Department of Science Service, as ASEAN Food Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials (AFRL for FCM), submitted the delegates to attended the 12^th ASEAN Food Reference Laboratory Committee Meeting (AFTLC) Meeting held in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, during 8 – 9 November 2017.

       There were eight countries namely, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam, participating in the meeting. In this meeting, Ms. Nongnuch Mayteeyonpiriya, Director of Division of Food Products and Food Contact Materials, Department of Science Service, was honorably appointed the leader of Thai delegates. The meeting aims to consider the documents and the procedures relating to AFRL, the establishment of new AFRLs, and the activities of non – AFRLs member states, in order to strengthen the testing capability for food safety in ASEAN region.