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  UKNCC Quality Policy  
 


It is the policy of the UKNCC Collection to endeavour to provide its clients on every occasion with the products and services they require. The products and services supplied are of marketable quality and will fulfil product claims as defined in the individual member collection catalogues. At all times good techniques and procedures as defined in the individual collection's laboratory procedures manual or standard operating procedures will be in operation and regular audits carried out to ensure that these procedures are followed and are effective. The UKNCC collections either employ a recognised accreditation scheme e.g. ISO 9000 or follow the UKNCC Quality System.

A copy of the UKNCC Quality Manual is available here:

Three of the UKNCC Collections operate to ISO9000

  1. European Collection of Cell Cultures
  2. National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria
  3. National Collection of Type Cultures

Useful references on culture collection standards

Anon (1994). Genebank standards. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome. ISBN 92 9043 236 5.

Hawksworth, D.L., Sastramihardja, I., Kokke, R. & Stevenson, R. (1990). Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Collections of Cultures of Microorganisms. WFCC Secretariat, Brazil: WFCC.

Hawksworth, D.L. & Schipper, M.A.A. (1989). Criteria for consideration in the accreditation of culture collections participating in MINE, the Microbial Information Network Europe. MIRCEN Journal 5, 277-281.

Smith, D. (1996). Quality Systems for management of microbial collections. In: Culture Collections to improve the quality of life (edited by R.A. Samson, J.A. Stalpers, D. van der Mei and A.H. Stouthamer). pp137-142. Baarn. The Netherlands: Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures.

Smith, D. & Onions A.H.S. (1994). The Preservation and Maintenance of Living Fungi. Second edition. IMI Technical Handbooks No. 2, pp 122. Wallingford, UK: CAB INTERNATIONAL.

Stevenson, R.E. & Jong, S.C. (1992). Application of good laboratory practice (GLP) to culture collections of microbial and cell cultures. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 8, 229-235.