Malaysian Palm Oil Board gets recognition from Department of Standards

Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has recently obtained the Department of Standards Malaysia’s recognition under the Laboratory Accreditation Scheme of Malaysia (SAMM).

MPOB Director-General Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said the accreditation could enhance the results from studies and analyses in MPOB’s laboratories at the international level.

He added that the recognition was for the efficiency of the MPOB’s Food Safety and Quality Laboratory’s management system in the Analytical and Quality Development Unit under its Product Development and Advisory Services Division.

He stressed that the MPOB had emphasised on quality management in every analysis conducted.

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“With the commitment given, the Food Safety Laboratory successfully obtained the first Malaysian Laboratory Accreditation Certificate from the Department of Standards Malaysia in 2010, which is ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 accreditation for paraquat or herbicide analysis,” Ahmad Parveez said in a statement Friday.

In the statement, MPOB highlighted that the laboratories in its Analytical and Quality Development Unit conduct analytical development research, including testing, analysis and verification activities, as well as addressing issues related to food safety and palm oil quality.

MPOB’s Food Safety Laboratory was established in 2010 to ensure the Malaysian palm oil’s quality, and provide analysis services and technical advice to the palm oil and food industry.

In 2020, the MPOB’s Food Safety Laboratory has successfully renewed the ISO / IEC 17025: 2017 accreditation as a result of the ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 transition for paraquat waste analysis.

“The laboratory has demonstrated its technical competence to operate in accordance with MS ISO / IEC 17025: 2017 (ISO / IEC 17025: 2017),” said Ahmad Parveez.

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The MPOB’s Food Safety Laboratory also successfully added in the scope of ISO / IEC 17025: 2017 accreditation to three analyses, namely chloride content; content of esters 2- and 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (2- and 3-MCPDE) and glyceride esters (GE); and content of trace elements (phosphorus, iron and copper).

The addition of scope for these three analyses is very important to MPOB and the palm oil industry as issues related to 3-MCPDE and GE contaminant as well as the quality of palm oil are widely discussed, especially the implementation of the maximum level of GE and 3-MCPDE which was enforced by the European Union starting in March 2018 and January 2021, respectively.

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