Is Your Food Safe To Eat? Expert Food Safety Testing
Food safety testing provides objective analytical evidence to help businesses assess the safety, quality, and compliance of their food products. We test raw ingredients, processed foods, fresh produce, and other food products for relevant microbiological and chemical hazards, with results evaluated against applicable regulatory requirements and customer specifications.
From routine quality control to regulatory and export requirements, our laboratory provides reliable, technically defensible results to support informed food safety decisions
How QPlus helps protect your food.
QPlus conducts comprehensive food safety testing across raw agricultural ingredients, manufactured products, and freshly prepared meals. Our advanced laboratory analysis detects the three primary categories of food safety hazards:
Chemical Contaminants
Quality Plus provides analytical testing for relevant chemical contaminants in food, feed, water, agricultural, and environmental samples. Our testing includes heavy metals, pesticide residues, mycotoxins, nitrates, nitrites, and other specified contaminants, where applicable. Results support product safety, quality control, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications.
Physical Contaminants
Quality Plus tests food and product samples for relevant physical contaminants and foreign materials that may affect product safety, quality, or customer acceptance. Our testing supports the identification of unwanted particulate matter, foreign materials, and other physical contaminants, helping businesses strengthen quality control, meet customer specifications, and support applicable food safety requirements
Our Food Safety Testing Services
We can offer a variety different food safety tests, helping you ascertain the quality and value of your produce. If you need some help knowing which tests are right for your needs, please contact us and we can help you with exactly what you need to know.
Tea & Food chemistry Analysis
Chemical testing of tea, food products and ingredients to assess composition, quality characteristics, minerals, and other relevant chemical parameters.
- Contaminant analysis – Aflatoxins, iron filings and other specified contaminants.
- Compositional analysis – Moisture, water extract, total ash, water-soluble ash, alkalinity of water-soluble ash, acid-insoluble ash and crude fibre.
- Pesticide residue analysis – Screening for relevant pesticide residues using GC-MS and LC-MS techniques, where applicable.
- Heavy metals and trace elements – Determination of selected elements using ICP-OES to support contaminant assessment, product quality and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Tea Composition Analysis -Caffeine, total polyphenols and other relevant tea-quality parameters.
Physicochemical Analysis
Mycotoxins Analysis
Pesticide & Antibiotic Residue Analysis
Proximate & Nutritional Analysis
Our other laboratory services
Water Testing
A leading NEMA designated water testing laboratory in Kenya, utilizing ISO 17025 accredited procedures to evaluate safety, suitability, & strict compliance with national & global environmental standards.
Animal Feed Testing
Nutritional accuracy is vital whether you raise livestock for milking, laying, or slaughter. QPlus provides scientific analysis to ensure your feed meets exact animal requirements and health standards.
Analytical Laboratory Services
Reliable scientific testing for water, wastewater, food, tea, animal feed and environmental samples. Our laboratory combines modern analytical technology, rigorous quality control and technical expertise to deliver accurate, dependable results you can confidently use for quality assurance, compliance and business decisions.