"Damate" confirmed the compliance of its own laboratories with international standards

Damate laboratories in the Penza and Rostov regions took part in the competence assessment program. Providers accredited in the national accreditation system acted as experts. As part of the procedure, they evaluated the accuracy of the tests carried out in the laboratories, checked the qualified knowledge of the test methods, compared the test results with the results of other laboratories.

The verification was carried out in the format of interlaboratory comparative tests (ICT) in two stages: for microbiological and physico-chemical studies. The main task of the ISI is to independently evaluate the performance of laboratories for testing or measurements and continuously monitor them.

Laboratories received encrypted samples with pre-known desired indicators. Each sample contains information about the conditions of its delivery and storage, the type and condition of the matrix, the name of the indicators that need to be determined in the control sample, as well as the date and time of their preparation. They conducted tests in accordance with the control task and, after receiving the results, they completed the protocols and sent them to the provider. All laboratories participating in the proficiency testing have passed the procedure and received certificates from the ISI.

To date, 14 Damate laboratories operate in the Penza and Rostov regions, including veterinary diagnostic, industrial microbiological and physical and chemical laboratories for food production, chemical and technological laboratories for feed production, analytical testing laboratory centers, laboratories of local treatment facilities. More than 1.5 thousand units of equipment are installed in them, which allows more than 550 different types of research to be carried out. The total capacity of Damate laboratories is designed to carry out over 2.5 million analyzes, tests and studies per year. This volume is comparable to the scale of work of large federal testing centers.

Laboratories are an integral part of Damate production as a diagnostic tool. The presence of laboratories allows the company to conduct operational monitoring of the entire technological chain, obtain objective results, and prevent emergency situations.