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For over 20 years South Wales Food Laboratory has been providing accredited microbiological analysis. We provide a 365 day per year service offering the following analysis:-
ISO 17025 (UKAS) Accredited Microbiology
Microbiology Enumeration
Total Count
Enterobacteriaceae Count
Coliform Count
Bacillus Cereus Count
Clostridia Perfringens Count
Listeria Species Enumeration
Straphylococcus Aureus Count
Yeast Count
Mould Count
E.coli Count
Enterococci Count
Spore Count
Lactic Acid Bacteria Count
Pseudomonas Count
Lipolytic Bacteria Count
Potability Of Water
Detection of Pathogens
Salmonella Species
Listeria Species Detection
E.coli 0157 : H7 detection
Campylobacter Species Detection
General Microbiology Services
Shelf-Life Evaluation and Stability Assessment
Storage under controlled environmental conditions with sequential analysis for indicator organisms and pathogenic bacteria during shelf-life.
Water Activity
Simulated consumer abuse assessment
UKAS Accredited Chemical Analysis
Chemical
Nutritional Labelling
Meat Content
Pesticide Residues
Aflatoxins
Foreign Body Indentification
The full range of available analysis is too extensive to list here, however the most common requirement is for Nutritional Labelling purposes.
Chemistry in food testing is more concerned with making sure the label is correct or deriving labelling information by analysis. FAL can advise on customer requirements especially regarding UK and European Nutritional Regulations and The Food Safety Act 1990 (section's 14 and 15 in particular).
The following three tables based on the The Food Labelling Regulations 1996 Schedule 7, Regulation 41(3) and (4) Nutrition labelling part I presentation of prescribed nutrition labelling indicate what FAL offers:
Table 1
Basic Nutritional Labelling:
energy [x] kJ and [x] kcal
protein [x] g
carbohydrate [x] g
fat [x] g
Table 2
Typical nutritional labelling:
energy [x] kJ and [x] kcal
protein [x] g
carbohydrate [x] g
of which
- sugars [x] g
fat [x] g
of which
- saturates [x] g
- mono-unsaturates [x] g
- polyunsaturates [x] g
fibre [x] g
sodium [x] g
Table 3
Full nutritional labelling, comprising any permutation of the following depending on package declarations:
energy [x] kJ and [x] kcal
protein [x] g
carbohydrate [x] g
of which
- sugars [x] g
- polyols [x] g
- starch [x] g
fat [x] g
of which
- saturates [x] g
- mono-unsaturates [x] g
- polyunsaturates [x] g
- cholesterol [x] mg
fibre [x] g
sodium [x] g
[vitamins] [ x units]
[minerals] [x units]
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