Decus Research
ExCAL House, Capel Hendre Industrial Estate, Ammanford, SA18 3SJ, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
- Accredited standards
- 6
- UKAS certificate
- 1
- Site in our directory
- 1
What this lab is accredited for
Our reading of the UKAS scope: each standard once, with its official name where we have checked it.
Only this lab. Searches the 6 standard numbers and the 6 official names we hold. When no standard matches, it searches the method text of every scope line.
ISO 4833-1Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique
ISO 6888-1Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) - Part 1: Method using Baird-Parker agar medium
ISO 7932Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus - Colony-count technique at 30 degrees C
ISO 15213-2Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium spp. - Part 2: Enumeration of Clostridium perfringens by colony-count technique
ISO 16649-2Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of beta-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli - Part 2: Colony-count technique at 44 degrees C using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl beta-D-glucuronide
ISO 21528-2Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Part 2: Colony-count technique
BS EN ISO 4833-1:2023; BS EN ISO 16649-2:2001; BS EN ISO 21528-2:2017 Coagulase positive Staphylococci MS06P based on BS EN ISO 6888-1:2021; ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Schedule of Accreditation issued by United Kingdom Accreditation Service 2; ISO 4833-1:2023
BS EN ISO 4833-1:2023; BS EN ISO 7932:2004; BS EN ISO 15213-2:2023; BS EN ISO 16649-2:2001; BS EN ISO 21528-2:2017
Read from the scope as published by UKAS. Register refreshed 2026-10-23.
Scope as published by UKAS
5 lines
ISO/IEC 17025
Active4303
Accredited scope, certificate 4303
| Line | Method | Matrix | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 | Surface swabs | - |
| 2 | ISBN 011 751 600 7, 1981; ISBN 011 751 957 X, 1980 | Metal | - |
| 3 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017; Method AM.01.11 INORG-L11; Method AM.01.04 INORG-L04; MW01P based on MoDW Part 7, 2020; MW020P Using Bio-Rad Rapid’E.coli 2 agar; MW05P using Bio-Rad Rapid’P. aeruginosa Agar; MW03P based on MoDW Part 6, 2021; MW04P based on MoDW Part 5, 2021 | Drinking water | - |
| 4 | BS EN ISO 4833-1:2023; BS EN ISO 16649-2:2001; BS EN ISO 21528-2:2017 Coagulase positive Staphylococci MS06P based on BS EN ISO 6888-1:2021; ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Schedule of Accreditation issued by United Kingdom Accreditation Service 2; ISO 4833-1:2023 | Food products | - |
| 5 | BS EN ISO 4833-1:2023; BS EN ISO 7932:2004; BS EN ISO 15213-2:2023; BS EN ISO 16649-2:2001; BS EN ISO 21528-2:2017 | Drinking water | - |
Ranges are reproduced from the accredited scope document as published, and only where we found that range printed in the document for the line. Otherwise the cell reads “See scope document”. An absent range means the register did not state one. Line numbers are ours, for cross-reference; they follow the order of the scope document.
Location
ExCAL House, Capel Hendre Industrial Estate, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, SA18 3SJ, GB
51.89367, -4.21728
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