat and non-fat milk solid; acidity, presence of phosphatase, inhibiting substances, etc.

See information on the FGBI ARRIAH Testing Centre on the official web-site of the Federal Accreditation Service (RosAccreditation): fsa.gov.ru; and on the official web-site of the Eurasian Economic Commission: http://www.eurasiancommission.org; Section: Common Register of Certification Bodies and Testing Laboratories (Centres) of the Customs Union.