What we offer:
Some of the products that we have tested:
- Water and waste-waters;
- Trade effluents;
- Bunker fuel oils;
- Lubricating oils;
- Environmental air filters and monitors;
- Cosmetics and disinfectants;
- Bottled water, energy drinks, beverages and fruit juices;
- Raw Meat and Meat products;
- Milk and Dairy products;
- Sugars, syrups and molasses;
- Flour and Bakery products;
- Poultry and Egg products;
- Herb and Spice products;
- Frozen Seafood/Marine products;
- Canned products (such as meat, fish and vegetables);
- Vegetable oils.
Some of our clients are:
- Toyota SA;
- Pick n Pay Retailers;
- Omnia Fertilizers;
- Sasol;
Other related services that we can offer are:
- Sampling and investigations;
- Pollution and environmental measurements;
- Chemical consulting;
- Consulting to the insurance and legal professions;
- Routine Quality Control and Quality Assurance on raw materials and finished products;
- Manufacture and supply of specific laboratory reagents and chemical solutions;
- Formulations;
- Referee and independent lab tests or the witnessing of tests in other laboratories on behalf of clients;
- Issuing of Certificates of Analysis;
- Skills training in laboratory techniques;
- Evaluation of new test methods.
- Inherent Vice is a term used in insurance claims to describe an inherent fault or natural property of a substance that could cause damage or loss to that substance, e.g.spontaneous combustion.
Food Tests
- Nutritional Value;
- Moisture or humidity;
- Water activity;
- Proteins (Kjeldahl);
- Fats and oils;
- Carbohydrates;
- Energy Value, calories or kiloJoules;
- Minerals;
- Sodium;
- Salt;
- Heavy metals;
- Insecticide residues screening for organo-phosphates and carbamates;
- Shelf-life investigations.
Check our Certificate for chemical tests that are accredited.
SANAS schedule of accredited tests may be viewed at our "Accreditation Certificate" page.
Water Tests
Potable waters, swimming pools and tests according to SANS requirements.
Contact us for a full list of water tests.
Coal and Charcoal Tests
- Proximate Analysis;Air-dry moisture;
- Free, superficial moisture;
- Inherent moisture;
- Total moisture;
- Volatile Matter;
- Ash content;
- Fixed Carbon;
- Phosphorus;
- Size Grading, particle size distribution;
- Kinematic Viscosity;
- Ford Cup Viscosity;
- Flash Point;
- Conradson Carbon Residue;
- Ash content;
- Water content by distillation;
- Water content by Karl Fischer;
- Pour Point;
- Cloud Point;
- UV Spectrophotometry measurements;
- Melting Point measurements;
- Humidity tests;
- Heavy metals;
- Arsenic;
- Mercury.
- Total Mesophilic Aerobic and Anaerobic Plate Count/Colony Count §;
- Total Microaerophilic Plate Count/Colony Count;
- Total Thermophilic aerobic Plate Count/Colony Count; and Total Psychrotrophic Count;
- Total Coliform and Faecal Coliform Count §;
- Total Yeast and Mould Count §;
- Sulphate Reducing Bacteria;
- Presence of E.coli type I §;
- Presence and confirmation of Salmonella species §; and presence of Shigella species;
- Presence of Staphylococcus aureus §;
- Presence of Pathogenic Clostridial Species (certain strains of Clostridium perfringens);
- Presence of Pathogenic Vibrio species;
- Presence of Pseudomonas species;
- Presence of Mesophilic Lactobacillus species (Acidoduric species);
- Presence of Thermoduric Lactobacillus species;
- Presence of Actobacter species;
- Presence of Lipolytic Organisms;
- Presence of Bacillus cereus;
- Presence of Faecal Coliforms; and presence of Faecal Streptococci;
- Presence of Flat Sour Organisms §;
- Presence of Osmophilic Yeasts and Moulds;
- Cultural isolation and identification (Gram Stain and Biochemical Tests i.e. API);
- Food Pathogen Microbiological Analysis; and Food Spoilage Microbiological Analysis.
- If you are sending a sample to us for the first time or requesting any of our other services, then kindly complete and submit our Agreement of Service form, either on line or by fax.
- If you are already a client of ours and have already submitted the Agreement of Service form, then you are only requested to submit your current requirements in writing, such as order number, what test to be done, etc., with the samples.
- Perishable samples for bacteriological tests must be delivered to us at a temperature below 10°C, i.e. refrigerated or in a cooler box with ice blocks.
- Products that are normally stored frozen should also be delivered to us in a frozen condition.
- Upon delivery of the sample at our laboratories, kindly check and sign our Job Card after checking the details that our staff have filled in on the form, to avoid any misunderstanding about what you require.
Petroleum Products Tests
Pharmaceutical Tests
We can also offer the following microbiological tests:
Tests marked with § are accredited.
SANAS schedule of accredited tests may be viewed at our "Accreditation Certificate" page.
at bioscience@laboratories.co.za