Le West African Accreditation System (SOAC), to accredit seven Senegalese laboratories in several sectors of activity. On Monday 9, in Dakar, the representative of UEMOA in Senegal, Aissa Kabo, welcomed the “tangible results” of the SOAC

La cérémonie de remise SOAC accreditation diplomas were held at seven laboratories in Senegal on 9 October last year. Occasionally, accredited laboratories are active in testing, calibrations and medical biology. The chairman of its board of directors, Aboubacry Barro, pointed out that “economic operators whose products are certified or analyzed by a conformity assessment body accredited by the SOAC have easier access to international markets than others.” The Senegalese Standards Association (ASN), a national certification body for products and services, has also received SCOA accreditation