Implementation of accreditation method in UNILAB laboratory, for healthy life and environmental protection

UNILAB laboratoty as a part of the Faculty of agriculture, under Goce Delcev University – Shtip, Republic of North Macedonia, implements different laboratory tests, aiming at the improvement of the quality and quantity of the agricultural production and increasing the competitiveness of the domestic production at international level. The laboratory implements different agrochemical analyses of soil together with giving advice on the plant fertilization and nutrition; determination of micro and macroelements, heavy metals, trace elements and pesticide residues in different media such as soil, water and plant material, determination of the active substances of pesticides, the presence of certain nutrients in fertilizers, analysis of the quality of seeds and seedlings, determination of genetically modified organisms, determination and identification of the presence of plant diseases and pests of plants and stored agricultural products, determination of the biological efficacy of pesticides, qualitative and quantitative determination of the presence of mycotoxins of plant products. Total number of accreditation methods is around 45