MANILA, Philippines — D&L Industries, the country’s largest specialty foods ingredients, plastics and oleochemicals firm, seeks to boost its export capability by enhancing its laboratory testing standards.
The company renewed its ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation from the Philippine Accreditation Bureau.
The accreditation refers to the international standard for competence in laboratory testing and demonstrates that the company’s laboratory testing capabilities and management system follow global best practices.
ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is a rigorous process that involves extensive documentation and audits on processes, equipment, and personnel technical proficiency. The certification is valid for five years.
In addition to ISO/IEC 17025, the D&L group has the following certifications in select business units: ISO 9001 (Quality MS), ISO 14001 (Environmental MS), OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety MS), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), FSSC 22001 (Food Safety Standard Certification), Kosher, Halal, and Organic Trader for refined, bleached, and deodorized CNO and VCO.
These international certifications represent D&L’s steadfast commitment to both R&D and process innovation, allowing the company to achieve sustainable growth in new and existing businesses and increase its relevance to customers.
D&L said with the accreditation, analyses performed by the firm’s analytical laboratory comply with international standards.
“This supports the facilitation of trade and entry of Philippine products into foreign markets,” the listed company said.
Some of the tests that D&L’s analytical laboratory can do include material identification and profiling, detection of impurities and contaminants and reverse engineering.