Food & Agri

Contaminants

Substances which can contaminate foodstuffs range from highly regulated pesticide residues to chance taints which have transferred from packaging materials.

The majority of our work in this area relates to testing for heavy or toxic metal residues and mycotoxins such as aflatoxins, ochratoxin, zearalenone and deoxynivalenol.

Specialty contaminant analysis includes the following:

Heavy / Toxic Metals

Aluminium
Arsenic (with or without speciation)
Cadmium
Lead
Mercury
Tin

A full suite of metals and minerals testing is available.

Artificial Added Food colours

Orange II
Para Red
Rhodamine
Sudan I to IV
Sunset Yellow FCF
Tartrazine
Carmoisine
Ponceau 4R
Brilliant Blue FCF

Mycotoxins

Aflatoxins (B1)
Aflatoxins (B2)
Aflatoxins (G1)
Aflatoxins (G2)
Aflatoxins (M1)
Ochratoxins

Residue analysis is available on the following foods:

Fruit and vegetables
Finished products
Feeding stuffs
Irrigation waters
Baby food and infant formula
Cereals
Herbs, spices, tea and coffee
Milk and dairy products
Fish

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