Food Safety & Microbiology

Ensure the integrity of your products from raw materials to final packaging. We provide rapid, ISO-aligned testing for a wide range of food categories.

  • Pathogen Detection: Salmonella, Listeria, and E. coli O157:H7 screening.

  • Indicator Enumeration: Total Aerobic Count, Yeast, Mould, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli/Coliforms.

  • Product Stability: Water Activity (aw), pH, and shelf-life study support.

Facility & Environmental Monitoring

Verify your sanitation programs (SSOPs) and protect your facility from microbial niches with our strategic swabbing and analysis services.

  • Sanitation Validation: Swab testing for Enterobacteriaceae and Staph.aureus.

  • Pathogen Control: 'Seek and Destroy' missions for persistent environmental Listeria.

  • Materials: High-recovery swabs and transport media provided by the lab.

Scope of Testing

Document Control Number Test Name Reference Method Matrix / Sample Type Analytes Method Type Accreditation Status
FPL-TM-001 Water Activity in Food Products MFLP-66 Food Products aw In - Progress
FPL-TM-002 pH in Food Products MFHPB-03 Food Products pH In - Progress
FPL-TM-003 Shelf Life Testing in Food Products In-house Food Products In - Progress
FPL-TM-004 Enumeration of Total Aerobic Bacteria Using 3M™ (Neogen) Petrifilm™ Aerobic Count Plates MFHPB-33 Food Products, Food Ingredients Viable Aerobic Bacteria Quantification In - Progress
FPL-TM-005 Enumeration of Yeast and Mould Using 3M™ (Neogen) Petrifilm™ Yeast and Mold Count Plates MFHPB-32 Food Products, Food Ingredients Yeasts and Molds Quantification In - Progress
FPL-TM-006 Enumeration of E. coli and Coliforms Using 3M™ (Neogen) Petrifilm™ E. coli Count Plates MFHPB-34 Food Products, Food Ingredients Coliforms and E. coli Quantification In - Progress
FPL-TM-007 Enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae Using 3M™ Petrifilm™ Enterobacteriaceae Count Plates MFLP-09 Food Products, Environmental Samples In - Progress
FPL-TM-008 Enumeration of Staphylococcus aureus in Foods and Environmental Samples Using 3M™ (Neogen) Petrifilm™ Staph Express Count (STX) Plates MFHPB-21/MFLP-21 (equivalent) Food Products, Environmental Samples Staphylococcus aureus Quantification In - Progress
FPL-TM-009 Isolation and Identification of Salmonella spp. MFHPB-20 Food Products, Environmental Samples Salmonella spp. Qualification, confirmation In - Progress
FPL-TM-010 Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria spp. MFHPB-30 Food Products, Environmental Samples Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes Qualification, confirmation In - Progress
FPL-TM-011 Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Select Foods and Environmental Surfaces (3M™ Molecular Detection Assay (MDA) 2– E. coli O157 (Including H7) Method) AOAC 2017.01 Food Products, Environmental Samples E. coli O157 (Including H7) Qualification In - Progress
FPL-TM-012 Listeria spp. in Select Foods and Environmental Surfaces (3M (Neogen)™ Molecular Detection Assay (MDA) 2– Listeria Method) AOAC 2016.07 Food Products, Environmental Samples Listeria spp. Qualification (need MFHPB-30 confirmation for positive) In - Progress
FPL-TM-013 Listeria monocytogenes in a Variety of Foods and Select Environmental Surfaces 3M (Neogen)™ Molecular Detection Assay (MDA) 2– Listeria monocytogenes Method AOAC 2016.08 Food Products, Environmental Samples Listeria monocytogenes Qualification (need MFHPB-30 confirmation for positive) In - Progress
FPL-TM-014 Salmonella spp. in Select Foods and Environmental Surfaces (3M (Neogen)™ Molecular Detection Assay (MDA) 2– Salmonella Method) AOAC 2016.01 Food Products, Environmental Samples Salmonella spp. Qualification (need MFHPB-20 confirmation for positive) In - Progress
*Testing marked as 'In-Progress' is currently undergoing validation and is not yet included in the laboratory's formal ISO/IEC 17025 scope of accreditation..