Food Testing Services

Our knowledgeable professionals can customize a program to meet your specific needs whether it is to identify which product offers the best value, which product your customers prefer, or if the product meets your quality requirements. The implementation of effective product development and quality monitoring programs, plus services such as testing,inspections, and consumer evaluations, can help you improve customer satisfaction, lower costs, reduce customer complaints, and increase competitiveness.

Bureau VeritasIn-depth Knowledge and Experience
To meet the diverse requirements of food goods, you need a service provider that is experienced in evaluating food products. You also need to work with a provider who can identify regulatory requirements and performance criteria. As the world’s leading concept-to-consumer quality assurance company, Bureau Veritas offers all of this. With specialized services such as consultation and testing services, we can assist you in obtaining improved product quality, better branding, a reduction in non-compliance, product recalls and customer complaints.

What are the key benefits?
■ Verify compliance with regulations and industry standards
■ Reduce the risk of recalls, returns and complaints
■ Enhance risk management and brand protection
■ Maximize your planning efforts and better control your QA spend

Comprehensive Capabilities and Services
A comprehensive range of specialized services enables our experienced staff to tailor programs for specific client needs in a wide variety of product categories including raw food, prepared food and pet food.

Available services / testing programs include, but are not limited to:
■ Comparison to national brands, competitor products or vendor specifications
■ Product evaluations to monitor product quality during vendor selection process
■ Microbiological testing: Pathogen Screens / Preservative Challenges / Bacterial Identification Testing for organisms such as E.coli 0157:H7, Salmonella, Listeria species, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium, Shigella, Lactic Acid bacteria, Yeasts and Molds, etc., and rapid kits for Aflatoxin
■ Quantitative analysis of bacterial and fungal plate count
■ Compliance to food labeling requirements
■ Nutritional, chemical and proximate analysis
■ Packaging and transit performance of wrappers and containers
■ Sample procurement service to collect products from store shelves for testing
■ Consumer panel evaluations, take-home panels, discrimination / comparison tests, and sensory evaluations
■ Annual testing programs available to assist the quality and consistency of product lines

Professional and Experienced Staff
Our technical staff includes experienced chemists and microbiologists knowledgeable in specific areas such as comparative product evaluations, sensory panels, food chemistry,quality assurance, research and development,manufacturing and other food related disciplines. Our staff keeps current on industry developments via memberships in a number of associations, including:
■ Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
■ American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS)
■ American Society of Quality (ASQ)
■ ASTM International
■ Canadian Health Food Association
■ Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA)
■ Hong Kong Food Trades Association, Ltd.
■ Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC)