Development of candidate certified reference material for Whiskey: an effective material for quality assurance and maintenance of ISO / IEC 17025 in Testing Laboratories

• Grant number: 15/16357-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Igor Renato Bertoni Olivares
• Grantee: Igor Renato Bertoni Olivares
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Currently, the production of CRM has been highlighted due to its importance in method validation, uncertainty measurement and routine controls, necessary for laboratories that apply quality management systems (e.g. based on ISO/IEC 17025) and need to develop these activities to achieve an adequate metrological traceability. Among these different laboratories, we can highlight the beverage laboratory that analyses, for example, contaminants in whiskey to ensure an appropriate monitoring of this product that has great domestic consumption. This project aims the development of a candidate certified reference material (CRM) for whiskey, considering the importance of developing methods for the production of reference material, being the whiskey an excellent candidate because of its importance to properly monitor this product that has shown an exponential growth of consumption in recent years. (AU)