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 can include 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 – Total aflatoxin, iron filings, caffein
- Compositional analysis – Moisture, water extract, total ash, water-soluble ash, total polyphenols, alkalinity of water-soluble ash, acid-insoluble ash, and crude fiber
- Pesticide residue analysis – GC-MS screening and LC-MS screening
- Heavy metals and trace elements – using ICP OES technique.
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Physicochemical Analysis
Testing of relevant physical and chemical properties, including parameters such as pH, acidity, moisture, soluble solids and other product-specific characteristics used to assess quality and consistency.
Mycotoxins Analysis
Chemical testing for relevant mycotoxins in susceptible food, feed and agricultural products to support safety assessment and compliance with applicable regulatory limits.
Pesticide Residues (MRL) Analysis
Determination of relevant pesticide residues in food and agricultural products to support compliance with applicable maximum residue limits (MRLs), customer specifications and export requirements.
Proximate & Nutritional Analysis
Determination of key nutritional and compositional parameters such as moisture, ash, protein, fat, fibre, carbohydrates and energy, where applicable.
Our other laboratory services
Water Testing
A leading NEMA Accredited 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.