U.S – Charm Sciences, a world leader in food safety diagnostic tests, is over the moon on their International Organization for Standardization, ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) three-year recertification, for the design and manufacture of their patented Peel Plate microbial test products used in safety and quality testing of foods.
Charm develops, manufactures, and quality tests the microbial detection products onsite at three facilities in Massachusetts.
“Since our inception, Charm Sciences has been committed to customer-driven innovation, quality, and continual improvement. With the ISO 9001:2015 recertification, we demonstrate our ongoing dedication to a customer-driven QMS system. We are incredibly proud of our employees who received superlative comments from the Lloyd’s Register auditors in their development, documentation, and maintenance of QMS process controls and key performance indicators,” said Bob Salter, VP of Regulatory and Industry Affairs.
International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2015, is a globally recognized standard that defines QMS requirements and performance criteria. The standard assists companies in aligning quality with the business strategy of meeting and exceeding customer needs. This certification helps the food industry using the company’s microbial detection products to meet their auditor requirements, such as Safe Quality Food Institute (SQF) criteria.
Charm’s Peel Plate test platform, offers quantitative microbial indicator tests for aerobic, coliform, E. coli, Enterobacteriaceae, heterotrophic, staphylococcus bacteria, and yeast /mold. Many of these tests have external verification from AOAC-RI, AOAC-OMA, MicroVal, or National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipment (NCIMS) Approval with FDA 2400 forms used in Grade A dairy product testing.
Peel Plate tests are aseptic ready-to-use microbial tests that self-wick upon sample addition and produce colored colonies after incubation. The food industry uses Peel Plate tests to monitor sanitation and quality of raw materials, production processes, and final products.
The commitment to the ISO 9001-2015 QMS and external auditor recertification highlights why Charm is a trusted and committed global leader in the food safety industry.
Charm Peel Plate EB Microbial Test recently received the AOAC Official Method of Analysis status (AOAC-OMA) which the company as the culmination of years of development in the product’s ISO 9001 Quality System.
The AOAC-OMA final action, along with the ISO focused MicroVal certification, is a global recognition of suitability for use for microbiological testing.
Established in 1978 in Greater Boston, Charm’s products serve the dairy, feed and grain, food and beverage, water, and industrial markets in more than 100 countries around the globe.
