Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance makes solid progresses by becoming Full APSCA Member Firm and gaining Sedex SMETA approval

Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance makes solid progresses by becoming Full APSCA Member Firm and gaining Sedex SMETA approval

(16 Sep 2020, Hong Kong) Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance (CPA) is pleased to announce that, processed as Eurofins Group membership, it has become a Full APSCA Member Firm as of 21 August 2020, and a Sedex Affiliate Audit Company as of 26 August 2020, showcasing its industry-wide commitment to offering more comprehensive solutions to its global customers.

After completing the application and evaluation process, Eurofins became a Provisional Member Firm of the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA) last November and is proud to move to Full Member Firm status having completed the remaining elements of the firm approval process. APSCA is an industry association which promotes the professionalism, consistency and credibility of individuals and organisations in the independent social compliance audit field. The award of Full Member Firm status demonstrates Eurofins’ high level of integrity and quality in this field.

Eurofins has also been approved as a Sedex Affiliate Audit Company (AAC), allowing Eurofins to provide SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) services. Sedex is a global membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains. Buyers and suppliers can now leverage the Eurofins network to conduct SMETA audits, in order to achieve their social compliance and ethical goals.

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About EUROFINS CONSUMER PRODUCTS ASSURANCE

Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance (CPA), as part of Eurofins Assurance businesses, offers comprehensive assurance services to consumer product industry through factory audit, product inspection and training. The digital platform Eurofins Assurance OnLine provides data-driven intelligence and analytics to modern supply chain. As a Full Member Firm of APSCA, our accreditation for industry audit programmes including amfori BSCI, ICS, SCAN, SLCP and Sedex. Operating now in a network across Asia, Africa, Europe and South America, Eurofins CPA is trusted by brands, retailers, suppliers and corporates worldwide.

About Eurofins – the global leader in bio-analysis

Eurofins Scientific believes it is the global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in esoteric and molecular clinical diagnostic testing.

With over 48,000 staff across a network of more than 800 laboratories in over 50 countries, Eurofins’ companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability, and purity of a wide range of products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services.

As one of the most innovative and quality-oriented international groups in its industry, Eurofins is ideally positioned to support its clients’ increasingly stringent quality and safety standards and the increasing demands of regulatory authorities and healthcare practitioners around the world.

Shares in Eurofins Scientific are listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN FR0000038259, Reuters EUFI.PA, Bloomberg ERF FP).