PH's first Metrology in Chemistry lab to be launched on Nov. 9 - Manila Bulletin

The country’s first Metrology in Chemistry Laboratory is set to be inaugurated and to be opened to the public on Nov. 9.

(DOST-ITDI)

Hundreds of representatives from food and water industry sectors and science communities are expected to attend the launch of the Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute’s (DOST-ITDI) four-story MiC Laboratory, which is located in the Science Complex in Bicutan, Taguig City.

Leading the event is DOST Secretary Fortunato T. De La Peña together with DOST-ITDI Director Dr. Annabelle V. Briones.

Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez serves as the keynote speaker of the event.

“It took us quite a while, a decade actually, to establish our chemical testing services and house it in one of the most economically vital and heavily invested infrastructures in metrology,” Briones said in a statement on Friday, Nov.5.

The DOST-ITDI said the establishment of the MiC Laboratory was aimed at helping local testing laboratories comply with traceable chemical measurements by producing reference materials (RMs) and conducting accuracy-based Proficiency Testing (PT) schemes.

“What makes RMs valuable is how it supports the results of measurement laboratories to ensure that commodities can pass stringent international trade standards on food quality and control. MiC thus aims to reduce the detention and recall of Philippine products for export,” it said.

Through the new laboratory, highly characterized, authenticated...



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