Annex (1)
Updated on: 2010-02-07
To The Accreditation Certificate No. JAS Test - 040 Dated 2008-10-28
for  Ben Hayyan- Aqaba International Labratories/
Aqaba Special Econmic Zone Authority

 

Scope of Accreditation

Chemical and Microbiological Testing for Food and Water

 

 

Tested Parameter/Type of Test/

Measured Quantity

 

Test Methods/ Standards

Chemical analysis of food

Aflatoxins: B1, B2, G1 and G2

§     SOP No. FL– OI– SOP-002 for determation of Aflatoxins: B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cashew, pistachio, peanut by HPLC

Nitrite

§     BS 4401-8:1976 for deremination of Nitrite in cured meat by Photometric measurement

Titratable Acidity

§     Jordanian Standard JS 1359:1999 (ISO 6091:1980) for determination of titratable acidity of dried milk by Potentiometrically titration

Chemical analysis of fresh and waste water

pH

§     SM 4500-H+:2005 for determination of pH in fresh and waste water by Electrometric method

Nitrate

§     SM 4110 B:2005 for determination of Nitrate in fresh and waste water by IC

Sulfate

§     SM 4110 B: 2005 for determination of Sulfate in fresh and waste water by IC

Total Dissolved Solids and TDS

§     SM 2540 C: 2005 for determination of Total dissolved solids (TDS)in fresh and waste water by Gravimetric method

Total Hardness

§     SM 2340 C: 2005 for determination of Total hardness in fresh and waste water by titration method

Turbidity

§     SM 2130 B: 2005 for determination of turbidity in fresh and waste water by Nephelometric method

  Microbiological analysis of food

Aerobic Plant Count  §     BAM/ FDA, 2001 for determination of Aerobic plant count in meat by Pour        plate method
Staphylococcus Aureus  

§    BAM/ FDA, 2001 for deremination of Staphylococcus aureus in powder milk by Direct plate count method

 

Microbiological analysis of water
Total Coliform §  SM 9221-B:2005 for determination of Total coliform of drinking water and    swimming pool by Multiple-tubes fermentation technique
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa §  BS EN ISO 16266:2008 for determination of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa of swimming pool, botteled water and natural mineral water by Membrane filter technique

 

       List of employees in the laboratory who are technically responsible for issuing the test reports in the scope of accreditation:    

             1.  Food Laboratory Division Head / Mr. Abdalla Hajji.

             2.  Environmental Analysis & Monitoring Division Head / Eng. Wael Suleiman

             3.  Quality Assurance Officer / Wael I. Abu-Tuaimeh