| The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) is an independent statutory body which oversees the integrity and welfare standards of racing animals and participants in Queensland. The Racing Science Centre (RSC) is an accredited facility recognised in the rules of racing across codes to provide integrated drug testing research, education and advisory services aimed at safeguarding the integrity of the Queensland racing industry.
The RSC laboratory is independently accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) to international quality standard ISO 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories consistent with racing laboratories in other national and international jurisdictions as required by the Australian Rules of Racing (Thoroughbred), Australian Harness Racing Rules and the Greyhound Australasia Rules.
The RSC tests approximately 20,000 samples per year for prohibited substances as defined in the Rules. An analysis that is an essential element in QRIC’s Sampling and Analytical Strategy is basic extractable LC amenable prohibited substances (LCMS-Basics).
The QRIC has procured the supply, commissioning and maintenance of an additional two (2) Liquid Chromatograph High Resolution Mass Spectrometer (LCHRMS) instruments to be used to perform analysis of LCMS-Basics, including a twelve (12) month warranty period and ongoing breakdown repair and preventative maintenance services for six (6) years post warranty, as a result of the outcome of recent ITO reference QRIC0152018.
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