{"id":3958,"date":"2021-12-14T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/about-us\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:44:02","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who we are<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 1080px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3958-1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Intro-VF.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Intro-VF.mp4\">https:\/\/www.labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Intro-VF.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A key player involved in the characterization of raw seed batches<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lab\u2019s 50 years<\/span> <b>experience<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the field along side the<\/span> <b>objectivity<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span> <b>rigor<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of its work have allowed it to become a key player in the sector, used by most French growers and companies for a large range of<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">species<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> . LABOSEM is nowadays the main lab used for the characterization of raw seed batches in the context of the approval procedures linked to multiplication contracts.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2967 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-010.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-010-1280x961.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-010-980x736.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-010-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2048px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A growing range of services<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, the laboratory has diversified its activities and now also offers:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Services on sorted batches or samples<\/h3>\n<p>These services are provided to breeders, producer establishments, distribution companies, end users, etc.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as part of the<\/span><b>quality control of seed batches<\/b> after <b>factory cleaning<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>quality control of batches that have been stored<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>quality control of clean seed batches that have been purchased<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2968 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-029.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-029-1280x961.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-029-980x736.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-029-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2048px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Services provided in research and development <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The laboratory develops tailor-made methods<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to meet the specific needs of its customers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seed cleaning and sorting<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seed cleaning facility within the lab can clean small seed batches, often to small the be processed on an industrial scale equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2969 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-161.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-161-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-161-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/labosem.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BD_labosem-161-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1536px, 100vw\" \/><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>An certified quality management system<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to oversee its activities related to seed quality analysis, LABOSEM has quality management system which is certified by the ISTA and the<\/span>\u00a0<b>COFRAC (accreditation COFRAC TESTING NF EN ISO\/IEC 17025 &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scope available on www.cofrac.fr &#8211; accreditation 1-6082)<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This certification guarantees the <\/span><b>rigor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <b>impartiality<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span> <b>confidentiality<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the work that is carried out in the laboratory.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LABOSEM was established by the FNAMS in the 1960 and is now an independent company located in the West of France close to Angers. The lab\u2019s 50 years experience in the seed sector, along side the objectivity and rigor of its work have allowed it to become a key player, used by most French growers and companies for a large range of species. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3783,"parent":3956,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3958","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3958"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5245,"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3958\/revisions\/5245"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labosem.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}