Certain personnel, organisational and equipment requirements must be met for recognition as an examination centre.

Personnel requirements

• The management of the examination centre must
  • be professionally qualified and have at least threeiyears of professional experience in chemical analysisyin chemical analysis.
    A university degree in chemistry, food chemistry or food analytics counts as a professional qualificationechemistry or comparable disciplines (e.g. Physics, biology, geology).
  • have a sufficiently qualified deputy.
    The laboratory manager or their deputy must work full-time.
• The other staff must be sufficiently qualified (e.g. chemical engineers, chemists, chemists, chemists, etc.)echemical laboratory technicians or similar)hcomparable training).
  The number of employees depends on the area of responsibility. However, there should be at least three full-time employees.

Organisational requirements

• The testing centre must maintain a quality management manual in accordance with DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025. It must provide proof of competence and declare its independence.
• The personnel must fulfil their tasks and duties, in particularnparticularly with regard to quality assurance.
• One or more persons must be responsible for carrying out and monitoring the quality assurance measures.
• The inspection body must keep written records of its organisation and responsibilities and must be able tonup to date. The staff must have access to the documents at all times.
• As a rule, the inspection body carries out the sampling. In exceptional cases, other testing centres or external samplers may be commissioned.

Equipment requirements

• The testing centre must have a general laboratoryoequipment.
• The technical equipment must ensure that the tests can be carried out properly and that the necessary tests can be performediand the necessary quality assurance measures.
• The equipment must be regularly maintained and cacalibration. Records of the maintenance and calibriethe inspection body must keep records of maintenance and calibration for at least three years.
• The waste and waste water produced must be disposed of by the inspection bodyuthe examination centre must properly dispose of the waste and waste water and clean the exhaust air.

Tip: For detailed information and descriptions of theoou can find detailed information and descriptions of the requirements and duties of the inspection bodies under "Recognition of inspection bodies in waste management" on the LUBW website.