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The Sensory Evaluation Laboratory (SEL) at University of Ghana is under the Department of Nutrition and Food Science (NFS) in the College of Basic and Applied Science (CBAS). The Sensory Evaluation Laboratory carries out food analysis using human subjects for teaching and research purposes based on internationally recognized guidelines. The Sensory Evaluation Laboratory is new to the University of Ghana. It has been operational since August 2015. The facility is currently undergoing a phase lift through grant funds provided by the Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (COTVET) and in-kind support from the University of Ghana (UG). At the SEL, researchers are able to assist with appropriate test selection and design, test execution and reporting for all sensory analysis projects as part of product development projects, quality assurance and control and basic research involving foods. The Sensory Evaluation Laboratory has a database of 21 fully trained panelists used for sensory descriptive analysis of various foods with particular emphasis on dairy products; over 30 screened assessors used for discrimination tests and over 100 consumers for consumer tests including focus groups. Tailor made recruitment can also be done for tests carried off site. All sensory evaluation research into foods at the Department of Nutrition and Food Science are covered under the ethical clearance certificate from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Research (NMIR). The ethics certificate demonstrates that ethical consideration for the human subjects used for all studies have been approved. All data from test requisitioner and subjects are kept confidential. For further information about sensory testing and analysis of food please contact: sensory@ug.edu.gh or myblay@ug.edu.gh telephone: 0545525974