Covance Awarded ISO Accreditation

PRINCETON, N.J.Covance Inc. was awarded full ISO 17025 accreditation for its nutritional chemistry and food safety facility in Battle Creek, Mich.

Recognizing the need for faster and more advanced food safety testing, Covance built a state-of-the-art facility in Battle Creek," said Marlo Vasquez, Vice President and General Manager, Covance Nutritional Chemistry and Food Safety.  This accreditation demonstrates not only our ability to consistently meet the highest testing standards, ensuring the safety of our clients products, but also our capacity to serve our clients growing needs in microbiology.  The extraordinary commitment and collaboration of our entire food testing team enabled us to achieve this important milestone within our first year of operation."

ISO 17025 in Battle Creek follows successful accreditation of the companys nutritional chemistry and food safety laboratories in Madison, Wis. (2009) and Singapore (2008).