About us
Ensuring the highest levels of safety and quality for our products
We understand how important it is for consumers to have complete trust in the foods they eat. That’s why the Nestlé Quality Assurance Center (NQAC) in York tests hundreds of foods and beverages each day for businesses across the Nestlé network.
NQAC York is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited laboratory.
Nowadays, our laboratory is specialized in micronutrient analysis: Vitamins, minerals, aminoacis,fatty acids etc.
Our Priority
To help protect consumers and the food industry by ensuring the highest levels of food safety and quality.
Our Vision
To be recognised as a high-performing laboratory organisation providing world-class chemical & microbiological services.
Our Mission
To sustainably develop competences in chemical and microbiological services through compliance with and smart application of continuous improvement tools & Nestlé policies.
To continuously eliminate waste in our processes and evaluate advances and new technologies in the field of food science.
Commitment to Quality
NQAC York is passionate about maintaining the highest levels of quality, and seeking opportunties to continously improve quality. Our key focus areas which ensure the quality of our processes include comprehensive staff training, laboratory audits, method validation and proficiency testing.
NQAC York maintain ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation and all laboratory activities are defined and planned in such a way to ensure that the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 are met, along with the requirements of customers and other stakeholders.
Full details of the accredited tests offered can be found by accessing our current Schedule of Accreditation via the “Search Accredited Organisations” function on the UKAS website using NQAC York lab number 2299.
Commitment to Environment
Aligned with the wider Nestle business we at NQAC York are committed to reducing our environemntal impact. In 2023 we have started the process of obtaining ISO 14001 certification which will help guide our environmental journey.