Om oss – Sensilist AS

The Company

Sensilist AS is a company founded on September 2020 by Kjeller Innovasjon, where Aquatiq AS became an owner in the spring of 2021.

Kjeller Innovasjon is an innovation company and technology transfer organization (TTO) funded by, among others, the Norwegian Research Council and SIVA, and has led the commercial work with Sensilist through a commercialization project funded by the Research Council of Norway's FORNY program.

Aquatiq® is a supplier of expertise, process equipment and hygiene solutions to the global food industry. We do "What it Takes" to ensure the production and distribution of Safe Food for companies all over the world.

Aquatiq is a market-leading supplier of solutions within the food industry, which was started in 1988. The group's core business is expertise and products in hygiene, process equipment, professional cleaning and consulting. We cover the entire food chain to ensure safe food production.

Development

Sensilist was developed by PhD Taran Skjerdal and colleagues at the Veterinary Institute. Skjerdal is a major figure in food safety in an international context and has high expertise in Listeria in food. She is a member of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and the Environment, head of the expert group for hygiene and infectious agents and a member of the European Reference Function for Listeria (EURL, the authorities' highest advisory expert committee) together with experts from other countries within the EU/EEA.

The method is produced, developed and tested in collaboration with various actors within food production, hygiene and food safety, who participated as partners in the commercialization project, including MOWI, Sinkaberg Hansen, Nordlaks, Nortura, Orkla and Aquatiq, as well as environments with design expertise.

Quality policy

Sensilist AS, in partnership with Aquatiq AS, is a comprehensive provider of solutions and expertise that support safe food production worldwide. With our innovative and unique Sensilist method, we can detect very small amounts of Listeria monocytogenes in food products and production environments. We are a solid and highly skilled player within Food Safety, and our work directly contributes to “Less Food Waste and Safer Food” across the entire value chain.

We are proud of our strong professional expertise, our practical understanding of our customers’ daily operations, and our ability to deliver solutions that work in real-life settings. Our competence within Food Safety is consistently updated, relevant, and clearly communicated – and we do What It Takes to ensure Food Safety for our customers.

Our Quality Promise:

Quality at Sensilist AS means more than meeting requirements – it is about building trust, creating value, and driving continuous improvement.

Senslist is commited to:

To build strong and long-term customer relationships by delivering the right equipment and high-quality solutions at the right time, and in accordance with customer requirements, regulatory requirements, and our own standards.
To maintain high quality at every stage through defined processes and procedures based on the ISO 9001 standard and our established quality management system.
To work closely with our customers to strengthen food safety and reduce food waste throughout the entire value chain – from the production environment to the finished product.
To ensure continuous improvement in quality and HSE through systematic risk assessments, deviation handling, internal audits, and clear quality objectives established and followed up within our quality management system.

Quality Objectives and Continuous Improvement

Continuous improvement is a core principle at Sensilist AS. We work systematically with quality through:

Measurable and clearly defined quality objectives that support our strategy and our deliveries.
Regular evaluation of goal achievement and improvement actions.
Active involvement of employees in improvement efforts and competence development.

Our quality work is anchored in the leadership and is a shared responsibility for all employees.

Certification and Commitment

Sensilist AS operates in accordance with ISO 9001 and aims to achieve ISO 9001 certification by Q2 2026. This certification serves as a visible confirmation of our structure, quality, and culture of continuous improvement – and of our commitment to being a reliable, professional, and recognized player in the field of food safety.

This quality policy applies to the entire organization and forms the foundation for our quality objectives, processes, and continuous improvement efforts.