Poland Food Testing Laboratory

01 Dec 2008

Intertek has acquired EKO-LAB in Poland. EKO-Lab provides a wide range of laboratory testing services for food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products in Poland.

Intertek EKO-LAB helps food-producers and food-retailers to assess the levels of chemicals, pathogens, bacteria and other micro-organisms in food products. The lab measures hygiene levels in food production lines, and calculates protein, fat and carbohydrate components of food and raw products.

The laboratory provides pharmaceutical and cosmetics analysis and is part of a larger Intertek laboratory network in Europe for the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.

Laboratory Testing Services Provided by EKO-LAB in Poland include:

  • Detection of pathogenic micro-organisms in food, water and cosmetics
  • Hygienic monitoring of production lines
  • Storage tests for food stuffs
  • Minced meat and products testing not subjected to heat treatment
  • Fast test analyses of food stuffs and fodders (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays ELISA, allergens, mycotoxines, histamine and antibiotics)

Physical chemistry tests including:

  • Qualitative analysis of raw materials and products (protein, fat, carbohydrates, water, salt)
  • Determining goodness of food stuffs
  • Detection of harmful substances - nitrates, nitrites, phosphates and residues of heavy metals in food stuffs
  • Qualitative analysis of household chemistry goods and cosmetics
  • Determination of physical chemistry parameters of potable water

Storage and comparative tests

Intertek EKO-Lab laboratory issues certificates of consistency with requirements of currently valid legal acts and other reference documents. Services include taking on-site samples by trained sample-takers and the safe transport of test materials to the laboratory, according to the recognized guideless.

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