In a material it is a question of work of KGA UKTs laboratory on quality control and safety of agricultural and food production.
The laboratory on quality control of agricultural and food production KGAUKC successfully passed certification and received the certificate on certification which certifies, that laboratory on quality control and safety agricultural and pishhev
Quality of production - an element of survival rate of firm in the conditions of the market competition. Approximately such forimulirovka contain the majority of textbooks on economy. Peter I started to be engaged in seriously quality of production, having issued the decree from January 11, 1723 in which, except collecting to workers of military acceptance and to "director" (on modern terminology), establishes norm of periodic tests for quality (two guns every month).
A little that changed since Petrovsky times. The firms, wishing to get excellent reputation at consumers, care of quality and safety of let-out production. And for confirmation of its reliability address in the relevant laboratories. Special attention at them to food and agricultural production as the human health depends on its quality.
In order that on the markets good-quality production and for rendering to agricultural producers of the Republic of the effective help in its preparation for sale arrived and the KGA UKTs laboratory on quality control and safety of agricultural and food production was formed. In 2007 it successfully passed certification and received the certificate on certification which confirms, The chtolaboratoriya on quality control and safety of agricultural and food production of the Crimean state agrarian educational advice center of the Ministry of an agrarian policy of AR Crimea corresponds to criteria of certification on technical competence and independence and is certified on carrying out measurements in the sphere of distribution of the state metrological supervision according to the declared certification.
Specialists of laboratory render services in determination of quality of all types of agricultural production, products of its processing, water and structure of soils and provide the advisory help to employees of processing branches and to agricultural producers in introduction of progressive technologies in production, in control of quality of production.
Safety indicators are measured in all foodstuff:
– toxic elements: lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, copper, zinc, iron, tin;
– mikotoksiny;
– residual quantities yadoximikatov.
For carrying out tests for safety of food production the laboratory is equipped with the modern equipment. All arriving production is exposed here to entrance quality control. Tests of agricultural products arrive to the employees of laboratory having a wide experience of work on modern techniques of determination of quality of production.
By results of measurements the protocol with data on parameters and production characteristics is made, conclusions about compliance of ispytuyemy production to requirements of normative documents are represented to the customer. On the basis of the protocol to it issue the quality certificate.
Staff of laboratory constantly improves the professional level: take part in work of seminars, conferences, in interlaboratory comparative measurements. All of them were trained at institutes of postdegree education. Specialists of laboratory in 2006-2007 visited Poland where were trained on such subjects, as An exchange of experience in assistance to agricultural industry, and also A laboratory assessment of soils, qualities and safety of agricultural production.
Specialists of laboratory for 2007 investigated 530 samples of agricultural products, raw materials and soils of the farmland.
The leading expert of laboratory of H.p. of the Canal tells.
- The laboratory is formed in 1964 as food chemical and toxicological on control of quality of agricultural production. Her employees are on guard of safety of made production in agrarian sector and the food industry.
We render also the consulting help to the enterprises. Contracts we conclude, as a rule, for a year. Recently the dzhankoysky enterprise for production of canned food addressed for the help to us with a request to find out the marriage reason in production. It appeared that grades of vegetables grown up by them simply don’t suit conservation. Besides, there were flaws in the production technology. Now within a year we will conduct information soprvozhdeniye at this enterprise.
- What gives to producers the certificate of quality issued by your laboratory? – I ask Lyudmila Sergeevna.
- According to the law of Ukraine About quality and safety of food raw materials and food production on the market it is impossible to leave without researches of production on safety indicators.
- But after all private traders leave and is rather sure?
- Yes, private traders leave. But speech now goes about the large enterprises with good reputation which aspire to realize the production in supermarkets. Without quality certificates there the way is closed by it.
- How you think, whether quality of agricultural and food production when norms of the WTO already finally will start to be carried out will improve?
- Certainly. First, standards on production and test methods are harmonized with the international norms of quality and safety. Secondly, the integral requirements for trading enterprise in the international market is the control system existing at it of quality. To this level the goods and services in domestic market will be tightened. Uupravleniye quality includes two interconnected aspects – interests of the enterprise and need of the consumer. Producers should prepare already today for toughening of control of quality of production, the most strict observance of the production technology, regular increase of fertility of soils morally.
- In what uniqueness of laboratory of quality?
- In the Crimea there are no laboratories, except SES and Gosstandart which would investigate food production. Besides cost of services of our laboratory is twice lower. Now we do also analyses of forages, depending on quality indicators, the manufacturer them can regulate the price for let-out production.
Generally, specialists of laboratory are ready to effective cooperation with agricultural producers for achievement of the general our purpose – safety and quality agricultural production delivered to consumers that will help them to get reputation of producers of the most quality production.
The laboratory is to the address: 95494, Simferopol, item Komsomol, Sadovaya St., 12a, Phone: 618-901.
E. GORYUNOVA, expert of KGA UKTs.