Egypt renews poultry laboratory accreditation, expanding approved tests to 48

Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture renewed international accreditation for its poultry production control laboratory and added 12 new tests, raising approved tests to 48.

• The Animal Health Research Institute's reference laboratory received renewed ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from Egypt's National Accreditation Council after a two-day evaluation.
• The 12 new tests add four microbiological and six PCR molecular checks covering Salmonella, Listeria, Vibrio, and E. coli O157.
• Accreditation now extends to calibration of digital thermometers and thermo-hygrographs, alongside poultry disease, food safety, and feed testing.
• Institute director Samah Eid said the laboratory has held accreditation since 2005.