Ukraine is able to provide the highest level of quality control of products of agricultural and industrial complex

    Last week, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov entrusted to State Inspection for Consumer rights’ protection to check the quality and standards commitment of meat and dairy production for start in Kyiv and Kyiv region, for the purpose to state control over observance of legislation on consumer protection and state market of surveillance for food. Yesterday on November 22, 2012 Prime Minister Mykola Azarov acquainted with the work of State Inspection for Consumer rights’ protection and visited the Ukrainian laboratory of quality and safety of agricultural products of NUBiP of Ukraine (ULQSAP).
   Rector of NUBiP of Ukraine Academician D.O. Melnychuk and Director of ULQSAP Professor S.D. Melnychuk briefed the Prime Minister on the activities of analytical laboratories, particularly those where the measurements and research of quality and safety of agricultural products and environmental objects are carried out. And also visited the research departments of chromatography and spectral analysis, molecular diagnostic tests, monitoring of quality and safety of agricultural products and held a briefing for the press.

   In his speech, Mykola Yanovych said that the Governmental order in 2003 to create ULQSAP implemented in full measure. Today laboratory is a powerful research and production and training center with laboratory practice. It carries almost the entire range of necessary research to identify indicators of quality and safety of agricultural raw materials and products, developing new activities, in particular to ensure the minimization of environmental impact.
ULQSAP has demonstrated large-scale independent public monitoring study and ensures the proper execution of research and serves as a major base for master's and post-graduate programs and for graduate studies. It is expected that by the order of President of Ukraine V.F. Yanukovych in 2012 will start building Kherson branch of this laboratory.
Ukrainian laboratory of quality and safety of agricultural products of NUBiP of Ukraine is unique
- Due to its complex structure researches provided in all production chain - from initial phase to finished products, in other words, "from field to consumer";
- Almost all types of production of agricultural and environmental complex are covered (vegetable and animal raw materials and finished food products, fodder, industrial crops, crops for biodiesel production, etc.), the most accurate analytical work  (a variety of toxic and radioactive substances, soil and water ) and development of general recommendations for producers is carried out;
- Laboratory experts use not only the methods approved in Ukraine, but also international.

           During ULQSAP’s existence was completed laboratory building in which all the modern requirements for laboratory facilities were kept, equipped with the latest devices, developed and implemented in practice quality system, developed modern international research methods of agricultural raw materials and foodstuffs. A lot of attention is paid to control of staff qualification level and regular retraining. Currently ULQSAP is accredited by the national and international standards.