Troubleshooting Analysis and Wet Chemistry
Our analytical chemistry team offer a wide range of services covering wet chemistry techniques including those in the Food Chemicals Codex and JECFA. We specialise in troubleshooting to help resolve your issues. This problem solving approach may cover:
- Developing new ways to measure analytes
- Characterising materials by NMR
- Using preparative techniques to isolate unknowns or target chemicals
The team can use a variety of equipment to provide a diverse range of services.
Contaminant Analysis and Identification
Contamination of a product can have significant impacts for you as it may have safety or quality implications and in some cases may potentially cause harm to your consumer.
We have resolved many contamination issues using both analysis and investigative consultancy. Our expertise in dealing with contamination of foods and beverages with toxic substances is well known.
We can analyse for many contaminants including:
- Metals
- Presence/absence of bleach
- Detergents
- Screening for drugs of abuse
- Petrol/diesel contamination
- Alcohol substitution and adulteration in beverages
- Preservative testing
- Quality control of raw materials and finished products
- Identification of impurities detected by clients during routine QC
A rapid response to accidental or malicious contamination is often imperative to resolving an issue, help can be accessed via our Emergency Response Service (ERS).