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The quality-management system in research implemented in the food and food process quality research laboratory of the French Food Safety Agency

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The French Food Safety Agency is a public body incorporating 12 laboratories that perform research to support expertise and public decisions taken in the fields of sanitary safety of food, animal health, and veterinary drugs. On the request of the General Management of the Agency a quality-management system in research (QMSR) is being implemented in the Food and Food Process Quality Research Laboratory. The experimental QMSR is based on existing standards and documents, describing the provisions required for scientific and technical competence, quality management, and project management. Furthermore, this QMSR also incorporates specific notions of great importance for research activities such as the positive and negative non-conformities, the non-confirmation of hypotheses, and the principle of evaluation of a research activity by peers for both quality and scientific aspects.

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  1. Food and Food Process Quality Research Laboratory, French Food Safety Agency, 23 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94706, Maisons-Alfort cedex, France

    Ronel Biré, Hélène Lelièvre & Sylviane Dragacci

  2. Quality Delegate, French Food Safety Agency, 27–31 avenue du Général Leclerc, 94706, Maisons-Alfort cedex, France

    Guy Tufféry

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Biré, R., Tufféry, G., Lelièvre, H. et al. The quality-management system in research implemented in the food and food process quality research laboratory of the French Food Safety Agency. Accred Qual Assur 9, 711–716 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-004-0857-3

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