Food Testing
Food testing is crucial across various industries because it ensures the safety and quality of food, protecting consumer health. Through testing, potential contaminants, allergens, and additives can be identified, thereby reducing food safety risks. Furthermore, compliant testing helps companies adhere to regulations, enhances brand reputation, and builds consumer trust. In a highly competitive market
environment, reliable food testing not only safeguards public health but also provides a foundation for the sustainable development of businesses.
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Each year, the food industry spends millions of dollars on food recalls due to the presence of undeclared allergens. Verifying your ingredients or raw materials and monitoring your manufacturing or processing environment are essential steps to protect your customers, mitigate risk, avoid costly recalls, and protect your brand. With decades of experience, our global network of ISO 17025 accredited laboratories offer ELISA and PCR-based testing methods to determine the presence of allergenic proteins and DNA and verify your products, ingredients, and manufacturing or processing environment.
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Key Areas of Food Safety Analysis and Testing
Physicochemical analysis of food is an essential method for scientifically measuring food components, properties, and quality, primarily used to assess the nutritional content, safety, and reasonableness of processing methods. This analysis covers multiple areas, including nutrient component analysis, food quality indicators, and food additive testing, and is widely applied in food quality control, regulatory compliance assessment, and scientific research.
• Nutrient Component Analysis: Testing basic nutrients such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins (e.g., vitamins A, C, D), and minerals (e.g., calcium, iron, zinc) to ensure the nutritional value of food.
• Food Quality Indicators: These include moisture, ash, pH value, acid value, and peroxide value, used to assess the freshness and stability of food.
• Food Additive Testing: Testing for sweeteners (aspartame), preservatives (sodium benzoate), colorants (synthetic dyes), and antioxidants to ensure that the use of additives complies with safety standards.
Microbiological testing of food is a crucial aspect of food safety control, aimed at detecting pathogenic microorganisms, spoilage microorganisms, and indicator microorganisms in food and its raw materials to ensure compliance with relevant safety standards and protect consumer health.
• Pathogen Detection: Includes total bacterial counts, Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, etc., to prevent foodborne illnesses.
• Spoilage Microorganism Detection: Tests for molds, yeasts, etc., to control the risk of food spoilage.
• Virus and Parasite Detection: Such as norovirus and parasite eggs, to ensure food hygiene and safety.
Pesticide and veterinary drug residue testing is a crucial component of food safety testing, aimed at ensuring that food does not contain harmful chemical substances above allowable limits, thereby protecting consumer health. Advanced testing technologies such as GC-MS and LC-MS/MS are employed to efficiently and accurately detect pesticide and veterinary drug residues in food, ensuring compliance with relevant safety standards.
• Scope of Application: Covers fruits, vegetables, grains, meat, dairy products, and more.
• Testing Techniques: Utilizes high-sensitivity methods such as LC-MS/MS (Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry) and GC-MS (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry).
• Key Substances: Includes organophosphate pesticides, organochlorine pesticides, and nitrofuran veterinary drugs, among others.