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Fisheries institute.

Sociedad de Asesoramiento Técnico S.A.C. (SAT) is a Peruvian quality-control and conformity-assessment laboratory headquartered in Lima (Almirante Guisse 2580/2586), Peru. With more than 32 years of continuous operation, SAT has established itself as one of Peru's most experienced accredited testing organizations, providing independent, technically competent services to clients across the food, beverage, industrial, pharmaceutical, and fishing sectors. The company operates under three independent, autonomous, and accredited conformity-assessment bodies — a testing laboratory, a calibration laboratory, and an inspection body — all operating under internationally recognized quality-management frameworks. SAT holds three distinct accreditations issued by INACAL (Instituto Nacional de Calidad), Peru's national accreditation body and the country's sole signatory to ILAC/IAF Mutual Recognition Arrangements. Its testing laboratory operates under accreditation number LE-009 in accordance with NTP-ISO/IEC 17025, covering physico-chemical and microbiological analyses of foods, beverages, and waters. Its calibration laboratory holds accreditation LC-014 under NTP-ISO/IEC 17025:2017, covering the measurement magnitudes of temperature and mass. Additionally, SAT's inspection body is accredited under NTP-ISO/IEC 17020, authorizing formal third-party inspections of facilities, products, and production processes. These accreditations — maintained continuously for over 26 years — confirm the laboratory's technical competence and the metrological traceability of all reported results. The core of SAT's service portfolio is its Food, Beverages, and Water Analysis Laboratory, which performs both physico-chemical (físico-químico) and microbiological (microbiológico) analyses on a wide range of sample matrices. The physico-chemical section applies standardized methods drawn from internationally recognized bodies including AOAC, AOCS, IDF, ISO, NTP (Normas Técnicas Peruanas), UNE, FCC, and APHA. The microbiological section applies procedures from ICMSF, FDA/BAM, SMEWW-APHA-AWWA-WEF, AOAC, IDF, and ISO. All analyses are performed using modern, high-precision instruments that are properly calibrated, certified reagents, certified culture media, and certified reference materials. Typical test parameters include microbiological enumeration and pathogen detection — total and fecal coliform counts, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, mold and yeast counts — as well as physico-chemical composition parameters such as moisture, ash, fat, protein, carbohydrates, acidity, pH, density, Brix, and viscosity, plus potability parameters for drinking water and ice. A signature service of SAT is end-to-end support for obtaining Sanitary Registration (Registro Sanitario) from DIGESA (Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria), Peru's national food-safety regulatory authority. SAT's INACAL-accredited laboratory performs all physico-chemical and microbiological analyses that DIGESA mandates, while a dedicated Registrations and Procedures team (Área de Registros y Trámites) manages the full regulatory dossier and submission to DIGESA on the client's behalf. Product categories supported include processed foods such as ground or whole-bean coffee, yogurt, milk, cheese, panettone (panetón), pasteurized honey, and botanical or filter products; beverages including carbonated soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, and alcoholic drinks such as beer, wine, and pisco; and water and ice products such as bottled table water and cube ice. This integrated analytical and regulatory service shortens time-to-market for food and beverage manufacturers seeking legal market entry in Peru. SAT's INACAL-accredited Calibration Laboratory (Laboratorio de Calibración, accreditation LC-014) delivers metrological services critical for ensuring instrument reliability across regulated industries. The laboratory operates across two measurement magnitudes. In the temperature domain it calibrates thermohygrometers, thermometers, industrial ovens, stoves, thermostatic baths, refrigerators, freezers, and autoclaves. In the mass domain it calibrates balances and weights of various capacities. Primary client sectors for calibration include pharmaceutical manufacturing, food production, industrial processing, and fisheries — all industries where instrument traceability is mandated by regulatory authorities and internal quality systems. Calibration certificates issued by SAT's accredited laboratory are accepted by Peruvian regulatory bodies as evidence of metrological compliance. Beyond laboratory testing and calibration, SAT operates an INACAL-accredited Inspection Body under NTP-ISO/IEC 17020. A staff of professional engineers conducts four main types of inspections: plant inspections (Inspecciones de Plantas), warehouse inspections (Inspecciones de Almacenes), product inspections (Inspecciones de Productos), and production-process inspections (Inspecciones de Procesos Productivos). SAT additionally provides environmental sanitation services (Saneamiento Ambiental) — covering disinfection and pest-control programs in food-handling environments — and heat-penetration studies (Estudios de Penetración de Calor), which are essential for food manufacturers validating thermal sterilization or pasteurization processes to achieve target log-reductions of pathogens in canned or heat-treated products. SAT's combination of three independent, INACAL-accredited conformity-assessment bodies within a single organization makes it an unusually comprehensive quality-assurance partner for companies operating in or exporting to the Peruvian market. Its dual ISO/IEC 17025 accreditations for both testing and calibration, combined with ISO/IEC 17020 inspection accreditation, allow clients to source laboratory testing, equipment calibration, and third-party facility inspections from one trusted provider. The organization's listing on the UNIDO Laboratory Network (LABNET) further underscores its international recognition. For procurement teams and quality managers requiring test reports accepted by DIGESA and other Peruvian authorities, SAT's three-decade track record, rigorous multi-standard methodology portfolio, and hands-on regulatory expertise make it a reliable and highly efficient testing and compliance partner.

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