Abu Dhabi, January14 , 2023 The Central Testing Laboratory of the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council (QCC) carried out over 316,000 tests through its specialized laboratories in 2022 across various verticals to ensure conformity of products to mandatory norms in Abu Dhabi.
In a statement, QCC said that these tests were carried out across water, food, liquids, environment, building and construction materials, transformer oils and agriculture, in addition to medicines, medical devices and cosmetics.
In its annual report on the achievements for 2022, the Central Testing Laboratory said that the tests included 211,000 water tests and 430 examinations, comprising 67% of the total laboratory tests, 61,000 tests and 239 examinations of food and liquids, 22,000 tests and 966 examinations of the environment, 9,413 examinations of building and construction materials, 6,950 tests for transformer oils, 1,898 agricultural tests, 392 tests for medical tools and equipment, and 376 tests for cosmetics.
The laboratory also carried out four specialized training courses last year in radiological examinations, laboratory quality, mechanisms for collecting water samples, and physical examinations of water samples including the different models deployed.
His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Hassan Al-Maeeni, Executive Director of the Central Testing Laboratory said the laboratory works according to the Council's strategic plan to develop its technical capabilities and expand the scope of services to meet the growing needs of government agencies, which currently include for building and construction materials, environment, food and liquids, water, radiation, agriculture, cosmetics, food contact materials, medicines, medical materials and medical devices.
His Excellency said the laboratory provided services to the industrial and private sectors, and 29 per cent of these verticals benefited from the tests in 2022. He stressed that the Council was always keen to improve and upgrade the services of the laboratory to reduce time and cost, by evaluating the geographical distribution of the service provisions according to the needs of partners and customers. This in turn helps manage resources effectively in addition to expanding the scope of services.
The report said that the Central Testing Laboratory launched an electronic platform `KAFAA Efficiency System’ during the GITEX technology exhibition in Dubai last year in cooperation with the healthcare company, G42, to achieve operational excellence by increasing efficiency, improving costs and monitoring performance and other key performance indicators. This also contributed to providing a database for decision makers to access information on the services of the Central Testing Laboratory.
The KAFAA efficiency platform comes with a data dashboard on the services provided by the laboratory across categories. It also tracks the status of requests over a specific period of time, and displaying it on a monthly, weekly and daily level on its screens.
The Central Testing Laboratory represents QCC in the federal team which studies food risks in Abu Dhabi as per the directive of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. It is also a member on the national committees headed by the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) which monitors the inventory of resources in the country, and conducts studies on addressing risks from hazardous materials from incidents and to build a national database.
The laboratory’s annual report for 2022 highlighted that one of the most important achievements was in supporting the local industrial sector through eight projects with local manufacturers on extending the validity periods of products, while maintaining safety and quality. Outside the UAE, the laboratory also participated in a study carried out by an American private company, XPRIZE on novel foods.
The Central Testing Laboratory participated with strategic partners, the Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) and the Abu Dhabi Agriculture Food Safety Authority (ADFSA) in treated water project to provide comprehensive chemical and biological tests for food safety, in addition to a project for detecting pesticide residues in coffee, where the Council’s unique service listed 437 pesticides, the highest in Abu Dhabi..
In 2022, the laboratory also concluded many agreements and MoUs with its strategic partners, most notably a service agreement with the Abu Dhabi Ports Company and Harbor Energy, and renewed the partnership agreement with the Salal company for 3 years and signing an agreement to authorize PT Gamma merit tests.
In its annual report on the achievements for 2022, the Central Testing Laboratory said that the tests included 211,000 water tests and 430 examinations, comprising 67% of the total laboratory tests, 61,000 tests and 239 examinations of food and liquids, 22,000 tests and 966 examinations of the environment, 9,413 examinations of building and construction materials, 6,950 tests for transformer oils, 1,898 agricultural tests, 392 tests for medical tools and equipment, and 376 tests for cosmetics.
The laboratory also carried out four specialized training courses last year in radiological examinations, laboratory quality, mechanisms for collecting water samples, and physical examinations of water samples including the different models deployed.
His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Hassan Al-Maeeni, Executive Director of the Central Testing Laboratory said the laboratory works according to the Council's strategic plan to develop its technical capabilities and expand the scope of services to meet the growing needs of government agencies, which currently include for building and construction materials, environment, food and liquids, water, radiation, agriculture, cosmetics, food contact materials, medicines, medical materials and medical devices.
His Excellency said the laboratory provided services to the industrial and private sectors, and 29 per cent of these verticals benefited from the tests in 2022. He stressed that the Council was always keen to improve and upgrade the services of the laboratory to reduce time and cost, by evaluating the geographical distribution of the service provisions according to the needs of partners and customers. This in turn helps manage resources effectively in addition to expanding the scope of services.
The report said that the Central Testing Laboratory launched an electronic platform `KAFAA Efficiency System’ during the GITEX technology exhibition in Dubai last year in cooperation with the healthcare company, G42, to achieve operational excellence by increasing efficiency, improving costs and monitoring performance and other key performance indicators. This also contributed to providing a database for decision makers to access information on the services of the Central Testing Laboratory.
The KAFAA efficiency platform comes with a data dashboard on the services provided by the laboratory across categories. It also tracks the status of requests over a specific period of time, and displaying it on a monthly, weekly and daily level on its screens.
The Central Testing Laboratory represents QCC in the federal team which studies food risks in Abu Dhabi as per the directive of the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. It is also a member on the national committees headed by the National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) which monitors the inventory of resources in the country, and conducts studies on addressing risks from hazardous materials from incidents and to build a national database.
The laboratory’s annual report for 2022 highlighted that one of the most important achievements was in supporting the local industrial sector through eight projects with local manufacturers on extending the validity periods of products, while maintaining safety and quality. Outside the UAE, the laboratory also participated in a study carried out by an American private company, XPRIZE on novel foods.
The Central Testing Laboratory participated with strategic partners, the Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) and the Abu Dhabi Agriculture Food Safety Authority (ADFSA) in treated water project to provide comprehensive chemical and biological tests for food safety, in addition to a project for detecting pesticide residues in coffee, where the Council’s unique service listed 437 pesticides, the highest in Abu Dhabi..
In 2022, the laboratory also concluded many agreements and MoUs with its strategic partners, most notably a service agreement with the Abu Dhabi Ports Company and Harbor Energy, and renewed the partnership agreement with the Salal company for 3 years and signing an agreement to authorize PT Gamma merit tests.
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