LS Scientific Limited, a solution provider of laboratory (Lab) products and services, has unveiled its world-class laboratories worth about N300 million that will among other things detect cholera or any micro-organism in food.
The scientific event and exposition, which took place from Tuesday, August 6 – 8, 2019, showcased four laboratories namely the world chemistry lab, microbiology lab, instrumentation lab and the technical and calibration lab.
The four labs with testing and analysis will help ensure the highest level of quality and supply equipment, chemicals, consumables, safely and protect layers.
Olumurewa Odunjo, MD, LS Scientific Limited, at a press conference said, “We are here to officially launch our laboratories which will help us to study the consumer able food that manufacturers produce to ensure that they have the highest level of quality and also showcase our technical capacity within the Nigeria environment.
“The first lab is called the wet chemistry lab which will help carryout different analysis using various chemicals. For example, if you want to know the amount of sodium in salt, or minerals in water, you can carry out such test in this facility.
“The second one is the microbiology lab where we carryout micro-organism studies. If you want to know if there is Ebola or cholera in your food, micro-organism or foreign matter, this lab will help you with it.”
The instrumentation lab is fully equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment, using high tech equipment’s and machines to do analysis and the last one acts as a support system which carryout technical affair, maintenance, calibration and training of users of these equipment.
“We are unveiling the labs to Nigerians, and West Africans to ensure that production of goods are world class. So we are reaching out to Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), oil and gas, manufacturing companies, etc,” Adewale Olukoya, the head of marketing and business development at LS Scientific Limited.
“We have the equipment here that can carry out world class laboratory analysis and ensure that the qualities of finished products are world class. That is why we are partnering with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and others,” Olukoya said.
Last year, the Association of Foreign Airlines Representatives in Nigeria (AFARN) said that Nigeria loses over $30 million in export produce annually, due to poor quality control and poor packaging. Hopefully the development of these labs will help to ensure quality assurance in Nigerian products.
“This is a long time investment, we are not looking for money, we are trying to make sure that Nigeria produces the highest quality of products to be able to compete in the international space,” Odunjo said.
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