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Certagen has according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 the competence, doing tests in the listed fields:
Field
Veterinary medicine
Test Field
Genetics (molecular genetics, paternity tests)
Testing Methods
Amplification methods
This covers all parentage and identity controls, as well as all tests on inherited traits, like colour inheritance or inherited diseases.
Certificate
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Certagen, VHL and VHP are accredited for DNA parentage testing with STRs by the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR). VHL is additionally accredited by ICAR for parentage verifications based on SNPs. This accreditation recognizes our long history of having provided high-level services in accordance with extremely stringent quality standards. This accreditation is essential for producing accurate and reproducible results.
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Certagen, VHL and VHP are members of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG). ISAG’s biannual international conferences offer scientists the opportunity to exchange ideas on a variety of topics. The result has been the creation of an international nomenclature that permits affiliated laboratories to exchange results. International ring tests are performed biannually for a variety of animal species.
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VHL is accredited under the NEN-EN-ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard. The accreditation certificate is registered under number L472. The accreditation is valid for a variety of DNA tests, an overview of which is available at www.rva.nl. VHL is routinely audited by the Accreditation Council in order to maintain its ISO 17025 accreditation.
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VHL and VHP are certified based on NEN-EN-ISO 9001. The certificate is valid for DNA analysis of animal and vegetable material, parentage verification and hereditary characteristics. For VHL also testing of pathogens applies. The identification code of the registration is number NL10/81826438. VHL and VHP are routinely audited via SGS Systems & Services EESV in order to maintain their ISO 9001 certification.
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What do these accreditations mean to you?
Reproducibility
All documents, produced in processing of the orders (e.g. order forms, also technical records) must be archived in a clearly defined way. By this means, it is still reproducible after years, which member of our staff analysed the respective sample when on which machine and if any characteristic has been observed.
Accuracy
We must prove the accuracy of our assessments obtained from our tests regularly. As a rule, we do this by annual laboratory comparison tests. In these comparison tests, the participating labs exchange samples, test them independently and compare the respective results. We can only keep our accreditation, when we are able to prove in these tests, that our procedures provide accurate results.
Verifiability
Our methods and results are inspected regularly: By annual internal auditions and every 18 months by external independent inspectors. Doing this, our company proves that our laboratory complies in its complete processes (including order handling and reporting) with the normative.
All this proves to our clients:
Reliable results from a professional service provider.