Quality & Accreditation

ALS in the UK operate a fully documented quality management system accredited by UKAS to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard. We hold UKAS accreditation to the Drinking Water Inspectorates’ Drinking Water Testing Specification for drinking water testing and the Environment Agencies’ MCERTS scheme for a wide range of determinands.

In the UK, between ALS Environmental & ALS Life Sciences we hold one of the largest schedules of accreditation in the UK environmental sector but we also offer additional unaccredited services.

ALS Environmental's full accreditation schedules and certificate's can be seen below:

	1314: Coventry, DOL, Dublin, Otterbourne, Field Services - Sampling & On-Site testing, Wakefield accreditation certificate	1314: Coventry, DOL, Dublin, Otterbourne, Field Services - Sampling & On-site testing & Wakefield Schedule of Accreditation
The UKAS accreditation status of ALS Life Sciences can be seen below:
	1291: Hawarden accreditation certificate	1291: Hawarden schedule of accreditation

ALS in the UK participate in a range of proficiency testing schemes, including: -

ALS Life Sciences - Hawarden hold a Plant Health Licence that allows us to import soil samples from abroad, the licence is issued by The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA).

ALS Environmental's Legionella testing laboratory holds an LCA Certificate of Registration which is issued by the Legionella Control Association (LCA). This laboratory is based in Coventry and utilises the MALDI-ToF confirmation technique with additional capacity at our Coatbridge laboratory.