On 9 June 2021, World Accreditation Day was celebrated. This global initiative is aimed at promoting the value of accreditation and this year’s theme is “Accreditation: supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.

The 2030 Agenda is articulated across the 17 Development Goals (SDGs) bringing together economic, social and environmental dimensions and including the three key pillars: People, Prosperity and the Planet.

There is no quality without metrology in food laboratories 

On 20th May, the World Metrology Day was celebrated to commemorate the signing of the Metre Convention in Paris, in 1875, which established a common system of unit measurement known as the International System of Units (SI). 

The theme for the World Metrology Day 2021 is “Measurement for Health”. The theme was chosen to create awareness on the important role of measurement for health and, therefore, human wellbeing.

La resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) es una de las principales amenazas para la salud mundial y la Inocuidad de los Alimentos en la actualidad. La producción de animales a escala industrial influye en la selección y propagación de los determinantes emergentes de la RAM. Entre las bacterias transmitidas por los alimentos, el género Salmonella spp.