Foods & Feeds Testing
We offer comprehensive accredited microbiological and chemical testing solutions that provide assurance of food safety, quality, and integrity across every stage of the food supply chain, from primary production and processing to distribution and retail. Our services cover a wide range testing scopes designed to identify potential hazards, verify product quality, support traceability, and assess compliance with applicable standards requirements and specifications.
Testing services generate scientifically robust and reliable evidence of product safety, quality, authenticity, and regulatory compliance, enabling food businesses to manage risks effectively, meet national and international requirements, strengthen consumer confidence, and enhance access to regional and global markets.
Microbiology
Detailed microbiological analysis of foods and feeds is essential for verifying product safety and quality, protecting public health from foodborne hazards, facilitating industry development and market access, and enhancing consumer trust through compliance with regulatory and quality standards.
The Section provides accredited testing services for a broad range of products including fish and fishery products, meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, fresh produce, animal feeds, dairy products, beverages and ready-to-eat foods.
Service Scope
- Food spoilage and hygiene indicator testing: Is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of cleaning and sanitation practices, detects contamination, and identifies potential health risks.
- Pathogen testing: Is necessary to access food products for the presence of foodborne pathogens.
- Sampling of foods & feeds
Chemistry
The testing of various chemical contaminants in food products enables customers to verify compliance with national and international food safety standards, thereby facilitating domestic and international trade.
The Section provides accredited testing services for a broad range of products including fish and fishery products, meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, agronomic products and horticulture produce, animal feeds, dairy products, beverages and ready-to-eat foods.
Service Scope
- Heavy metals
- Biotoxins
- Histamine
- Pesticides (coming soon)
- Mycotoxins (coming soon)
- analysis
- Total Volatile Basic Nitrogen – TVB-N (coming soon)
Environmental Monitoring and Hygiene Verification
A robust environmental monitoring programme is fundamental to deliver critical data on the effectiveness of cleaning and sanitation programmes. Understanding microbial presence within food processing environment is crucial in maintaining food safety, protecting product quality, preserving consumer confidence, ultimately helping food producers to strengthen hygiene controls, proactively identify contamination risks while maintaining regulatory compliance throughout production processes.
Our laboratory uses validated protocols and equipment to offer extensive sampling services for air quality settle plates and hygiene swabs at customer facilities, across critical risk areas and contamination hotspots including food-contact and non-food-contact surfaces, processing equipment, utilities and personnel hygiene points, in accordance with recognized industry standards and best practices.
Environmental hygiene service scope
- Efficacy validation (Hygiene Swabs)
- Air quality Monitoring
- Sampling of hygiene swabs and air quality settle plates