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AFPS: A comprehensive range of chemical and microbiological analysis of animal feeds covering the major analytical areas including proximate analysis, trace elements, PCB/OC pesticides, aflotoxins, Salmonella spp and indicator organisms.
Aquacheck: A comprehensive range of real, synthetic and surrogate test materials for the analysis of inorganic, organic and metal analytes in a range of water types. Determination of radiochemical and ecotoxicological parametrs.
QBS: Test matrices cover fruit juices, mineral water, soft and carbonated drinks. Microbiological analysis for the main spoilage and indicator organisms as well as chemical analysis for general quality checks, preservatives, sweeteners, vitamin C, minerals and heavy metals.
BAPS: Real beer matrix jointly managed by LGC Standards and Brewing Research International (Campden BRI), chemical, microbiological and sensory analysis.
QCS: Chemical and microbiological analysis for the chocolate industry. Real chocolate or cocoa powder test materials contain low spiking levels of Salmonella and background microbial flora, or chemical parameters for ash, butyric acid, fat, moisture, theobromine and total sugars.
Closed customised schemes: Specifically developed and designed for intra ring trials.
CONTEST: Real soil materials, soil extracts and standard solution matrices. A comprehensive range of analytes for testing contaminated soils include inorganics, organic and metal analytes, leachates and solutions from contaminated land.
DCS: Whole milk, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk, untreated milk and cream. Test materials are presented as a complete set, covering the typical gradient of values expected in each product type and have been carefully formulated, designed and packaged to ensure the highest levels of product quality, integrity and stability.
QDCS: A variety of parameters ranging from classical wet chemistry to instrumentation regularly used within dairy and food testing laboratories.
DAPS: Analysis for a wide range of alcoholic beverages (except beer) and intermediate process test materials. The range of beverages includes distilled spirits, fermented worts, cider, wines and fortified wines, liqueurs and cream liqueurs and ready to drink alcoholic beverages.
QFCS: Determination of additives used in food manufacturing to meet EU Directives , such as Directive 94/35/EC for sweeteners; Directive 94/36/EC for colours; Directive 95/2/EC for all other additives including preservatives; Directive 90/496/EC for nutritional labelling and test materials for pesticide analysis.
QUARTZ: Analysis of drugs in post-mortem and other blood test materials (alcohol in blood - driving impairment) for toxicological purposes, particularly in a forensic context. Blood analytes determined from prescription, non prescription, and controlled drugs and other toxins.
QGS: Developed in collaboaration with the trade body,GME. Microbiological tests including pathogens and indicator organisms of relevance to gelatine.
MAPS: Covers test materials from the full range of malted barley, barley and are malting cereals used for brewing and distilling. Test materials are analysed for a wide range of EBC (European Brewing Convention) and IBD (Institute of Brewing and Distilling) methods.
QMAS: Proximate analysis of relevance to the meat, fish and food testing industries, and contaminants of relevance to fish products. Microorganisms of relevance to meat and fish products, including pathogens and indicator organisms.
QMIS:Differs from the normal PT schemes because the microbiologist must carry out specified laboratory techniques and apply further investigative measures to identify an unknown organism. Therefore assesses the ability to carry out fundamental microbiological techniques, and from the results of these, determine the final identity of the isloate.
QMS: Comprehensive range of microorganisms of relevance to food products including pathogens, indicator organisms, spoilage organisms and normal back ground flora.
PACQS: Suitable for use with a range of laser diffraction particle size analysers, designed to give invaluable feedback on the accuracy of particle sizing measurements. These are critical to product quality in a wide range of industries, from pharmaceuticals to paints, cosmetics to ceramics and more.
PHARMASSURE: Specifically designed to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, covering chemical analysis (basic and advanced testing) and microbiological analysis (enumeration, identification and sterility testing).
Special bespoke test materials: In the unlikely event that our standard schemes do not fulfil your company's requirements, we would be happy to discuss any special requests you may have.
STACKS: Periodic manual measurement of industrial stacks by the analysis of simulated impinger solutions. EU legislation (Directive 96/61/EC and its codified version 2008/1/EC) dictates that the emissions from stationary stacks are monitored to prevent or reduce emissions. Participation in a PT scheme for stack emission monitoring is a requirement of MCERTS.
SUPS: Helps sugar analysts define the quality of sugar and is based on the ICUMSA (International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis) Methods Book. Real sugar and molasses test materials for determining basic and advanced chemical analysis and microbiological analysis.
TOYTEST: Allows laboratories involved in the safety testing of toys to monitor their analysis against toy safety standards EN71 (European Standard) and ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). A comprehensive range of test materials with clear instructions as to which parts of the standards to be assessed are available.
QWAS: For the microbiological analysis of waters (bathing, environmental, mineral, potable, process, recreational, sea, surface, waste) effluents and sludges.