PM BRIEFED ON FOOD, DRUG SAFETY EXPERTISE LAB ACTIVITIES

18:52, 26 Mar 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan

Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan visited Tonus-Les Company’s food and
drug safety expert lab in Nor-Gyukh village community of Kotayk Marz.

The Prime Minister toured the lab getting acquainted with the works
and activities and achievements, the Government’s Press Office reports.

The laboratory enables quality and bioequivalence, as well as
biological and microbiological examinations of imported medicines
and food, promoting thereby the necessary quality standards.

Introducing achievements, company executives said that the lab has
recently been granted the international ISO 9001-2008 accreditation,
which is the first in the region.

It was noted that the international accreditation will enable local
producers to get expert opinion and product quality certification in
Armenia that will substantially reduce costs and time. Appropriate
steps have been taken to provide training to qualified personnel and
enhance international cooperation.

Prioritizing and welcoming the international accreditation of the
lab, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said that it will stimulate
the production of high quality local products, get reliable data on
production, increase export volumes and strengthen the protection of
consumer rights.

The Premier stressed the need for the lab to keep on developing in
order to provide high-quality expertise, as well as to build on the
confidence with business circles.

The lab executives assured that owing to its international
accreditation, the laboratory’s findings will be acknowledged in all
countries of the world. The laboratory has modern equipment of German,
Swiss, Japanese and Israeli manufacture.