The accreditation follows a year of modernization and an investment of $2.7 million, according to Frederic Anglade, Adisseo Head of Industrial Platform, Commentry, France. Carat Laboratory installed cutting-edge analytical technology to meet the highest standards of excellence and quality. The laboratory contains 25 physical-chemical analysis centres with 20 high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) machines and 26 gaseous phase chromatographs (GPC). Some 50 scientists, engineers and qualified technicians in biochemistry, physics and biology are based at the laboratory. More than 100,000 analyses are done per year for vitamins, amino acids and enzymes. “We can respond to our customers in less than 15 days for vitamin and enzyme analyses in feeds or premixes,” says Richard Prime, Quality Control Manager, Adisseo.