Food Safety

PESTICIDE RESIDUE TESTING

Agrifood Technology is one of Australia's leading pesticide residue testing services.  We have over 20 years of combined experience in pesticide residue testing, meeting the strictest guidelines of our own quality programs, HACCP, SQF, WQA and other regulatory systems.

Agrifood Technology's highly experienced analysts conduct pesticide residue testing of over 20.000 samples a year using automated analytical instruments to test for fumigants, herbicides, insecticides and fungicides containing a range of chemical groups such as:

-                 Carbamates

-                 Fumigants

-                 Fungicides

-                 Heavy metals

-                 Herbicides

-                 Insecticides

-                 Microbiological analysis

-                 Mycotoxins

-                 Organochlorines

-                 Organophosphates

-                 Synthetic pyrethroids

  Consumer expectations for the assurance of the quality and safety of food and feed continue to increase. There is a growing demand for products to have safe microbial levels, be free from pesticide residues and produced under the assurances of quality programs such as HAACP, SQF and related regulatory or customer systems.

To satisfy this demand, Agrifood Technology has developed an extensive range of analytical services to meet the needs of a diverse customer base and increasingly vigorous food safety laws.All of our analyses are conducted by highly experienced analysts and are governed by rigorous laboratory monitoring standards which ensure the accuracy of our results.

The laboratory's operations also conform to the requirements of the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA ISO 17025) are ISO 9001 (2000) accredited and are recognised by a number of other regulatory bodies including the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare.

 

MYCOTOXIN ANALYSIS

Mycotoxins are chemicals produced by the growth of moulds and fungi on agricultural crops and a variety of food and livestock feed products, due to poor harvesting conditions and/or improper storage.  Their presence poses a serious threat to the health of consumers.  Agrifood Technology's mycotoxin testing service for the grain, food, feed and seed industries ensures your products pose minimal health risks.

Agrifood Technology's mycotoxin testing portfolio includes analysis for the presence of:

-                 Aflatoxins

-                 Alternaria toxins

-                 Citrinin

-                 Corynetoxin

-                 Deoxynivalenol

-                 Fumonisin

-                 Nivalenol

-                 Ochratoxin

-                 Patulin

-                 Phomopsin

-                 T2-toxin

-                 Zearalenone

 

Virus Testing

In response to industry concerns, Agrifood Technology has developed a capability to conduct virus testing on various seed products. having seed analysed for viruses prior to sowing is of particular concern this season. Agrifood can conduct testing for

- CMV

- AMV

Please feel free to contact Agrifood to discuss these testing requirements further.

 

MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Agrifood Technology can organize for microbiological contaminant analysis including pathogen testing to determine food product hygiene using traditional and rapid test methods. Samples are picked up from Agrifood on a daily basis and testing in a specialised micro testing facility. Tests on food, feed and water include:

-                 Coliforms

-                 E.coli

-                 Listeria

-                 Salmonella

-                 Yeasts and mould

-                 Coagulative Positive Staphylococci

-                 Standard Plate Count