Food/Agro Testing

Nutritional Labeling:

“Nutritional Facts” label was introduced as part of regulations in many countries. But on September 19, 2008, The Ministry of Health and family welfare had mandated packaged food manufacturers to declare nutritional information on their product labs. The label informs consumers of the nature, contents, quantity and quality of the food. It also provides information on the source of the food.
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Food Adulteration Test:

This test helps in determining if any inferior or cheaper substance has been substituted wholly or in part, If any constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted, If the article has been prepared, packed or kept under insanitary conditions, If the article consists in part filthy, rotten, decomposed or diseased animal or vegetable or is infested with insects, If the article is obtained from diseased animal, If the article contains any poisonous ingredient, If the article has un prescribed coloring substance or the coloring substance is in excess of the prescribed limits, If the article contains any prohibited or excessive preservatives, If the quality nor purity of the article falls below prescribed standard.
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Food Contaminants:

This test helps in determining the purity (bacteria or other toxins) of ingredients and products.
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Pesticide Residue Analysis:

Food safety is a topic of great interest globally. With recent contamination issues in a wide range of commodities, ensuring the quality of our food supply is becoming increasingly important. Pesticide residue content is one area of concern. While pesticides have typically been monitored by gas chromatography, polar and/or thermally unstable pesticides are difficult or impossible to monitor using this approach.
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Antibiotic Residue Analysis:

Analysis of Antibiotic Residues in Food  covers every key aspect on chemical analysis of antibiotics residues in food, including sampling, analytical methods, validation, and quality control. It also includes discussions of antibiotic chemical properties, pharmacokinetics, distribution, and food safety regulations.
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Toxic Elements/ Heavy Metals in Foods:

This test helps in determining the presence of mercury, aluminum, cadmium, nickel, cobalt, uranium, lead, thallium, arsenic, etc. in our food.
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Mycotoxins Residual Analysis:

Mycotoxins are metabolic products of fungi which are capable of producing acute or chronic toxic effects (e. g carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic) at the levels of exposure. Toxic syndromes resulting from the intake of mycotoxins by man and animals are known as mycotoxicoses. Mould growth on foods is very common especially in warm and humid climates. Mould infection of foods such as grains, seeds and nuts is often localized in pockets especially in bulk storage and warehouses currently a few hundred
mycotoxins are known, often produced by genera, Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium.
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Sudan Red Dyes in Chilli:

It is an industrial, red, oil-soluble dye, used legally to color a number of non-food products such as shoe and floor polishes, oil, waxes and solvents. It has been shown to cause cancer and consequently its use in any food or food product, is not allowed.
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Malachite Green & Leucomalachite Green in Foods:

Malachite green is an effective and inexpensive fungicide with a long history of use. There is concern about illegal use of these because of potential harm to humans. Its entering water cycles is easily absorbed by fish tissue and is reduced to leucomalachite green (LMG) during metabolism. LMG accumulates in, and is stored in, fat tissue.
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Melamine Content in Foods:

This test helps in determining the Screening of food ingredients for the presence of melamine and Specific quantification of levels of melamine present in tainted ingredients and foodstuffs.
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