英文摘要 |
To ensure the testing processes and data quality of the contracted food testing agencies could meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and the requirements of quality control of testing results in the chemical field (QC-chemical) and microbiology field (QC-microbiology) announced by the Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan (TFDA), TFDA conducted quality assurance audits and blind proficiency tests for them. The non-conformity records (NCRs) of various testing kinds from 2020 to 2021 were herein summarized and categorized according to the clauses of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The main clauses of NCRs, the number of contracted agencies who performed the blind tests and the satisfaction rates of the test results were analyzed. A total of 188 audits were carried out with 831 NCRs issued during the period 2020 to 2021. The statistical results showed that there were 404 NCRs corresponding to the clauses “7.2 Selection, verification, and validation of methods”, 217 NCRs corresponding to the clauses “7.5 Technical records”, 57 NCRs corresponding to QC-chemical, 28 NCRs corresponding to the clauses “7.4 Handling of test or calibration items”, and 27 NCRs corresponding to the clauses “7.7 Ensuring the Validity of Results”. The number of NCRs in the aforementioned clauses accounts for more than 88% of all NCRs. The satisfaction rates of blind test results were 95.5% and 91.7% in 2020 and 2021, respectively. In addition, the international standard conformity comparison was conducted on the testing quality management of the contracted food testing laboratories which carried out the imported food and related products tests. The current requirements and management methods applied were found in line with the four quality criteria of the Codex Alimentarius Commission “Guidelines for the Assessment of Competence of Testing Laboratories Engaged in Food Import and Export Control”. |