CAPFish Project Sign Partnership Agreement with IPC for Laboratory Support

On June 15, 2022, Pasteur Institute of Cambodia (IPC) signed a partnership agreement with the EU supported CAPFish project to strengthen the capacity of IPC’s food testing laboratories toward achieving ISO 17025 accreditation. This collective effort will enable IPC to conduct food analysis for microbiological tests with more reliable test results, which are critical for food businesses and export including the fishery industry. By this means, the test results generated by IPC’s accredited laboratory will be accepted globally.

The agreement is indeed one of key activities under CAPFish Project implementing by UNIDO and the Fisher Administration to strengthen institutional capacity and quality support services including laboratory testing which will eventually support the Competent Authority of the Fisheries Administration to effectively perform the Official Control and certification services in line with regional and international requirements, including the EU.

As a result, it will support food and fishery businesses to comply with standards and market requirements.