The education and services provided at Atatürk University, an educational institution equipped with participatory, contemporary, theoretical and practical knowledge with its experienced staff and technological infrastructure, continue to be registered by independent institutions.

In this context, Atatürk University Private Food Control Laboratory, which was established under the Atatürk University Food Analysis Laboratories Coordinatorship, was accredited according to TS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards as a result of the audits carried out by the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK).

The Special Food Control Laboratory, which has been validated both nationally and internationally with the accreditation certificate, which is a reliable indicator of technical competence, is located in the Food Engineering Department of the Faculty of Agriculture and consists of chemical, physical, microbiological, functional food and food additive analysis laboratory units.

The Special Food Control Laboratory, which has the capacity to serve scientific research and R&D activities by being designed with tools and equipment that can be applied to advanced laboratory techniques, will also provide significant convenience in food exports, as accredited analysis reports are internationally accepted.

“Food Safety, One of Today's Most Current Issues”

Emphasizing that the accreditation of Atatürk University Private Food Control Laboratory, which was established within the scope of the Food Analysis Laboratories Coordinatorship, which was established about 2 years ago in line with the New Generation University Design and Transformation Project, by the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TÜRKAK), is of great importance for the wide geography it serves, especially Erzurum. Prof. Dr. Ömer Çomaklı emphasized that there is no laboratory of this scale in the Eastern Anatolia Region, and that the number of laboratories established within this scope within the university in our country is quite limited. Rector Çomaklı stated that as a result of a better understanding of the relationship between healthy life and nutrition, the demands of consumers for healthy and safe food are increasing day by day, and stated that food safety is one of the most current issues in our country, as it is in the world.

“Food Analyzes Are Performed in a Healthy Way”

Rector Çomaklı said, “Ensuring food safety is also extremely important in terms of raising healthy generations” and added: “There is a great need for well-equipped food analysis laboratories to identify physical, chemical and biological hazards originating from food, as well as frauds such as imitation and adulteration. Thanks to the Special Food Control Laboratory, which we have established with great efforts for this need, the analyzes of the foods are made in a healthy way and all kinds of counterfeiting are prevented.”

CORPORATE COMMUNICATION DIRECTORATE – 06.07.2022